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foam cone v/s giffen

updated thu 12 nov 98

 

potter@valemount.com on sat 3 oct 98

Hi

If you haven't tried a foam rubber cone for triming then you are missing the
boat, beats a giffen on most counts except odd shapes.

Bryan Hannis

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Wilkinson on sun 4 oct 98

Bryan, What is a foam cone?


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From: potter@valemount.com
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Saturday, October 03, 1998 1:41 PM
Subject: foam cone v/s giffen


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Hi

If you haven't tried a foam rubber cone for triming then you are missing the
boat, beats a giffen on most counts except odd shapes.

Bryan Hannis

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Gayle Pritchard on sun 4 oct 98

Bryan,

Where can you purchase a foam rubber cone?

Gayle

Wendy Moore on sun 4 oct 98

Could you please elaborate on this "foam rubber cone". This is something I've
not run across in the 30 odd books I do own.

Wendy Moore, the Apron Lady

potter@valemount.com wrote:

> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi
>
> If you haven't tried a foam rubber cone for triming then you are missing the
> boat, beats a giffen on most counts except odd shapes.
>
> Bryan Hannis
>
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Betty Burroughs on sun 4 oct 98

Bryan,
Your foam rubber cone for trimming sounds intriguing. Would you give
us some details....did you make it? is it glued to a bat? I have made a
foam-covered bat with felt-penned rings every half inch which I use for
plates, bowls, etc. and find much quicker and easier to use than the Giffin.


_____________________________
Betty Burroughs
Victoria, BC
Canada

Les Crimp on wed 7 oct 98

Bryan -
I am interested in your message about a "foam cone". What are the
dimensions? Where do you go to get one?

Les Crimp in Nanoose Bay, B.C.

>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi
>
>If you haven't tried a foam rubber cone for triming then you are missing the
>boat, beats a giffen on most counts except odd shapes.
>
>Bryan Hannis
>
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eden@sover.net on thu 15 oct 98

Hi Bryan,

Will you please describe further, dimensions, kind of foam, sculpted out of
solid block or laminated...sounds like something I'd like to try.

Thanks, Eleanora

At 03:39 PM 10/3/98 -0400, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi
>
>If you haven't tried a foam rubber cone for triming then you are missing the
>boat, beats a giffen on most counts except odd shapes.
>
>Bryan Hannis
>
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Brigita Smits on tue 20 oct 98



Is this "foam cone" an imaginary being....... or does
someone really have some useful information about
how one can be made purchased?

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June Perry on wed 21 oct 98

I saw a foam cone (styrofoam) at the craft store Michaels. I assume this is
what the writer referred to. At first, I thought they meant foam, as in
upholstery material and I couldn't figure out how that would support a pot;
but if it's styrofoam that's another story. They make those for people to use
as a base for table decorations, etc.

Regards,
June

Carolynn Palmer on thu 22 oct 98

What is a "foam cone"????

Carolynn Palmer, Somerset Center, Michigan

potter@valemount.com on fri 23 oct 98

In article <5551cab9.362cf0d5@aol.com>,
June Perry wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I saw a foam cone (styrofoam) at the craft store Michaels. I assume this is
> what the writer referred to. At first, I thought they meant foam, as in
> upholstery material and I couldn't figure out how that would support a pot;
> but if it's styrofoam that's another story. They make those for people to use
> as a base for table decorations, etc.
>
> Regards,
> June
>Hi

No I meant foam rubber, I've been using mine for years, workd great.

Bryan Hannis

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Cindy on fri 23 oct 98

Brigita,

I haven't used the foam cone, but I assume the potter who suggested it is
using a styrofoam cone. These are available at craft supply stores and are
used as bases for artificial floral arrangements--particularly Christmas
tree-type arrangements.

Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels
Custer, SD
USA http://blackhills-info.com/a/cindys/menu.htm

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> From: Brigita Smits
> To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
> Subject: Re: foam cone v/s giffen
> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 10:13 AM
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
>
> Is this "foam cone" an imaginary being....... or does
> someone really have some useful information about
> how one can be made purchased?
>
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Debby Grant on sat 24 oct 98

Dear Bryan,

Where did you buy your foam rubber cone? Or did you make
it yourself? Seems to me it would have to be stiffer than normal
foam rubber or mounted on a hard base. Please explain.

Thanks, Debby Grant in NH

Veena Raghavan on wed 11 nov 98

Did Bryan ever give any additional information about the foam cone, apart
from the fact that it is rubber. Bryan if you are out there, I think there
are several of us who would love to know what exactly this is and where one
can get it.
Thanks in advance.
Veena
Veena Raghavan
75124.2520@compuserve.com