Carole Fox on mon 1 mar 04
I need to learn how to ask questions more clearly. What I really want to
know is.... do those teeny, tiny pinholes that you only see if you hold the
piece in the light affect the functional qualities of the pot. Is it just a
cosmetic fault or will the glaze not perform well?
I am NOT asking-
whether or not to sell seconds
or what to do with my seconds
or who's on first and what's on second?
I am trying to determine if my last load of pots, apparently glazed a bit on
the thick side, is usable or trash.
Carole Fox
Silver Fox Pottery
Elkton, MD
thesilverfox@dol.net
Lee love on mon 1 mar 04
Carole, in Japan, they are acceptable.
*--Lee in Mashiko, Japan
http://mashiko.us
"It seems to me what you lose in mystery you gain in awe" -- Francis Crick*
dreamsinclay on mon 1 mar 04
Carol:
If I can see them.....or feel them...something can get
in them!
If they are functional pieces....with pinholes of any
size...they are seconds for me.
Regards
Denise
dreamsinclay@yahoo.com.au
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Marianne Lombardo on mon 1 mar 04
Carol,
My opinion is that if the clay has been fired to
vitrification, and the pinholes are not sharp, and
there is a layer of glaze at the bottom of the pinhole
(over the clay), the piece is functional.
Marianne
> I need to learn how to ask questions more clearly.
What I really want to
> know is.... do those teeny, tiny pinholes that you
only see if you hold the
> piece in the light affect the functional qualities of
the pot. Is it just a
> cosmetic fault or will the glaze not perform well?
Ababi Sharon on mon 1 mar 04
Glazogaphy is a matter of geography
Ababi
-----Original Message-----
Carole, in Japan, they are acceptable.
*--Lee in Mashiko, Japan
http://mashiko.us
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Ron Roy on mon 1 mar 04
Hi Carol,
From my point of view - it depends on what the ware will be used for -
certain kinds of pinholes on the inside surfaces would make it difficult to
keep clean. If a pot can be used for wet storage of food would it be
possible to easily clean food out of the pin holes?
It is all in the mind of the user of course - what will your customers say?
Will you discount them and say why. At least they will understand that
there could be a potential problem. Some will say no problem - others will
say no way. Perhaps they should have the choice.
RR
>I need to learn how to ask questions more clearly. What I really want to
>know is.... do those teeny, tiny pinholes that you only see if you hold the
>piece in the light affect the functional qualities of the pot. Is it just a
>cosmetic fault or will the glaze not perform well?
>
>I am NOT asking-
>whether or not to sell seconds
>or what to do with my seconds
>or who's on first and what's on second?
>
>I am trying to determine if my last load of pots, apparently glazed a bit on
>the thick side, is usable or trash.
>Carole Fox
Ron Roy
RR#4
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Brighton, Ontario
Canada
K0K 1H0
Phone: 613-475-9544
Fax: 613-475-3513
Carole Fox on tue 2 mar 04
Okay... I am hearing all sides and seeing that I'll have to make my own
decision on these slightly pinholed plates which, are really nice in every
other respect. I will sell them as seconds. And I ALWAYS tell people why
each second is not a first.Though sometimes it is just an old piece that I
am tired of looking at. People love a bargain and it is a good draw to the
studio.
Hey Lee- if they don't sell here as seconds maybe I can sell them in Japan
as firsts! :>)
Carole Fox
Silver Fox Pottery
Elkton, MD
thesilverfox@dol.net
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