pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on wed 20 dec 06
Hi David,
It is just for those little teeny sort of minute
raised 'pimples' which occur ( in some Clay Bodys
more than others, of course, ) when that otherwise
smooth 'green' foot is high fired...tiny dots of
where some particle(s) welled, which ultimately
could scratch the high gloss of a Grand Piano lid,
or formal Table or as may be...
I never did any post fire attentions to any of my
feets, but, in respect to their ultimate
placements on potentially pristine delicate easily
scratched surfaces, I could have if I'd thought of
it, even though for all practical purposes, one
would have pronoumced them to be 'smooth' (
enough ) feet-bottoms...
Or, sometimes there is some little inadvertant
adhesion of a foot to the Kiln Shelf, some
cintering there or bit of errant Glaze, which
makes for a little rough or textured spot on the
foot bottom...which could be smothed so it would
not scratch anything if slid around or dragged on
some delicate finish later...
Thats my appreciation anyway...
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Berg"
> I'm not really understanding the purpose or
necessity
> of a grinder for the fired pot. Why not just
finish the bottom
> of the pot at the leather hard state when you
are trimming
> and cleaning up the bottom. Grinding the fired
pot must
> make a lot of messy dust.
>
> I trim the base on the wheel, then sponge the
bottom and
> finally use a blue rubber rib to make the bottom
of each
> piece very smooth. The only grinding I have to
do out of
> the glaze kiln is when an occasional piece of
kiln wash
> sticks and those pieces can usually be picked
off with my
> finger nail.
> David
>
> David Berg
Patrick Cross on wed 20 dec 06
Sort of on the subject of the nit-pick-ay (...insert image of pinky finger
held up here).
Sometimes a lid just won't sit quite right in it's gallery. A fairy dust
sprinklin' of fine silicon carbide particles worked back and forth between
the lid and gallery adds a simple but nice touch. Makes 'em fit as nice as
that cool chemistry glassware which relies on just a tight friction fit
between lid and jar.
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 12/20/06, pdp1@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
>
> It is just for those little teeny sort of minute
> raised 'pimples' which occur ( in some Clay Bodys
> more than others, of course, ) when that otherwise
> smooth 'green' foot is high fired...tiny dots of
> where some particle(s) welled, which ultimately
> could scratch the high gloss of a Grand Piano lid,
> or formal Table or as may be...
>
> I never did any post fire attentions to any of my
> feets, but, in respect to their ultimate
> placements on potentially pristine delicate easily
> scratched surfaces, I could have if I'd thought of
> it, even though for all practical purposes, one
> would have pronoumced them to be 'smooth' (
> enough ) feet-bottoms...
>
> Or, sometimes there is some little inadvertant
> adhesion of a foot to the Kiln Shelf, some
> cintering there or bit of errant Glaze, which
> makes for a little rough or textured spot on the
> foot bottom...which could be smothed so it would
> not scratch anything if slid around or dragged on
> some delicate finish later...
>
> Thats my appreciation anyway...
>
>
> Phil
> Las Vegas
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Berg"
>
>
> > I'm not really understanding the purpose or
> necessity
> > of a grinder for the fired pot. Why not just
> finish the bottom
> > of the pot at the leather hard state when you
> are trimming
> > and cleaning up the bottom. Grinding the fired
> pot must
> > make a lot of messy dust.
> >
> > I trim the base on the wheel, then sponge the
> bottom and
> > finally use a blue rubber rib to make the bottom
> of each
> > piece very smooth. The only grinding I have to
> do out of
> > the glaze kiln is when an occasional piece of
> kiln wash
> > sticks and those pieces can usually be picked
> off with my
> > finger nail.
> > David
> >
> > David Berg
>
>
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Lee Love on thu 21 dec 06
> From: "David Berg":
> > I'm not really understanding the purpose or
> necessity
> > of a grinder for the fired pot. Why not just
> finish the bottom
> > of the pot at the leather hard state when you
> are trimming
> > and cleaning up the bottom.
Here in Japan, all pots are finished after firing using a whet
stone on the foot. They are more sensitive about feet here. In
'98 when I was in the Mingeisota show up near Nikko, they heired in
potters from Mashiko to finish the feet on all the pots (100
MacKenzies and 10 pieces of work by 12 other potters from
Minnesota/Wisconsin.
If you do it with a wet whetstone, so you make no dust. At
fairs, many potters do a quick rub of the foot with a stone before
wrapping up the pot for the customer. So when you hear a pot
ringing, a potter is announcing a sale.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
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