primalmommy on tue 27 jun 06
asthma and clay (warning: portions of this post are ON topic)
OK, so I am just about done cleaning my studio, just in time for private
wheel lessons starting tomorrow. Both of my plaster wedging boards (yah,
yah, mel, I know) look pretty ragged. Can I add a layer of plaster on
top of the existing plaster? Will it bond? Do I need to score the old
layer?
Also: has anybody ever figured out how to scorch a brand into a wooden
clay tool? I know I need to put my name (or better, some arty
identifying mark -- like the evil eye --) on any tools I will be taking
into a public studio, but I am kind of in love with the simplicity and
look of my tools, and don't want to write SAVINO on them in marker like
I did on my kids' underwear and towels for summer camp. Too dorky. I
have a soldering iron, and a wood burning tool... I once accidentally
branded an interesting pattern on a wooden tabletop with the textured
feet of some hastily unloaded bisque... I am wondering if I might not
attach a bisque stamp to a heating implement and brand away. Before I
try it I thought I would see if anyone else has a better plan.
Asthma: I got slammed maybe 5 years ago, out of the blue --though my doc
says I probably always had a mild case all my life. The kids and I got a
bad, high-fever respiratory thing the week I was substitute-moderating
clayart because all the cool kids were at NCECA (Colorado, I think) and
my lungs just never seemed to recover completely. February, March and
April seem to be my worst months, though I have trouble any time of year
after a cold.
When it's bad I can't use a respirator in the studio, because I have to
work too hard to breathe in. That's bad. The place where I teach clay
classes has forced air heat, and lots of dust generated by bagged clay,
ten swirling wheelheads and plastic pot coverings. I try to come early
and open all the windows when I can, and of course I mop and sponge
instead of sweeping. I found that too much dust led to sinus infections
which triggered asthma attacks. So clean work spaces, saline sinus
cleansing after dusty stuff, and a flonase prescription has helped.
I got rid of my feather bed and goosedown pillows and got a nice squishy
foam mattress instead. I have an air filter that blows clean air over
the bed where I sleep. The theory is that if your body can get a break
during the long hours when you are sleeping, you can "catch up" and
fight back. The white noise is comforting, too, and the breeze is nice
during hot flashes (um, I hear.) ;0) Allergist says I am not allergic to
dust but am "reactive" to it as an irritant.
I have had two pretty good years with almost no need for the inhaler,
and have a tiny hope that symptoms will continue to fade. Oddly, I have
had bad attacks at NCECAs three years in a row. My theory is that sleep
deprivation, general overstimulation, beer and exhaustion are bad for
asthma. I feel further research is warranted, however, and will continue
my experiment in Kentucky this year.
Quickie tips: Vitamin C. Not mega doses, just OJ or a multi or something
every day. LOTS of water. Keep yourself hydrated. Eat healthy, exercise.
Remember to stop several times a day, put your shoulders back, and just
take deep, relaxing yoga breaths. Sometimes without realizing it
asthmatics can walk around hunched all day and breathing shallow from
the effort. Also -- carry little hard candies or cough drops and keep
them by your bed. If your throat gets a tickle and you start to cough it
can lead to attacks... at least for me. Ymmv.
That's all I've got.. good luck!
Stephanie, I have been enjoying your posts and will write off list soon.
What we need is a good old fashioned communal craft village. Potters,
blacksmiths, woodworkers, artisans. We'd support our own economy.
Everyone would buy their furniture from the woodworkers, their dishes
from the potters, their bread from the bakers (I'll build the clay
oven.) Tourists would of course be welcome, and apprentices could pay to
learn a craft/trade/skill and even stay a year or two.
Get right on that, wouldya? David H's Karen can run the alternative
school, and I can teach beekeeping. All we need is some land. I'll start
packing now.
MFAs: looking at the possibilities for art classes outside my discipline
is like being at a big buffet with only one small plate. Do you suppose
a sculpting class will teach me to weld? I want to learn. I have taken
several drawing courses but you're never done... oooh, fibers...mmmm,
metals... hey, painting... so many choices, so little tuition money!
