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nylon fiber in clay or slip

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Ilene Mahler on tue 5 jun 07


when you cut or trim your pieces the fibers will pull or tear watch
out...Ilene in Conn
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From: "Rider,Francis - Art Studio Technician"
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Subject: Nylon fiber in clay or slip


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> Is anybody out there working with clay that has nylon fiber added? I
> remember reading about Marilyn Levine using nylon fiber in clay to do her
> fabulous jackets and other work. I tried some fiber in a naked raku slip
> that kept falling off our pots and it allowed for great cracking without
> peeling off our pots. I have a couple of buckets of porcelain trimmings
> that
> I want to try to do some very thin hand built pieces with and I thought I
> would try a little fiber in it once I slake it down and remix it. Any
> suggestions ???
> Francis Rider
>
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> From: Smith, Judy [mailto:Judy.Smith@NSCC.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:57 AM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: How to apply glaze to sgraffito?
>
> If I dip the glaze, it will cover the positive uncarved areas. This is
> not the effect that I want. I would like the uncarved areas to show the
> colored slip that I applied in the first step of the process. I was
> asking how Natalie Blake achieves the effect she gets on her sqraffito
> pots.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Lee Love
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:58 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: How to apply glaze to sgraffito?
>
> On 6/1/07, Smith, Judy wrote:
>
>> out spaces with out having it cover the positive uncarved areas? I
>> really love her pots and would love to experiment with this technique.
>
> Just dip the glaze. Make it as thick or thin as you please.
>
> --
> Lee in Mashiko, Japan
> Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
> http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
>
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> Henry David Thoreau
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Frank Gaydos on tue 5 jun 07


Francis,
I use fiber in my platter clay to help keep extrusions together when I run
across the room with them.......
It burns out fine but is a pain if you do a lot of trimming or needle
tooling. Make sure you really spread it out as it tends to clump. I have a
mixer and that helps a lot.



Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rider,Francis - Art Studio Technician"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:08 PM
Subject: Nylon fiber in clay or slip


> Is anybody out there working with clay that has nylon fiber added? I
> remember reading about Marilyn Levine using nylon fiber in clay to do her
> fabulous jackets and other work. I tried some fiber in a naked raku slip
> that kept falling off our pots and it allowed for great cracking without
> peeling off our pots. I have a couple of buckets of porcelain trimmings
> that
> I want to try to do some very thin hand built pieces with and I thought I
> would try a little fiber in it once I slake it down and remix it. Any
> suggestions ???
> Francis Rider
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Judy [mailto:Judy.Smith@NSCC.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:57 AM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: How to apply glaze to sgraffito?
>
> If I dip the glaze, it will cover the positive uncarved areas. This is
> not the effect that I want. I would like the uncarved areas to show the
> colored slip that I applied in the first step of the process. I was
> asking how Natalie Blake achieves the effect she gets on her sqraffito
> pots.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Lee Love
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:58 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: How to apply glaze to sgraffito?
>
> On 6/1/07, Smith, Judy wrote:
>
>> out spaces with out having it cover the positive uncarved areas? I
>> really love her pots and would love to experiment with this technique.
>
> Just dip the glaze. Make it as thick or thin as you please.
>
> --
> Lee in Mashiko, Japan
> Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
> http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
>
> "To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
> Henry David Thoreau
>
> "Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
>
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Rider,Francis - Art Studio Technician on tue 5 jun 07


Is anybody out there working with clay that has nylon fiber added? I
remember reading about Marilyn Levine using nylon fiber in clay to do her
fabulous jackets and other work. I tried some fiber in a naked raku slip
that kept falling off our pots and it allowed for great cracking without
peeling off our pots. I have a couple of buckets of porcelain trimmings that
I want to try to do some very thin hand built pieces with and I thought I
would try a little fiber in it once I slake it down and remix it. Any
suggestions ???
Francis Rider

-----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Judy [mailto:Judy.Smith@NSCC.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:57 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: How to apply glaze to sgraffito?

If I dip the glaze, it will cover the positive uncarved areas. This is
not the effect that I want. I would like the uncarved areas to show the
colored slip that I applied in the first step of the process. I was
asking how Natalie Blake achieves the effect she gets on her sqraffito
pots.

-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Lee Love
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:58 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: How to apply glaze to sgraffito?

On 6/1/07, Smith, Judy wrote:

> out spaces with out having it cover the positive uncarved areas? I
> really love her pots and would love to experiment with this technique.

Just dip the glaze. Make it as thick or thin as you please.

--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/

"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau

"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi

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Elizabeth Priddy on wed 6 jun 07


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I am interested too...

Elizabeth Priddy
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