Lee Jaffe on tue 2 jul 96
What do folks do about rings, esp. the nuptial variety,
when throwing pottery? I don't usually wear any rings,
so I haven't had to deal with this before. But I'm getting
married at the end of this month and just picked out a ring.
I started to wear a ring in order to get used to it and
I immediately found it in the way when throwing. With a
gold band, I'm esp. worried about wear from the friction of
the clay. I've seen what clay will do to steel tools, so I
assume that it would wear gold away in no time. Any
suggestions, particularly tips for keeping a ring safe and
secure when you do take it off, are most welcome. It seems
to me me there is a Lucy episode where she loses her wedding
ring and is afraid Ricky will be really mad.
-- Lee Jaffe
Santa Cruz, CA
erosenth@eagle.liunet.edu on tue 2 jul 96
I wear my ring whenever I throw. The only thing that occurs is
that clay gets underneath. I see no evidence of wear from the clay.
My advice is that you should leave it home if you dont want it
exposed to clay. I used to take mine off when I played golf. I
have a large callus on my hand from the ring when I swing a club.
Well, one day the ring fell out of my pocket and I lost it. It
cost me a bunch of money to replace it. My wife didnt even know
that I lost the ring. I decided to tell her anyhow. I was feeling
guilty after waving the new ring in her face and noticing that she
couldnt tell the difference between the rings. And for all of you
whe are curious. She didnt get mad. How could she. Im so nice
to her.
Best wishes, Mazel tov,
Evan
erosenth@eagle.liunet.edu
Pilla Villa on tue 2 jul 96
Lee Jaffe wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> What do folks do about rings, esp. the nuptial variety,
> when throwing pottery? I don't usually wear any rings,
> so I haven't had to deal with this before. But I'm getting
> married at the end of this month and just picked out a ring.
> I started to wear a ring in order to get used to it and
> I immediately found it in the way when throwing. With a
> gold band, I'm esp. worried about wear from the friction of
> the clay. I've seen what clay will do to steel tools, so I
> assume that it would wear gold away in no time. Any
> suggestions, particularly tips for keeping a ring safe and
> secure when you do take it off, are most welcome. It seems
> to me me there is a Lucy episode where she loses her wedding
> ring and is afraid Ricky will be really mad.
>
> -- Lee Jaffe
> Santa Cruz, CA
Hi Lee,
I do clay "Sans" rings. Especially my beautifully carved wedding band.
It's hard to take it on and off but I don't feel comfortable working with
it either. I have a "designated place" I try and keep it as soon as I
take it off so I'll KNOW where it is. I saw that Lucy episode, too!!!
Best wishes,
Marianne Pilla
Candice Roeder on tue 2 jul 96
At 01:16 PM 7/2/96 +0000, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>What do folks do about rings, esp. the nuptial variety,
>when throwing pottery?
I found that to be a problem, too. My ring set (two rings soldered
together) was constantly in the way. At the time, I was a student at the
local art center, and would slide my ring onto my apron string before tying
around my waist. Then, would forget it was there and untie the apron, only
to have the ring hit the floor and go skidding across the room.
I tried knotting it into the apron string. It didn't fall off, but instead
would spend the weekend in my locker, with me at home worrying if it would
still be there when I got back. One of the small diamonds from the ring was
lost at the art center, probably got into the clay...now part of a pot??
My husband suggested that I do what nurses do in the O.R.....put it on a
large safety pin, and pin it to my shirt or apron. You could try that.
(after nearly putting it through the laundry, I no longer do that.) It is
now kept in a safe place in the house when I am not wearing it.
Candice
Kathy A. Cheriki on tue 2 jul 96
I have seen people wear them on a chain aroung their neck while throwing.
Congratulations and good luck!
Kathy Cheriki
rdowns on tue 2 jul 96
Lee,
I work in clay everyday. I don't wear my wedding ring. I leave it by the
bed and put it on only when I am going somewhere. The clay is fairly
abrasive to the gold.