On dividing energy between kids and pottery: Monica-mother-of-10 told
me, "It's not how many you have, it's how many you have under the age of
five." I doubted her then but it's true. There is a magic day when
everybody can wipe, flush, dress, tie shoes, hook a seatbelt. Wiping
one's toothpaste slobber out of the sink is apparently too much to hope
for.
But still, mommies (and daddies) get their hands back, and blocks of
uninterrupted time and breathing room. I am amazed, with both boys gone
this week, how much they do to help out around here (now that nobody's
here to do it!) Elizabeth, you'll go on to MFA after MFA, at U of E or
wherever. I had Molly at 38, but I plan to live a hundred years at
least, and I'm not even halfway there. By the time we're in Joyce Lee or
Elca Branman or Edith Franklin or Lili Krakowski or Bonnie Staffel's
shoes, there will be no holding us back.
Really, E, best wishes for your show. I'd be there if it wasn't so damn
far.
Don't you love that Tony fears us both equally?
Yours
Kelly
_______________________________________________________________
Get the FREE email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com
Unlimited Email Storage – POP3 – Calendar – SMS – Translator – Much More!
Snail Scott on wed 28 jun 06
asthma and clay (warning: portions of this post are ON topic)
At 12:35 PM 6/28/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Kelly, the most effective marker that I ever saw used was the bright
>flourescent Pink spray paint used by a prof of mine while I wuz in
>school. You could spot one of his tools from across the foundry,
>clayroom, woodshop, or where ever.
Better check what the 'official' departmental
spray paint color is, before picking yours.
Don't pick one too close! Fluorescent pink
is actually the official 'Ceramics' color
at two colleges I know of!
-Snail
Kathy Rhoades on wed 28 jun 06
asthma and clay (warning: portions of this post are ON topic)
primalmommy
>
> Also: has anybody ever figured out how to scorch a brand into a wooden
> clay tool? I know I need to put my name (or better, some arty
> identifying mark -- like the evil eye --) on any tools I will be taking
> into a public studio,
Kelly,
When I went for my MFA I had my own studio, but still others would come into my space and take some of my tools. Then you have to go around and find out who took them, looking at eveyone to find yours. I finally put a lock on my studio to keep others out, bugged me that I had to do that. I know it's hard to put bright colors on your tools, but if you want to keep an eye on them I would suggest painting the handles with a florescent color, then at a glance you will be able to find yours without close inspection of every tool in the studio.
Kathy Rhoades in PA
L. P. Skeen on wed 28 jun 06
asthma and clay (warning: portions of this post are ON topic)
Kelly, to add a new layer on a plaster table, thoroughly clean the =
original plaster and then soak it with water. Pour your new plaster on =
top and let the whole thing dry/cure. Voila! New plaster.
If you get really industrious (and have a frame that will support it) =
concrete is actually a great wedging surface.
L
----- Original Message -----=20
From: primalmommy=20
Both of my plaster wedging boards (yah, yah, mel, I know) look pretty =
ragged. Can I add a layer of plaster on
top of the existing plaster? Will it bond? Do I need to score the old =
layer?
Craig Clark on wed 28 jun 06
asthma and clay (warning: portions of this post are ON topic)
Kelly, the most effective marker that I ever saw used was the bright
flourescent Pink spray paint used by a prof of mine while I wuz in
school. You could spot one of his tools from across the foundry,
clayroom, woodshop, or where ever.
Hope this helps
Craig Dunn Clark
619 East 11 1/2 St
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
Kathy Rhoades wrote:
> primalmommy
>
>
>>Also: has anybody ever figured out how to scorch a brand into a wooden
>>clay tool? I know I need to put my name (or better, some arty
>>identifying mark -- like the evil eye --) on any tools I will be taking
>>into a public studio,
>>
>>
>
>Kelly,
>When I went for my MFA I had my own studio, but still others would come into my space and take some of my tools. Then you have to go around and find out who took them, looking at eveyone to find yours. I finally put a lock on my studio to keep others out, bugged me that I had to do that. I know it's hard to put bright colors on your tools, but if you want to keep an eye on them I would suggest painting the handles with a florescent color, then at a glance you will be able to find yours without close inspection of every tool in the studio.
>Kathy Rhoades in PA
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
>Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at melpots@pclink.com.
