tony clennell on sat 31 oct 09
Thank you everyone for weighing in why the cup is a dead ringer. I
think it has to be the shino glaze. And since I don't know of a shino
glaze that doesn't craze that must be it. We rang a cup with a ash
celedon and it did indeed ring. Thanks to Carole for bringing this to
my attention. I guess I can't join the Cobalt Blues Band except for
maybe a little percussion.
It had me scratching my butt for a day. I had memories of me as a
young potter supplying a 100 beer mugs to a pub with a nice waxy matt
glaze. The guy phoned me and said it was impossible to pour a beer in
them. It would just end up being all head. Had to replace the mugs
with a good hard shiny glaze. I had no idea mattes would do that.
Today is my Pinot Grigio saturday. Leaves are fabulous, it's pissing
rain and I hope we're busy.
Cheers,
Tony
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Lee Love on sat 31 oct 09
Tony, I sometimes use my shino very thin. It doesn't craze when
applied thin. I just tested several and they all ring.
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Taylor Hendrix on sat 31 oct 09
Tony the Bony,
I just clunked my favorite extruded mug and no ring-a-ling. Of course
I DGAS. It's a beautifully functional mug, and I use it every damn
day.
FWIW, I degass often these days.
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On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:26 AM, tony clennell wr=
ote:
> Thank you everyone for weighing in why the cup is a dead ringer. I
> think it has to be the shino glaze.
Randall Moody on sat 31 oct 09
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:26 AM, tony clennell wro=
te:
> I had memories of me as a
> young potter supplying a 100 beer mugs to a pub with a nice waxy matt
> glaze. The guy phoned me and said it was impossible to pour a beer in
> them. It would just end up being all head. Had to replace the mugs
> with a good hard shiny glaze. I had no idea mattes would do that.
>
>
One of my students brought in a beer tumbler from Japan that a friend of hi=
s
sent him. It is unglazed on the interior so that the beer foams more. It is
supposed to create a smoother head on the beer. This is the first time I
have seen this. Yes, the cleaned tumbler smelled of beers gone past. My
opinion was that if you drink a quality beer, the head should be perfect in
the pouring. If you drink Bud, PBR and the like nothing will help and you
probably wouldn't know the difference anyway. :)
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Randall in Atlanta (an unmitigated beer snob)
Vince Pitelka on sat 31 oct 09
Randall Moody wrote:
"One of my students brought in a beer tumbler from Japan that a friend of
his
sent him. It is unglazed on the interior so that the beer foams more. It is
supposed to create a smoother head on the beer. This is the first time I
have seen this. Yes, the cleaned tumbler smelled of beers gone past. My
opinion was that if you drink a quality beer, the head should be perfect in
the pouring. If you drink Bud, PBR and the like nothing will help and you
probably wouldn't know the difference anyway."
Randall -
That is very interesting, and I am glad to get that information. I am goin=
g
to make some beer tumblers for soda firing, and I will leave the insides
unglazed. I do feel sorry for people who are willing to accept Bud, Miller
Lite, Coors, etc., and call it beer, but I don't waste much time on them.
Good craft brews are one of the delights of my life. The crappy domestic
beers are made out of rice and other bastardizations, and I have a sneaking
suspicion that they have some kind of arrangement with the big feed lots
where they fatten the cattle. Hell, if they can make a few bucks off the
runoff . . .
- Vince
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nori on sun 1 nov 09
about beer & heads...
i dimly recall seeing some japanese tumblers that had wax resist design
on inside bottom of them.
when the beer was poured, the design could be seen in the foam.
anyone else remember these?
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