Lili Krakowski on sun 26 mar 06
Ok. Tell me this.
Plastic buckets and plastic gallong jars are available free from cafeterias,
restaurants, and like that. You get adorable 1 gallon plastic buckets free
if you buy Feta by the 5 lb lump.
So why do you have ONE jar only for scrap glaze? The mind she boggles.
If you fire at one temp, as I do, then you have 1 jug for white/untinted
glazes, one for brown or ferruginous glazes, and one for "who knows what the
heck is in this" glazes. Hoiw many glazes can you ahve already in a
studio--five, six--that you actually use? So how much difference is there in
the scrap content?
Unless you do something weird the white glaze--which might include some with
a bit of rutile_-are perfectly usable for anyhing. The ferruginous ones
will look fine on flower pots. The who knows ones ? Who knows?
In a school situation it is up to the poor overworked underpaid Tech to sort
it out. But a system can be developed with all glazesd marked I, II, III and
"matched" to the disposal jar.
I am of course cheap, tightfisted, mean, and not a fun person...I know
that! But for many glaze materials ARE a big expense, and NOT wasting a
good principle.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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