>
>
>
Ed Huml on wed 28 jun 06
asthma and clay (warning: portions of this post are ON topic)
Tools: One of the ways to identify your tools is to find the rubber
stuff you dip metal tool handles in to give them some cushioning.
One brand I googled is Plasti Dip. Usually come in different
bright colors (use two colors?). Just let them dry/harden.
Otherwise Krylon spray paint is great if you prepare surface well.
I used to buy the most garish day-glow colored tape measures I
could find when doing carpentry. "That is a really gross color man!"
Yah, and it never walked again.
As for asthma, my son was diagnosed when we brought him
into the pediatric emergency room with labored breathing. Finally
found a good allergist who has him on a broad range of meds, which
we give him before the attacks happen. Find out what precipitates
your attacks and go after the causes. Email me off list for
more info if you want.
The best thing we did is cover all our beds with the best dust mite
covers, mattress and pillows. Then shower before bed every
night so you don't carry the allergens to your pillow and bedding.
Maybe a HEPA filter in your bedroom/house would be good.
Also we swear by Swiffer products (usual disclaimer) because
they get the dust, hold it and you throw them away.
Best wishes
Ed Huml
Patrick Cross on wed 28 jun 06
asthma and clay (warning: portions of this post are ON topic)
I hope I'm not repeating someone else...I was too lazy to read all the
posts. I have seen custom made wood burners in wood working catalogues.
They look essentially like a soldering iron but the business end will have
whatever insignia or text that you specify. Try the WoodCraft website.
Also one really cheap way to make your own brand...and I have done this...is
take a 16 penny nail or larger spike and a dremel tool...grind/cut whatever
design you like in the head. To use: clamp the nail in a pair of Vise Grips
and heat over a propane torch. Maybe you could even figure out a way to
spot weld a created design to the end of an inexpensive soldering iron?
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=979
WHEW! I didn't know they cost that much...but you could 'borrow' the idea
for free.
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 6/27/06, primalmommy wrote:
>
> OK, so I am just about done cleaning my studio, just in time for private
> wheel lessons starting tomorrow. Both of my plaster wedging boards (yah,
> yah, mel, I know) look pretty ragged. Can I add a layer of plaster on
> top of the existing plaster? Will it bond? Do I need to score the old
> layer?
>
> Also: has anybody ever figured out how to scorch a brand into a wooden
> clay tool? I know I need to put my name (or better, some arty
> identifying mark -- like the evil eye --) on any tools I will be taking
> into a public studio, but I am kind of in love with the simplicity and
> look of my tools, and don't want to write SAVINO on them in marker like
> I did on my kids' underwear and towels for summer camp. Too dorky. I
> have a soldering iron, and a wood burning tool... I once accidentally
> branded an interesting pattern on a wooden tabletop with the textured
> feet of some hastily unloaded bisque... I am wondering if I might not
> attach a bisque stamp to a heating implement and brand away. Before I
> try it I thought I would see if anyone else has a better plan.
>
> Asthma: I got slammed maybe 5 years ago, out of the blue --though my doc
> says I probably always had a mild case all my life. The kids and I got a
> bad, high-fever respiratory thing the week I was substitute-moderating
> clayart because all the cool kids were at NCECA (Colorado, I think) and
> my lungs just never seemed to recover completely. February, March and
> April seem to be my worst months, though I have trouble any time of year
> after a cold.
>
> When it's bad I can't use a respirator in the studio, because I have to
> work too hard to breathe in. That's bad. The place where I teach clay
> classes has forced air heat, and lots of dust generated by bagged clay,
> ten swirling wheelheads and plastic pot coverings. I try to come early
> and open all the windows when I can, and of course I mop and sponge
> instead of sweeping. I found that too much dust led to sinus infections
> which triggered asthma attacks. So clean work spaces, saline sinus
> cleansing after dusty stuff, and a flonase prescription has helped.
>
> I got rid of my feather bed and goosedown pillows and got a nice squishy
> foam mattress instead. I have an air filter that blows clean air over
> the bed where I sleep. The theory is that if your body can get a break
> during the long hours when you are sleeping, you can "catch up" and
> fight back. The white noise is comforting, too, and the breeze is nice
> during hot flashes (um, I hear.) ;0) Allergist says I am not allergic to
> dust but am "reactive" to it as an irritant.
