Lili Krakowski on fri 11 nov 05
Primal Mom.
1. The tighter a pot gets, the looser it becomes.
2. An old refrigerator or front-loading freezer makes an excellent freebie
damp box. All one needs to do is either place a big piece of wet plaster at
the bottom, or a big piece of wet foam rubber... even a shallow pan of
water...(Of course all recommendations for taking off locks that might allow
a child or pet to get trapped inside apply) After that, Styrofoam picnic
coolers or similar containers gotten from the fish or fruit department at
the supermarket work well. The fruit containers have holes which need to be
plugged with cork or inner tube, or plaster or whatever. Failing that, or
if the shape is not right, a cloche set-up is easily built with the pieces
connected with duct tape. I use scrap insulating foam cadged from
dumpsters, and it works well. The pot sits on a waterproof bat which sits
atop a piece of damp foam rubber and the WHOLE thing is covered with the
cloche. Have kept sculptures dry that way for months, and, by allowing the
foam rubber to dry out, have dried sculptures s-l-o-w-ly that way.
What I have against plastic wraps , is that when dry they carry dust about.
You can rinse and rinse, they are a pain to dry, and they still are dusty.
But why has no one yet suggested painting the whistles with latex which then
is removed when the holes are made? Or with wax resist which does not need
removal? Either is great as a moisture retainer....
3. To my mind the scandal is NOT about how we may be killed by crazed
dishes. But that requirements for imports are lax and low. The tellie
told the other day of children's lunchboxes whose paint contained lead.
They did not say they were imported, but I bet they were. Last year I saw,
in a catalog, a wonderful toy for my littlest great-nephew. It was bright
red and I called the company to ask was it lead and cadmium free? The
concerned operator told me he would have to check, and within days called me
back, apologized for the delay, which had required they contact a foreign
country and get the messages translated--AND THE PAINT CONTAINED LEAD. This
for a child's toy....Crazing is not the problem--I don't think--but
purchasing AGENTS who buy stuff and allow it to be sold when it does not
meet the criteria to which we, as US "manufacturers" are held.
4. And when you were a young and purty thing, Kelly, who would not have
admired and defended your right to bare arms ?
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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