Marcia Selsor on mon 30 apr 07
Dera clayarters,
back in 1972 I was visiting Paducah, KT and mat an old timer there
who told us a story.
His grandfather was a medic in WWI in France. I forget much of the
details but basically he was treating a soldier who asked where he
was from. When he mentioned Paducah, KT.
the (french soldier knew about Paducah} It was where the finest ball
clay in the world comes from.
He said the Porcelain factories of france imported KT ball clays at
that time.
So, that is what i heard in Paducah 35 years ago. Pretty interesting.
Marcia Selsor
http://marciaselsor.com
joyce on mon 30 apr 07
Marcia said:
He said the Porcelain factories of france imported KT ball clays at
that time.
So, that is what i heard in Paducah 35 years ago. Pretty interesting.
Marcia Selsor
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Oddly enough, Marcia, my Mama Luce was born and died in Paducah. I
visited there often and never heard about the ball clay until I ordered some
after deciding, "why, sure, I'll just become a potter! How hard can it be!"
The ball clay was on my list of suggested studio supplies from my first
mentor.
Paducah is also the home of a grand Quilt Museum which is a fantastic
place to visit whether you're interested in quilts or not. There used to be
a memorable little tea room down the road apiece, which Mama and I
always enjoyed at least once during each visit. It could still be
there although
they've become pretty Big Time lately with folks flying in from California
and New York and even Europe to view the gorgeous and clever quilts.
Joyce
In the Mojave desert of California recalling how excited Mama Luce and
Aunt Upal were upon finally getting into the Russian Tea Room...... only
to have Aunt U. say, "They God, whoever thought a Tea Room would look
like this! Still, I bet they don't have sassafrass . I wish I could remember
whether they did or not. Whatever, we had a memorable visit. Aunt U. was
certain that we saw Clark Gable.... ignored the fact that he'd been dead
many years. She just tilted her wig and said, "that's him alright." AND, of
course, told everybody Back Home that we'd seen Ol' Clark just as big as
life.
Aunt Upal is the aunt who asked the waitress at a well-known
barbacue spot to :
well, in her own words....... "They God, missy, take this meat back and put
it in a poke until I can git it home and cook it till it's fit to
eat....." Aunt
U. had several quilts in the Paducah museum. I regret that she never saw
my pottery. I would have loved to hear her comments.
Eva Whitehead on tue 1 may 07
In a message dated 4/30/07 9:29:14 PM Central Daylight Time,
joycelee@IWVISP.COM writes:
> joycelee@IWVISP.COM
where is tghis place and in what state?
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Ann Baker on tue 1 may 07
It is a standard ceramics clay
Lois Ruben Aronow on wed 2 may 07
Cryptic message - my suspicion is you're talking about Standard 213, which
is a ^6 porcelain. It's a lovely and very popular body, durable,
non-translucent.
If you want translucent and super-white, go with either 551, which is
awesome, but warps, or 365, which is also awesome, warpy, and like throwing
with toothpaste. It's also my favorite body.
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> Subject: Re: ball clay in Porcelain
>
> It is a standard ceramics clay
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