Rose Downs
Dianna Rose Downs
in north central Texas
214-734-1329
http://www.why.net/home/gdowns/terra.html
http://www.dfw.net/mckinney/rdowns/rdowns.html
AYAGODA@aol.com on tue 2 jul 96
I usually don't wear my rings when throwing,(actually that's my excuse for
only wearing them for dress up...especially in summer. They stay safe and
secure in the jewelry box. Good luck,
Anne
CaroleER@aol.com on tue 2 jul 96
I wear a thin gold band when working with clay. I've used it for 4 years and
my ring hasn't worn down at all. I center mostly with the heels of my hands.
After centering, its mostly your fingertips that are in contact with the
clay - so there really is very little rubbing against your ring. I wouldn't
wear anything with a stone because of what the grit could do to the prongs.
Carole Rishel
Bastrop, TX
CaroleER@aol.com
Lori Leary on tue 2 jul 96
Hi Lee,
Congrats on your wedding. Being a NICU nurse as well as a
potter, I don't wear rings while I am working (harbors those pesky
germs and I might scratch a baby). I just keep my rings
safety-pinned to my scrubs. Works great for me.
Best Wishes,
Lori in Charleston, S.C.
katie rose on tue 2 jul 96
hi Lee,
i have put my wedding ring on a chain around my neck and also put it in my
pocket--where i worried about losing/forgetting it. so now i have one of
those small silk chinese purses to put it in, and then it goes in my pocket.
katie rose
***********************
katie rose
raven@sedona.net
"Love is the reflection of God's unity in the world of duality. It
constitutes the entire significance of creation." (Meher Baba)
ELCAB@delphi.com on tue 2 jul 96
My wedding ring was made by my husband in a jewelry class two
months before we met..It fit perfectly and was stupendously
ugly as well as being opoorly crafted..He was NOT stupendously
ugly and I got married ibn that ring and wore it till the clay
world engulfed me..I put it in a drawer and it stayed there for
30 years till my daughter got married and needed a ring for the
ceremony because hers wasn't ready.. They used it to get
married, took it off, putit somewhere and
it has never been seen since..I always knew I was married so
not wearing a ring didn'y bother m,e, but , sentimentally, I
wished I still had that old ugly copper and silver thing....
I took it off with clay because I was always getting watery
callouses under it, but it was really large...Have a happy
wedding and mazel tov...Elca Branman elcab@delphi.com
Autumn Downey on tue 2 jul 96
I slide my non-wedding ring on to my watch strap, do it up and put them in
my pocket. Since I can't live for very long without looking at my watch, I
so far haven't forgotten it. (Watch is not valuable and seems to not mind
pocket fuzz.)
This increases ones chance to lose two things at once, but has worked ok for
me and I'm pretty bad about misplacing things.
Autumn
downeya@internorth.com
Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
Elizabeth Fusaro on tue 2 jul 96
Twenty years ago, when I started throwing pots, I was very
sentimental and said I would NEVER take off my wedding
ring. (I did take off the engagement ring because of the
chance of losing the diamond in the slip bucket.) About
10 years later, after the third time my husband had to
have my wedding band repaired (He finally had it mounted
within a thicker band), I started leaving it in a drawer in
the house. Maybe because mine is 18 K gold and softer
than the usual 14K, it wore out more easily. Clay is very
abrasive - look at your rings under a magnifying glass after
a throwing session sometimes -- you will see many fine
scratches on the metal.
Also - some of the chemicals in glazes which happen to flake
off as you are loading the kiln, or in the wet form if you get
some on the ring, will attach the gold, causing it lose its
luster.
Congrats on your marriage! We are celebrating our 30th
year in August. Hope you have a happy one too!
