Lili Krakowski on thu 13 jul 06
Carol. The problem with recipes-only is and remains that a recipe that
WORKS FOR YOU it the result, as May points out.
(May: has your friend with the crazed earthenware tested the clay body for
porosity yet?) Think of buying a suit....Suit=recipe. Fine. The suit was
designed by a fabulous designer, it is simply gorgissimo, and was a perfect
fit on the runway model who "introduced" it to a gaping public.
On you, well, yikes, wots to say? It is bit tight across the front, as God
was more generous to you than to the model. It is a bit long in the legs.
As you broke your left arm when you were 6, that arm is 1/2 inch shorter
than the other and that sleeve needs shortening....You get the picture.
Alterations have to be made for THAT suit to fit YOUR body.
And the same applies to glaze. Countless modifications need to be made to
make sure THAT recipe fits YOUR [clay] body.
I can see that many people do not want to go in for glaze calculation. But
one must, simply must, learn about what the ingredients are, and what they
do. For that you should read one of the several basic books, all I think on
the second hand market. And probably at your public library. Once you KNOW
what an ingredient DOES you can adjust the recipe with a little more of
this, a little less of that...as recently was discussed under
dunting/shivering.
As you read more glaze recipes you will see that there will be several with
almost identical makeups--just maybe 23 Feldspar to another recipes 25, and
so on. Here is where glaze calculation helps. It will show you clearly if
there is a real difference, or if someone had a glaze and "adjusted" it to
meet the needs of her [clay] body.
Charan: FYI. My late sister-in-law had an unusual first name. She also was
well-known in her field, and traveled far and wide as a lecturer. You will
be sorry to hear that when some university booked her into the men's dorm,
she "fessed" up, and even added her husband would take a dim view. With
your telling us all, and Bill Jones confirming you are male, you have ruined
your chances of spending time in the girls' dorm. (I really wonder what the
Shirleys, Evelyns, Merediths, Leslies etc of the world endure....
And, I trust, Melvin! you did not mean to suggest the United Squirrel Group
teaches all branches of learning less well than some University!
Squirrels, squirrels, rah, rah, rah! Maybe you want a copy of the school
song: "Alma Mater, nuts about you, climbing higher every day!" and like
that.
Lili Krakowski
Diplomate of United Squirrel Group
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