Bonnema on thu 29 oct 98
I have been rereading Jim Robinson's great article in the June 1988 Studio
Potter called "Body Building for Potters: A Clay-Blending Formulary. I am
going to run the "glaze test series" on our current body.
Question: Can anyone point me to a book or magazine article that has a
picture of the "Alfred pinched test mouse" that he mentions. I have a hard
time visualizing what it should look like. His directions are "roll a fat,
2 inch cone shaped piece of clay and pinch down starting at the top, with a
final push to set a wide, stable base. Try to develop sharp several sharp
ridges down the spine of the piece so that if shivering is to occur, it
will have a site for these stresses to congregate."
A picture would be great.
Thanks,
Garret
Bethel Maine
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lpskeen on fri 30 oct 98
Bonnema wrote:
> Question: Can anyone point me to a book or magazine article that has a
> picture of the "Alfred pinched test mouse"
These test mice are by no means exclusive to Alfred U. Get a
small ball of clay and place in your right hand. Make a fist like you
are gonna sock somebody. The clay will squeeze out the bottom of your
hand. Mash that part flat on a table so the mouse will stand up on his
own, and release the clay. You should have something that looks SORT of
like the handlebar on a bicycle - with your finger indentations in it,
which will show you when dipped in glaze, how the glaze looks over
raised areas.
I recommend poking a hole through the top of the mouse so that if you
like your glaze test, you can tie the mouse to the glaze bucket for
reference.
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Dannon Rhudy on fri 30 oct 98
That explanation is more complicated than necessary.
Take a fat clay coil, thick as your thumb or a bit more.
Place it in your hand lengthwise across the palm. Squeeze
gently. Sit it on the table, pushing down enough to make a
stable foot, so that it does not tip over when firing.
Easy, works great, the lines/edges from squeezing in your
hand makes it possible to see how the glaze breaks/pools.
Not rocket science.
Dannon Rhudy
potter@koyote.com
At 08:47 AM 10/29/98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I have been rereading Jim Robinson's great article in the June 1988 Studio
>Potter called "Body Building for Potters: A Clay-Blending Formulary. I am
>going to run the "glaze test series" on our current body.
>
>Question: Can anyone point me to a book or magazine article that has a
>picture of the "Alfred pinched test mouse" that he mentions. I have a hard
>time visualizing what it should look like. His directions are "roll a fat,
>2 inch cone shaped piece of clay and pinch down starting at the top, with a
>final push to set a wide, stable base. Try to develop sharp several sharp
>ridges down the spine of the piece so that if shivering is to occur, it
>will have a site for these stresses to congregate."
>
>A picture would be great.
>Thanks,
>Garret
>Bethel Maine
>
>--
>Garret Bonnema
>bonnema@megalink.net
>
Craig Martell on fri 30 oct 98
Hi:
There is a photo of some test mice in The Ceramic Spectrum by Robin Hopper
on page 42.
Craig Martell-Oregon
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