Scott Harrison on mon 9 oct 06
Since I do Ceramics and 2-D art in my room I was wondering if anybody
had tried using their slab roller as a printing press for media like
linoleum block prints or collographs? I have a Northstar 24" with table.
Scott Harrison
South Fork High School
Humboldt Redwoods
Upstate CA
Alistair Gillies on tue 10 oct 06
We used to heat up pies in the college gas kiln.....
From: "Phyllis Tilton"
Have any of you used the slab roller for food? I know of people that have
baked meat loaf and other stuff in their kiln.
Phyllis Tilton on tue 10 oct 06
This is a little off topic but the same principle is involved. I have considered using the slab roller for pie dough and my homemade egg noodles. If I have specific canvas for food use?? I freeze egg yolks saved from an icing recipe so when I make the noodles, turns out to be a large amount. Ditto, pie dough. I make multiple times the recipe, roll the dough and freeze in the pie dishes/pans. Nice to have ready. Maybe crazy for just the two of us--cooking as though the whole family still lived here. I'm ready for them when they do visit!! Have any of you used the slab roller for food? I know of people that have baked meat loaf and other stuff in their kiln.
Phyllis Tilton
daisypet1@yahoo.com
Scott Harrison wrote:
Since I do Ceramics and 2-D art in my room I was wondering if anybody
had tried using their slab roller as a printing press for media like
linoleum block prints or collographs? I have a Northstar 24" with table.
Scott Harrison
South Fork High School
Humboldt Redwoods
Upstate CA
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kelley40 on tue 10 oct 06
Ok I need to chime in to a fellow humboltian, I am a ceramic artist as well
as a block print artist. I have used a slab roller to print my stuff Il also
used a rolling print press from the Richardson company to roll clay.
I have found that my lino block designs make great stamps for imprinting
tiles!
Woo hoo there is my tip of the day. I sell the cards and tiles as a set.
Sincerely,
Kelley Barrett
Humboldt Handmade Artisans & Crafters
www.humboldthandmade.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Scott Harrison
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:21 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Dual duty slab roller?
The Northstar has two geared rollers.
Scott Harrison
South Fork High School
Humboldt Redwoods
Upstate CA
On Oct 10, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Snail Scott wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Scott Harrison wrote:
>
>> Since I do Ceramics and 2-D art in my room I was wondering if anybody
>> had tried using their slab roller as a printing press for media like
>> linoleum block prints or collographs? I have a Northstar 24" with
>> table.
>
> A Northstar (which has a top-only roller that is fixed in place by
> screws) or a similar roller might work on small plates. To print
> effectively, you need a lot more pressure per square inch than a slab
> roller usually provides, thus to increase the p.s.i., you need to
> reduce the s.i., so to speak.
>
> The Northstar (if I recall) has just the one roller, and too much
> pressure may prevent the plate from moving against the table, or even
> damage the table if the printing plate/block is rigid.
> Unbacked lino plates may be best, to avoid damage.
>
> Some slab rollers have a double roller - top and bottom, just like
> most intaglio printing presses. These might be the best if someone
> wanted to try this. The cable-tension types like the Brent roller
> would probably not be happy. I'm just guessing, as I've never tried
> this, but start with minimal pressure for any tests!
>
> -Snail
>
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W J Seidl on tue 10 oct 06
Phyllis dear,
(I'm being absolutely serious here)
If you are going to do that, go buy yourself a nice piece of silk or =
similar
"fine woven" cloth to lay over the canvas. That way, the dough does not
stick to the "rough" canvas, and it doesn't leave pattern =
imprints...unless
that is what you're going for. Patterned noodles...hmmmmmm, there's a =
novel
marketing idea......
I had a devil of a time rolling out porcelain with a smooth surface =
until I
discovered that trick.
And no, satin and sateens don't work as well as silk. Not as fine. =
It's
worth the money for a few yards. You'll only buy it ONCE.
Just don't use any pink lame...or anything with sequins...you'll =
aggravate
the Mayor.
Best,
Wayne Seidl
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Phyllis =
Tilton
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:27 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Dual duty slab roller?
This is a little off topic but the same principle is involved. I have
considered using the slab roller for pie dough and my homemade egg =
noodles.
If I have specific canvas for food use?? I freeze egg yolks saved from =
an
icing recipe so when I make the noodles, turns out to be a large amount.
Ditto, pie dough. I make multiple times the recipe, roll the dough and
freeze in the pie dishes/pans. Nice to have ready. Maybe crazy for just =
the
two of us--cooking as though the whole family still lived here. I'm =
ready
for them when they do visit!! Have any of you used the slab roller for
food? I know of people that have baked meat loaf and other stuff in =
their
kiln.
Phyllis Tilton
daisypet1@yahoo.com
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Patrick Cross on tue 10 oct 06
I've heard a tale (could have been a tall one...not sure) from one of my
professors. The long-time resident studio dog passed away and they decided
to immortalize him through a kiln cremation. When the firing was over there
where two odd shaped lumps where the body was laid to rest. Turned out to
be fragile fired clay where the dog's lungs were positioned.
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 10/10/06, Phyllis Tilton wrote:
>
> This is a little off topic but the same principle is involved. I have
> considered using the slab roller for pie dough and my homemade egg noodles.
