Lili Krakowski on wed 12 oct 05
In the Mason underglaze recipe you shared there is a bunch of dry
ingredients and then 75 parts of a liquid. Do we weigh the liquid, do we
measure it out in a metric measuring cup? Please help!
And are you able to dance again?
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
Vince Pitelka on wed 12 oct 05
Lili asked:
> In the Mason underglaze recipe you shared there is a bunch of dry
> ingredients and then 75 parts of a liquid. Do we weigh the liquid, do we
> measure it out in a metric measuring cup? Please help!
I just weigh the liquid. I weigh a container, and then add the appropriate
weight of liquid, and then add all the dry ingredients to that, and then mix
with a hand blender.
Also, a number of people asked me what temperature this formula is intended
for. I suspect that Mason intended this as a substitute for standard
commercial underglazes, which would be primarily low-fire, but we have used
it at all temperatures with good success.
Lili also asked:
> And are you able to dance again?
Oh how I wish. A month ago my doctor finally came to the conclusion that
the bones are not going to heal on their own. This is after two months with
an external fixator, two months with a hard cast, and three months with a
removeable "boot." I was down to one crutch, putting considerable weight on
the leg, so I could carry things with the other hand, which was a huge
improvement. But if I tried to put any more weight on it there was a lot of
pain, and with the boot off, the leg was still flexible at the break. So,
my doctor in Cookeville sent me to Dr. Phillip Kregor, a hot-shot orthopedic
trauma specialist at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, and he did
surgery two weeks ago yesterday. I am now proudly sporting a 16" by 1/2"
intramedullar nail (titanium pin) inside my tibia, with pairs of bolts above
and below the break. So I am not condemned to a lifetime of setting off
airport metal detectors. They also grafted bone from the iliac crest (upper
rear pelvic bone - literally, a pain in the ass) to fertilize the non-union
sites. I woke up from surgery with a heavy cast on my leg, and that was a
rude shock, but it is just a brace to protect the bone grafts and incisions,
and it comes off on Monday. Then, if the x-rays look good, I will be back
in the boot, and will be able to start putting a little weight on the leg.
It is discouraging being back on two crutches, and I am not sure how long
that will last, but Dr. Kregor said that the surgery went exactly as
planned, and he is hopeful that I will make rapid progress now. I am
keeping my fingers, toes, and other extremities crossed. Anyone who has the
stomach for such things can go to my website at
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/Digital/digital_photography.htm and see the
whole saga.
Thanks for asking, Lili. For whatever reason, it does me good to share this
experience with others. But I am not wasting any time on self pity. I know
how lucky I am.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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