>
> I have had two pretty good years with almost no need for the inhaler,
> and have a tiny hope that symptoms will continue to fade. Oddly, I have
> had bad attacks at NCECAs three years in a row. My theory is that sleep
> deprivation, general overstimulation, beer and exhaustion are bad for
> asthma. I feel further research is warranted, however, and will continue
> my experiment in Kentucky this year.
>
> Quickie tips: Vitamin C. Not mega doses, just OJ or a multi or something
> every day. LOTS of water. Keep yourself hydrated. Eat healthy, exercise.
> Remember to stop several times a day, put your shoulders back, and just
> take deep, relaxing yoga breaths. Sometimes without realizing it
> asthmatics can walk around hunched all day and breathing shallow from
> the effort. Also -- carry little hard candies or cough drops and keep
> them by your bed. If your throat gets a tickle and you start to cough it
> can lead to attacks... at least for me. Ymmv.
>
> That's all I've got.. good luck!
>
> Stephanie, I have been enjoying your posts and will write off list soon.
> What we need is a good old fashioned communal craft village. Potters,
> blacksmiths, woodworkers, artisans. We'd support our own economy.
> Everyone would buy their furniture from the woodworkers, their dishes
> from the potters, their bread from the bakers (I'll build the clay
> oven.) Tourists would of course be welcome, and apprentices could pay to
> learn a craft/trade/skill and even stay a year or two.
>
> Get right on that, wouldya? David H's Karen can run the alternative
> school, and I can teach beekeeping. All we need is some land. I'll start
> packing now.
>
> MFAs: looking at the possibilities for art classes outside my discipline
> is like being at a big buffet with only one small plate. Do you suppose
> a sculpting class will teach me to weld? I want to learn. I have taken
> several drawing courses but you're never done... oooh, fibers...mmmm,
> metals... hey, painting... so many choices, so little tuition money!
>
> On dividing energy between kids and pottery: Monica-mother-of-10 told
> me, "It's not how many you have, it's how many you have under the age of
> five." I doubted her then but it's true. There is a magic day when
> everybody can wipe, flush, dress, tie shoes, hook a seatbelt. Wiping
> one's toothpaste slobber out of the sink is apparently too much to hope
> for.
>
> But still, mommies (and daddies) get their hands back, and blocks of
> uninterrupted time and breathing room. I am amazed, with both boys gone
> this week, how much they do to help out around here (now that nobody's
> here to do it!) Elizabeth, you'll go on to MFA after MFA, at U of E or
> wherever. I had Molly at 38, but I plan to live a hundred years at
> least, and I'm not even halfway there. By the time we're in Joyce Lee or
> Elca Branman or Edith Franklin or Lili Krakowski or Bonnie Staffel's
> shoes, there will be no holding us back.
>
> Really, E, best wishes for your show. I'd be there if it wasn't so damn
> far.
>
> Don't you love that Tony fears us both equally?
>
> Yours
> Kelly
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > style="font-size: 13.5px">_______________________________________________________________
Get
> the FREE email that has everyone talking at > http://www.mail2world.com target=new> http://www.mail2world.com
> color=#999999>Unlimited Email Storage – POP3 – Calendar – SMS
> – Translator – Much More!
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
> melpots@pclink.com .
>
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on thu 29 jun 06
asthma and clay (warning: portions of this post are ON topic)
Hi Kelly,
For 'branding' marks or symbols or emblems on
Wood, a
Soldering Iron should work fine, but of course it
will require that you in-effect draw your brand in
each time.
Some of the old style hefty-ish Electric Soldeing
Irons, had a fairly thick round Copper 'end', and
this could be removed from the heating tube and
handle, then, it may be cut and formed to make the
Brand one wishes, and returned to the Handle and
be a very neat self-contained 'Branding' outfit
that way.
Or..
If you have a short piece of mild Steel bar or
shafting, or similar of Copper or Brass stock...
something with enough section, you
could file and drift ( or 'Dremel' ) an emblem or
character into
it's end. You could use an old Nail Set even,
grinding the end of it to make it's end
rounded or dead flat or rectangular as needed, and
use
it to move the metal
in various ways...
This item then, heated and held with
Pliers or provided with a Handle of some kind,
would make a pretty good Branding Iron...and give
a consistant result, so long as it is used
lightly, and in the
same way each time...