Beth Fusaro
Sun & Moon Pottery
Tallahassee, FL
Susan Wagener on tue 2 jul 96
Maybe this is too obvious, but I threw a little bowl, fired it glazed it, fired
it and now keep it on a shelf with my rings safely in it while I'm throwing. I
have thought about making a small bowl with a cone shape in the middle to slide
my rings onto also. Someday. Could a cone be mounted on something to slide
rings onto?? Just a thought.
Congratulations on your wedding!
Susan Wagener
Puffin Pottery
Bloomington Indiana 47401
Tim Lynch on wed 3 jul 96
Lee: I had the same problem when I first started in clay. My gold
wedding band was in the way, severely scratched and bothersome to clean.
I began taking it off when i threw and putting it back on when I was done.
That worked for awhile until the time I forgot to put it back on and then
forgot where I left it. Well, that sort of thing is not easily admitted
to the spousal unit so I just hemmed And hAwed for a bit until I located
it again. Since then, I have given it to my wife for safe keeping and
only wear it when I know I am going to be away from the clay for a long
while.
Tim Lynch
On Tue, 2 Jul 1996, Lee Jaffe wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> What do folks do about rings, esp. the nuptial variety,
> when throwing pottery? I don't usually wear any rings,
> so I haven't had to deal with this before. But I'm getting
> married at the end of this month and just picked out a ring.
> I started to wear a ring in order to get used to it and
> I immediately found it in the way when throwing. With a
> gold band, I'm esp. worried about wear from the friction of
> the clay. I've seen what clay will do to steel tools, so I
> assume that it would wear gold away in no time. Any
> suggestions, particularly tips for keeping a ring safe and
> secure when you do take it off, are most welcome. It seems
> to me me there is a Lucy episode where she loses her wedding
> ring and is afraid Ricky will be really mad.
>
> -- Lee Jaffe
> Santa Cruz, CA
>
Katy Sheridan on wed 3 jul 96
Lee, this wedding ring thread has really struck a chord!!!!!!
I quit wearing my rings on my fingers because of the irritation of grog
under them and the awful feeling I got when I banged my ring finger between
the kiln door and the kiln shelf. Yikes!!! They are in a permanent place on
a chain around my neck which I take off only to clean. And now they dont't fit!
Congratulations!
Katy Sheridan
Studio One
Oakland, Ca
We have been having weather here......
Kenneth A. Moore on wed 3 jul 96
At 09:16 AM 7/2/96 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>What do folks do about rings, esp. the nuptial variety,
>when throwing pottery?
Lee,
My clay works just like sandpaper on 14K gold. That means my wedding band
would have been fully incorporated into my pots in approximately 4.7 years. :)
What I do is to put my ring and watch in a pottery jar that sits on my
bathroom counter before I head down into the studio. This is usually the
point where I rub in some Avon Silicone Glove also to protect my skin. Then
when I come up and wash my hands my band is right there, safe, ready to put
back on.
Julie Moore
Dirty Bird Pottery
Manassas, VA
kenmoore@pop.erols.com
.....still looking for a used pugmill....I'll pay shipping
p4337@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca on fri 5 jul 96
Hi all....Just got home from a big-in-place-sculpture firing done by Nina
Hole from Denmark. I was the stoker at one end of the wood fired
kiln/sculpture and THOURGHLY enjoyed myself. Will tell more to those
interested.
I have worn my wedding ring for 35 yrs this Sept and the last 28 in the
clay. Have had the band replaced once in that time. I do not wear the
one with the stone, because one pot may become more valuable that it should.
As the little bit of gold comes off the ring and into each pot, the pot
carrys a little bit of love, for love is what the ring stands for. SO the
circle is somehow complete. May be a silly notion but works for me. ;>}}}
Peggy Heer/Heer Pottery E-Mail: p4337@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
EDMONTON,AB CANADA *OR* e-mail: p4337@connect.ab.ca
Ph:(403) 433-029
http://www.ffa.ucalgary.ca/artists/pheer/
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