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facetting thrown pots

updated thu 19 sep 02

 

karen gringhuis on fri 13 sep 02


John Baymore said most of it but.....plan ahead &
start with a thick wall. If you accidentally cut a
hole, just make a patch, stick in on from the inside
and let it show. Try facetting wet and then expanding
the shape a bit more.

For fantastic wires, which just happen to come with a
tool holder, write Hank Murrow at hmurrow@efn.org

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Hank Murrow on tue 17 sep 02


>We use the cheese slicers. You can remove the original wire
>and replace it with a wire made by stretching out a spring
>from a retractable pen or unwind a piece of twisted steel
>fishing leader wire (sevenstrand) or other twisted wire.
>Some guitar strings may be useful, too. Ruthanne Tudball is
>the most facile faceter I have seen. She makes her own
>special wires from piano wire, and bends then to individual
>patterns..
>

And have a look at http://www.murrow.biz/hank/tutorials.htm for a
demo on how I do it.

Best, Hank in Eugene

iandol on tue 17 sep 02


Gosh Janet, I forgot about obsolescence.

Yes, curtain wire is still available in the Antipodes. That is because =
this delightful island has been a place to send remainders of production =
runs for a couple of centuries. If excess production can't be sold in =
Europe or the US when fashions change, ship it "Down Under".

Now, I suppose I shall have to teach you all how to make coiled =
springs!!

Best regards,

Ivor

Janet Kaiser on tue 17 sep 02


Good gracious, Ivor!

Can you still buy curtain wire in the Antipodes? I have not seen any for
YEARS! It is probably completely unknown to the young whipper-snappers
around here, unless they have aging grandmothers! :-)

Curtain wire was replaced by metal rods or wood dowling with fancy ends in
the 1970s and 80s. They saved the curtains drooping in the middle across
our larger, modern windows. Indeed, I do not think half drop net curtains
are en vogue these days. Once the "Coffee House" look went out of fashion,
they disappeared and with many home owners investing in new double-glazed
windows, not many want to bore holes into the frames.

We don't have many curtains and non at all in some rooms, but even the
houses that do, now sport full length "lace curtains". I suppose little old
ladies may still have plenty hidden away in drawers...

As a matter of interest... Once acquired, how on earth do you remove the
plastic coating?

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

>Just take half a yard and strip of the plastic coating. Then stretch this
>beyond its elastic limit to get an extended open coil spring. Lots of ways
>to use this little treasure of a tool. create straight or curly furrows.
>Best regards,
>Ivor.

Sincerely


Janet Kaiser

The Chapel of Art =95 Capel Celfyddyd
8 Marine Crescent, Criccieth LL52 0EA, Wales, UK
Tel: 01766-523570 URL: http://www.the-coa.org.uk

James Bowen on tue 17 sep 02


We use the cheese slicers. You can remove the original wire
and replace it with a wire made by stretching out a spring
from a retractable pen or unwind a piece of twisted steel
fishing leader wire (sevenstrand) or other twisted wire.
Some guitar strings may be useful, too. Ruthanne Tudball is
the most facile faceter I have seen. She makes her own
special wires from piano wire, and bends then to individual
patterns..


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acceptable option."
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Lee Love on wed 18 sep 02


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hank Murrow"

> And have a look at http://www.murrow.biz/hank/tutorials.htm for a
> demo on how I do it.

Hank's facetting tool is a fine product. He shipped two to me here in Japan (I
gave one to a friend visiting from the States.) His tutorial really makes his
method clear. Please go take a look.

--
Lee Love In Mashiko, JAPAN Ikiru@hachiko.com
"Clay is molded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the
space where there is nothing...Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize
the utility of what is not.". --Lao Tzu