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a paperclay question

updated thu 9 sep 99

 

eden@sover.net on wed 8 sep 99

I always paint the surface of my paperclay stuff with several coats of clay
slip. This is because I want the surface to be smooth for decorating.
Perhaps it would help to make the piece with waterproofing.

Eleanora

>question--could a paperclay bowl be glazed and be waterproof? I'm
>specifically thinking about the bowl of a tabletop fountain. I just made my
>first paperclay using my stoneware claybody and toilet paper. just curious.
>
>Lynn in L.A. (lower Alabama where the pecan trees have so many nuts the
>branches are hanging to the ground. hope we don't get a hurricane through
>here before they ripen)

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Eleanora Eden 802 869-2003
Paradise Hill
Bellows Falls, VT 05101 eden@sover.net