Helen Bates on tue 27 mar 07
tipped gloves
http://www.potters.org/subject68076.htm
> He came in with his assistant, his wheel, and some throwing gloves that
> had stainless steel finger tips attached. He took the clay right from
> the pug mill and threw paper thin pots. 15 pounders--very large when
> paper thin. No water, no nothing. The clay was so hard I thought the
> pugmill blades were going to fail, the machine was groaning like a son
> of a gun. -Jon Pacini
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Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/
Lois Ruben Aronow on tue 27 mar 07
tipped gloves
Sounds like he was trying to compensate for something in the "manliness"
department.
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Subject: Jon Pacini on Michael Frimkess and hard clay throwing with metal
tipped gloves
http://www.potters.org/subject68076.htm
> He came in with his assistant, his wheel, and some throwing gloves
> that had stainless steel finger tips attached. He took the clay right
> from the pug mill and threw paper thin pots. 15 pounders--very large
> when paper thin. No water, no nothing. The clay was so hard I thought
> the pugmill blades were going to fail, the machine was groaning like a
> son of a gun. -Jon Pacini
--
Helen Bates
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Clayarters' URLs: http://amsterlaw.com/clayart/
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