Beth Spindler on mon 16 oct 06
Hi, Vince,
Such good memories of Peggy...always willing to answer "newbie" questions with warmth and compassion, despite what she had to endure. Is there a scholarship in her name? I would gladly contribute to it. She was a very special potter.
RE: spooze.............is this a close cousin of "magic water" which Lana Wilson brought to light back in the 90's or at least that is when I first read about it in her book. I have used "magic water" ( I know it has to have some other name, but that is the one I am familair with) and it worked very well for cracks, etc. I had a bowl that cracked in four places(leather hard stage) and instead of throwing it away, I worked on the cracks and fired it ( both bisque and glaze firings) and lo and behold, it's still with me on my dining room table, brimming over with apples. :)
Beth
-----Original Message-----
From: vpitelka@DTCCOM.NET
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 8:28 PM
Subject: Recipe for Spooze
It was the dear late Peggy Heer that originally posted the spooze recipe to
Clayart. The following message is a distillation of a very informative post
by Jason Palmer earlier this year.
________________________________________________________________________
Jason Palmer wrote:
I have been using Peggys "spooze" to fix cracks and as my slip joiner for a
while now and it works wonderful. However I found out a while ago that that
stuff seems to work a bit better if I boil it for a few minutes after making
it. I discovered this as I was trying to boil off some water to give me a
thicker slip. I started working with it and it worked a lot better - less
cracks, faster working, the whole works. I am not sure at all why - it just
seems better and for now i will leave it at that. maybe someone else will
know why.
Here is the recipe for Peggys spooze if anyone would like to try it. It's
wonderful.
1/3 parts dry clay powdered....any body...preferably the one you are using
with no grog
1/3 parts heavy karo syrup
1/3 parts white distilled vinegar
A drop of hydrogen peroxide to keep it from spoiling...it will bubble for a
few minutes and then settle down. if you dont add that the sugar goes bad
and smells awful in about a day.
I boil mine at a high rolling boil for about 5-8 minutes...let it cool...and
put it in a container.
________________________________________________________________________
End Jason Palmer's message
- 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/
______________________________________________________________________________
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.
________________________________________________________________________
Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
Smith, Judy on mon 16 oct 06
May I please have the recipe for magic water? Someone brought some to
the pottery studio where I take classes and I used it. It works great.
How different is it from spooze?
Judy Smith
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Beth
Spindler
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:45 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Peggy remembered and spooze
Hi, Vince,
Such good memories of Peggy...always willing to answer "newbie"
questions with warmth and compassion, despite what she had to endure.
Is there a scholarship in her name? I would gladly contribute to it.
She was a very special potter.
RE: spooze.............is this a close cousin of "magic water" which
Lana Wilson brought to light back in the 90's or at least that is when I
first read about it in her book. I have used "magic water" ( I know it
has to have some other name, but that is the one I am familair with) and
it worked very well for cracks, etc. I had a bowl that cracked in four
places(leather hard stage) and instead of throwing it away, I worked on
the cracks and fired it ( both bisque and glaze firings) and lo and
behold, it's still with me on my dining room table, brimming over with
apples. :)
Beth
-----Original Message-----
From: vpitelka@DTCCOM.NET
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 8:28 PM
Subject: Recipe for Spooze
It was the dear late Peggy Heer that originally posted the spooze recipe
to
Clayart. The following message is a distillation of a very informative
post
by Jason Palmer earlier this year.
________________________________________________________________________
Jason Palmer wrote:
I have been using Peggys "spooze" to fix cracks and as my slip joiner
for a
while now and it works wonderful. However I found out a while ago that
that
stuff seems to work a bit better if I boil it for a few minutes after
making
it. I discovered this as I was trying to boil off some water to give me
a
thicker slip. I started working with it and it worked a lot better -
less
cracks, faster working, the whole works. I am not sure at all why - it
just
seems better and for now i will leave it at that. maybe someone else
will
know why.
Here is the recipe for Peggys spooze if anyone would like to try it.
It's
wonderful.
1/3 parts dry clay powdered....any body...preferably the one you are
using
with no grog
1/3 parts heavy karo syrup
1/3 parts white distilled vinegar
A drop of hydrogen peroxide to keep it from spoiling...it will bubble
for a
few minutes and then settle down. if you dont add that the sugar goes
bad
and smells awful in about a day.
I boil mine at a high rolling boil for about 5-8 minutes...let it
cool...and
put it in a container.
________________________________________________________________________
End Jason Palmer's message
- 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/
________________________________________________________________________
______
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.
________________________________________________________________________
Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and
security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from
across the web, free AOL Mail and 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.
| |
|