But for sheer visibility at a distance, sad to
say, one can not beat those 'day glow' spray paint
colors!
"Asthma"...allergic reactions..
Any place which has congregations indoors, of
people, and certainly any place with ( synthetic,
or any ) carpeting, any place with central
heating/cooling, off-gassing formeldaahyde
adhesives in their sub-floors and shear panels,
will have the potential for offering many airborne
irritants.
I could never go to the libraries here because of
this, ( because of their carpeting mostly, but air
quality entirely,) and similarly
with most of the thrift stores) unless I held my
breath and jogged to find a few Books ( or as may
be,) set them on
the clerk's check-out-desk, then ran out to
breathe again, then again, came back in holding my
breath...to finish up the transaction.
'Candles' vaporize Wax into the ambient Air, and
will likely add to the problems...
Belladonna Cigarettes, of course, were a ready and
happy recourse years ago, but now, with the
eff-dee-aye and other sham, graft, grifting pork
barrel shake-down rackets looking out for us 'from
above', one is not permitted to
have such simple, kind, and easy wholesome
regimens of course...even if one is permitted,
nay, required, to have all the radioactive
fallout, smog, nutrisweet, mercury based
'vaccines', doixin, pee-cee-bees, synthetic HgH,
prions, spent uranium dusts, and endless other
ghastly inimicals, they, and
their brother or sister sham, graft and grifting
rackets sell...whether anyone (informedly, or in
any other way, ) wanted them, or not...
...sigh...
Phil
el v
----- Original Message -----
From: "primalmommy"
> OK, so I am just about done cleaning my studio,
just in time for private
> wheel lessons starting tomorrow. Both of my
plaster wedging boards (yah,
> yah, mel, I know) look pretty ragged. Can I add
a layer of plaster on
> top of the existing plaster? Will it bond? Do I
need to score the old
> layer?
>
> Also: has anybody ever figured out how to scorch
a brand into a wooden
> clay tool? I know I need to put my name (or
better, some arty
> identifying mark -- like the evil eye --) on any
tools I will be taking
> into a public studio, but I am kind of in love
with the simplicity and
> look of my tools, and don't want to write SAVINO
on them in marker like
> I did on my kids' underwear and towels for
summer camp. Too dorky. I
> have a soldering iron, and a wood burning
tool... I once accidentally
> branded an interesting pattern on a wooden
tabletop with the textured
> feet of some hastily unloaded bisque... I am
wondering if I might not
> attach a bisque stamp to a heating implement and
brand away. Before I
> try it I thought I would see if anyone else has
a better plan.
>
> Asthma: I got slammed maybe 5 years ago, out of
the blue --though my doc
> says I probably always had a mild case all my
life. The kids and I got a
> bad, high-fever respiratory thing the week I was
substitute-moderating
> clayart because all the cool kids were at NCECA
(Colorado, I think) and
> my lungs just never seemed to recover
completely. February, March and
> April seem to be my worst months, though I have
trouble any time of year
> after a cold.
>
> When it's bad I can't use a respirator in the
studio, because I have to
> work too hard to breathe in. That's bad. The
place where I teach clay
> classes has forced air heat, and lots of dust
generated by bagged clay,
> ten swirling wheelheads and plastic pot
coverings. I try to come early
> and open all the windows when I can, and of
course I mop and sponge
> instead of sweeping. I found that too much dust
led to sinus infections
> which triggered asthma attacks. So clean work
spaces, saline sinus
> cleansing after dusty stuff, and a flonase
prescription has helped.
>
> I got rid of my feather bed and goosedown
pillows and got a nice squishy
> foam mattress instead. I have an air filter that
blows clean air over
> the bed where I sleep. The theory is that if
your body can get a break
> during the long hours when you are sleeping, you
can "catch up" and
> fight back. The white noise is comforting, too,
and the breeze is nice
> during hot flashes (um, I hear.) ;0) Allergist
says I am not allergic to
> dust but am "reactive" to it as an irritant.
>
> I have had two pretty good years with almost no
need for the inhaler,
> and have a tiny hope that symptoms will continue
to fade. Oddly, I have
> had bad attacks at NCECAs three years in a row.
