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handbuilding question

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Marcia Selsor on mon 29 jun 09


I use tar paper tabs attached with a hot glue gun.
Marcia
On Jun 28, 2009, at 4:18 PM, marci and rex wrote:

> At 12:41 PM 6/28/2009, Marcia Selsor wrote:
>> I use several different things, but for undulating forms I use tar
>> paper forms stuffed with newspaper.
>> (see PMI Feb. 2009)"Tar Paper Molds", Pottery Making Illustrated,
>> Jan /Feb. pp 29-31
>
>
>
> This is great .. Thanks ... And thank you for the photos you
> sent. I really appreciate that.
> Ill pick up PMI at the local clay shop tomorrow ...
> Question: What do you use for the tape to hold the forms
> together?
>
>
> Marci Blattenberger Boskie's Mama =3D^..^=3D
> http://www.marciblattenberger.com
> marci@ppio.com
> Porcelain Painters International Online http://www.ppio.com
>

Marcia Selsor
http://marciaselsor.com

Snail Scott on mon 29 jun 09


On Jun 28, 2009, at 10:45 AM, marci and rex wrote:
> What do you use to support your clay slabs for drying?
> ...What I have
> in mind are kind of undulating forms, so does anybody have
> a suggestion about how to support multiple curves?


Bits of foam rubber are good, or bits of sponge.
The foam from an old couch cushion is just
the thing, and if you get it free, you don't feel
bad about hacking it up into good shapes.
After a while, you have a nice bin full of foam
chunks, which can be reconsolidated in a bag
for larger applications, too. Foam sheeting
can be useful, too, but is harder to get cheaply.

-Snail

steve graber on mon 29 jun 09


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Chaeli Sullivan on mon 29 jun 09


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Chae


--- On Mon, 6/29/09, Snail Scott wrote:


From: Snail Scott
Subject: Re: handbuilding question
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 6:21 AM


On Jun 28, 2009, at 10:45 AM, marci and rex wrote:
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Bits of foam rubber are good, or bits of sponge.
The foam from an old couch cushion is just
the thing, and if you get it free, you don't feel
bad about hacking it up into good shapes.
After a while, you have a nice bin full of foam
chunks, which can be reconsolidated in a bag
for larger applications, too. Foam sheeting
can be useful, too, but is harder to get cheaply.

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Vince Pitelka on mon 29 jun 09


There have been a lot of good suggestions in response to this question. I
do not know who the original poster was, but my "Tool Times" column in the
May-June issue of Clay Times was on "Using Props and Supports in
Handbuilding."
- Vince

Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka