Cathi Newlin on sun 7 mar 10
Just thought I'd share this article - ya don't see potters in the news
very often.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62717J20100308
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Ann Brink on mon 8 mar 10
Yes, I saw that on the news last night- I think maybe he makes a bowl form
from some very refractory material, then coats the inside with a lower
maturing ceramic material. Then after firing perhaps the outer material can
be carefullly removed, perhaps even ground away with a Dremel-type tool.
Just conjecturing here, of course.
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
(mostly about pottery)
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> Just thought I'd share this article - ya don't see potters in the news
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> http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62717J20100308
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ivor & olive lewis on tue 9 mar 10
Dear Cathi Newlin,
An interesting proposition.
Now are they glazed?
These fragile bowls could have been cast using a clay that contained some
form of adhesive to add mechanical strength.
Perhaps they were fired in a refractory mould to cope with any pyroplastic
deformation.
One way to get a thin coating of slip on the inside surface of a bowl mould
would be to spray the slip while the mould was rotating. Successive layers
could be dried with a current of warm air.
If they are as fragile as described they may have only been bisque fired !
Thanks for reporting the article.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis,
Redhill,
South Australia
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