My theory is that sleep
> deprivation, general overstimulation, beer and
exhaustion are bad for
> asthma. I feel further research is warranted,
however, and will continue
> my experiment in Kentucky this year.
>
> Quickie tips: Vitamin C. Not mega doses, just OJ
or a multi or something
> every day. LOTS of water. Keep yourself
hydrated. Eat healthy, exercise.
> Remember to stop several times a day, put your
shoulders back, and just
> take deep, relaxing yoga breaths. Sometimes
without realizing it
> asthmatics can walk around hunched all day and
breathing shallow from
> the effort. Also -- carry little hard candies or
cough drops and keep
> them by your bed. If your throat gets a tickle
and you start to cough it
> can lead to attacks... at least for me. Ymmv.
>
> That's all I've got.. good luck!
>
> Stephanie, I have been enjoying your posts and
will write off list soon.
> What we need is a good old fashioned communal
craft village. Potters,
> blacksmiths, woodworkers, artisans. We'd support
our own economy.
> Everyone would buy their furniture from the
woodworkers, their dishes
> from the potters, their bread from the bakers
(I'll build the clay
> oven.) Tourists would of course be welcome, and
apprentices could pay to
> learn a craft/trade/skill and even stay a year
or two.
>
> Get right on that, wouldya? David H's Karen can
run the alternative
> school, and I can teach beekeeping. All we need
is some land. I'll start
> packing now.
>
> MFAs: looking at the possibilities for art
classes outside my discipline
> is like being at a big buffet with only one
small plate. Do you suppose
> a sculpting class will teach me to weld? I want
to learn. I have taken
> several drawing courses but you're never done...
oooh, fibers...mmmm,
> metals... hey, painting... so many choices, so
little tuition money!
>
> On dividing energy between kids and pottery:
Monica-mother-of-10 told
> me, "It's not how many you have, it's how many
you have under the age of
> five." I doubted her then but it's true. There
is a magic day when
> everybody can wipe, flush, dress, tie shoes,
hook a seatbelt. Wiping
> one's toothpaste slobber out of the sink is
apparently too much to hope
> for.
>
> But still, mommies (and daddies) get their hands
back, and blocks of
> uninterrupted time and breathing room. I am
amazed, with both boys gone
> this week, how much they do to help out around
here (now that nobody's
> here to do it!) Elizabeth, you'll go on to MFA
after MFA, at U of E or
> wherever. I had Molly at 38, but I plan to live
a hundred years at
> least, and I'm not even halfway there. By the
time we're in Joyce Lee or
> Elca Branman or Edith Franklin or Lili Krakowski
or Bonnie Staffel's
> shoes, there will be no holding us back.
>
> Really, E, best wishes for your show. I'd be
there if it wasn't so damn
> far.
>
> Don't you love that Tony fears us both equally?
>
> Yours
> Kelly
>
>
>
>
>
>
> style="font-size:13.5px">_________________________
______________________________________
Get the
FREE email that has everyone talking at href=http://www.mail2world.com
target=new>http://www.mail2world.com
Unlimited Email Storage –
POP3 – Calendar – SMS – Translator
– Much More!
>
>
__________________________________________________
____________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or
change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be
reached at melpots@pclink.com.
>
Carole Fox on thu 29 jun 06
asthma and clay (warning: portions of this post are ON topic)
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:14:16 -0700, primalmommy
wrote:
>
>Also: has anybody ever figured out how to scorch a brand into a wooden
>clay tool? I know I need to put my name (or better, some arty
>identifying mark -- like the evil eye --) on any tools I will be taking
>into a public studio, but I am kind of in love with the simplicity and
>look of my tools, and don't want to write SAVINO on them in marker
Kelly - if you don't want the mark to be garish, try inscribing your
initials or mark with an engraving bit on a Dremel tool. Or get some of
those leather stamps and impress your mark. They are good for impressions
in clay, as well.
I am with the others, though, who recommended shouting-out-loud marks.
When I used to take tools to a community studio, the ones with bright tape
or red sharpie on them never walked. Plus, if someone genuinely borrowed
one, I could easily spot where it was. Just be prepared for the fact that
some of your tools will disappear, and if there's anything you are
especially attached to, don't take it!
Carole Fox
Dayton, OH
| |
|
