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: tools with balls

updated mon 29 oct 01

 

iandol on fri 26 oct 01


Dear Valice,

These are ideal for making a background texture. Use with a light hammer =
stroke to indent leather hard clay. Also useful for work in wax and =
plasticine. Should leave a polished surface and you can grade the =
texture.

Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia

tomsawyer on sat 27 oct 01


Hey, shouldn't we watch the titles of our subject lines above? My wife
happened by looked at "tools with balls" and broke out in laughter as she
walked away. Draw your own conclusions!
Tom Sawyer
tsawyer@cfl.rr.com

Valice Raffi on sat 27 oct 01


Thanks Ivor,

Gee, if I'd known that sooner, I might have kept it instead of giving it to
Charles Moore yesterday (grin). There is another tool that I've used for
making a similar (but larger texture)... it's a wooden tool with balls on
each end that doll makers use for eye sockets, comes in several sizes.
When used with a light tapping, it's creates a texture like hammered
copper. The students in the institutions especially love it, they get to
beat the clay over and over!

Valice
in Sacramento where I finally had to light the pilot light on the heater, brrrrr

>These are ideal for making a background texture. Use with a light hammer
>stroke to indent leather hard clay. Also useful for work in wax and
>plasticine. Should leave a polished surface and you can grade the texture.
>
>Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia