Jeff Campana on wed 23 feb 00
hello all,
After admiring how my new drippy wood ash glaze looks on my vases, I got to
thinking how interesting it would be to make some wall/stictly decorational
platters with the running glaze effect on it. If i fire the platters flat,
the glaze will merely pool, or bead if thin enough. So i figure i need to
fire these platters vertically. Has anyone out there attempted such a
thing?
I was thinking about making a little soft brick wall inside the kiln, and
hang, via holes in the foot, the platter on the wall with a legnth of
Ni-chrome wire. Probably counterweight it with a similar platter on the
other side of the wall and put bowls under the plattes to catch all the
drips. My logic here is that the gravity pulling the platters down and
against the little wall will keep the platters flat.
Is this whole endeavor completely ludicrous, or might i be on to
something? Has this been attempted or done by anyone out there, if so,
hints, please! If not, can any of you see a major flaw in this idea that i
have overlooked? Any suggestions comments would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jeff
Stephen Mills on fri 25 feb 00
Go for it, be that ground-breaker. After all the only way to test the
water is to stick YOUR toe in it.
At BPS we have a firing service for customers without kilns and we've
packed some very odd shapes at very funny angles in the past, and to
stoneware.
Do it and tell us all about it.
Steve
Bath
UK
In message , Jeff Campana writes
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
>hello all,
>
>After admiring how my new drippy wood ash glaze looks on my vases, I got to
>thinking how interesting it would be to make some wall/stictly decorational
>platters with the running glaze effect on it. If i fire the platters flat,
>the glaze will merely pool, or bead if thin enough. So i figure i need to
>fire these platters vertically. Has anyone out there attempted such a
>thing?
>
>I was thinking about making a little soft brick wall inside the kiln, and
>hang, via holes in the foot, the platter on the wall with a legnth of
>Ni-chrome wire. Probably counterweight it with a similar platter on the
>other side of the wall and put bowls under the plattes to catch all the
>drips. My logic here is that the gravity pulling the platters down and
>against the little wall will keep the platters flat.
>
>Is this whole endeavor completely ludicrous, or might i be on to
>something? Has this been attempted or done by anyone out there, if so,
>hints, please! If not, can any of you see a major flaw in this idea that i
>have overlooked? Any suggestions comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jeff
>
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Steve Mills
Bath
UK
home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk
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Tel: **44 (0)1225 311699
Fax: **44 (0)870 0526466
Carla Flati on sat 26 feb 00
How about almost vertically? A few years back, I made a "clay ramp" from a
slab of cone 10 sculpture clay. I fire to c/6 so the ramp held up just
fine, except when I dropped it onto my concrete floor. It looked like a ski
jump kind of thing. I made a very short lip across the surface about half
way up so the platter stayed in place without the rim touching the shelf.
The unglazed side of the foot was the only part of the platter that touched
the lip. It was steeper than 45 degrees, but I have no idea what the exact
angle was cos I hate math and used a piece of 2x4 as a straight edge to cut
the slab up. ( I just love my hi-tech tools.) Anyway, my glaze ran nicely
without dripping onto the shelf, BUT, it wasn't an ash glaze. You might
need a "drip pan" to be safe.
I know this isn't the greatest of descriptions (I'm no Vince Pitelka, our
master of step by step instruction) but I hope you get the basic idea.
Carla
In Pittsburgh, where I didn't even know about that exhibit in Clay Times! I
swear I live in a cave.
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