> If I have specific canvas for food use?? I freeze egg yolks saved from an
> icing recipe so when I make the noodles, turns out to be a large amount.
> Ditto, pie dough. I make multiple times the recipe, roll the dough and
> freeze in the pie dishes/pans. Nice to have ready. Maybe crazy for just the
> two of us--cooking as though the whole family still lived here. I'm ready
> for them when they do visit!! Have any of you used the slab roller for
> food? I know of people that have baked meat loaf and other stuff in their
> kiln.
>
> Phyllis Tilton
> daisypet1@yahoo.com
>
> Scott Harrison wrote:
> Since I do Ceramics and 2-D art in my room I was wondering if anybody
> had tried using their slab roller as a printing press for media like
> linoleum block prints or collographs? I have a Northstar 24" with table.
>
>
>
> Scott Harrison
> South Fork High School
> Humboldt Redwoods
> Upstate CA
>
>
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Snail Scott on tue 10 oct 06
On Oct 9, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Scott Harrison wrote:
> Since I do Ceramics and 2-D art in my room I was wondering if anybody
> had tried using their slab roller as a printing press for media like
> linoleum block prints or collographs? I have a Northstar 24" with
> table.
A Northstar (which has a top-only roller that
is fixed in place by screws) or a similar roller
might work on small plates. To print effectively,
you need a lot more pressure per square inch
than a slab roller usually provides, thus to
increase the p.s.i., you need to reduce the s.i.,
so to speak.
The Northstar (if I recall) has just the one roller,
and too much pressure may prevent the plate
from moving against the table, or even damage
the table if the printing plate/block is rigid.
Unbacked lino plates may be best, to avoid
damage.
Some slab rollers have a double roller - top
and bottom, just like most intaglio printing
presses. These might be the best if someone
wanted to try this. The cable-tension types
like the Brent roller would probably not
be happy. I'm just guessing, as I've never
tried this, but start with minimal pressure
for any tests!
-Snail
jlutz on tue 10 oct 06
Never thought to use it for pie dough but I have used it for the
dough for dog biscuits. That dough is very very dry and stiff and
nearly impossible to roll out by hand. I just put it between two
sheets of plastic dry cleaner bags and roll away. Works just great!
Jean Lutz
The biscuits are for the doggie friends of my cat Bunter.
At 05:26 AM 10/10/2006, you wrote:
>This is a little off topic but the same principle is involved. I
>have considered using the slab roller for pie dough and my homemade
>egg noodles. If I have specific canvas for food use?? I freeze egg
>yolks saved from an icing recipe so when I make the noodles, turns
>out to be a large amount. Ditto, pie dough. I make multiple times
>the recipe, roll the dough and freeze in the pie dishes/pans. Nice
>to have ready. Maybe crazy for just the two of us--cooking as though
>the whole family still lived here. I'm ready for them when they do
>visit!! Have any of you used the slab roller for food? I know of
>people that have baked meat loaf and other stuff in their kiln.
>
> Phyllis Tilton
> daisypet1@yahoo.com
>
>Scott Harrison wrote:
> Since I do Ceramics and 2-D art in my room I was wondering if anybody
>had tried using their slab roller as a printing press for media like
>linoleum block prints or collographs? I have a Northstar 24" with table.
>
>
>
>Scott Harrison
>South Fork High School
>Humboldt Redwoods
>Upstate CA
>
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Scott Harrison on tue 10 oct 06
The Northstar has two geared rollers.
Scott Harrison
South Fork High School
Humboldt Redwoods
Upstate CA
On Oct 10, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Snail Scott wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Scott Harrison wrote:
>
>> Since I do Ceramics and 2-D art in my room I was wondering if anybody
>> had tried using their slab roller as a printing press for media like
>> linoleum block prints or collographs? I have a Northstar 24" with
>> table.
>
> A Northstar (which has a top-only roller that
> is fixed in place by screws) or a similar roller
> might work on small plates. To print effectively,
> you need a lot more pressure per square inch
> than a slab roller usually provides, thus to
> increase the p.s.i., you need to reduce the s.i.,
> so to speak.
>
> The Northstar (if I recall) has just the one roller,
> and too much pressure may prevent the plate
> from moving against the table, or even damage
> the table if the printing plate/block is rigid.
> Unbacked lino plates may be best, to avoid
> damage.
>
> Some slab rollers have a double roller - top
> and bottom, just like most intaglio printing
> presses. These might be the best if someone
> wanted to try this. The cable-tension types
> like the Brent roller would probably not
> be happy. I'm just guessing, as I've never
> tried this, but start with minimal pressure
> for any tests!
>
> -Snail
>
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L. P. Skeen on tue 10 oct 06
I think you're thinking of some other brand; the Northstar has two =
rollers, which makes it the most excellent slab roller ever! :) Plus, =
they have excellent customer service, although YMMV.
L
L. P. Skeen, Summerfield NC
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A Northstar (which has a top-only roller that
is fixed in place by screws) or a similar roller
might work on small plates.
claybair on tue 10 oct 06
I would think that you need cushion mats
and canvas is just too thin.
see:
http://www.dickblick.com/zz450/28/
If I recall correctly the Northstar has plastic gears. I think using it for
printmaking might stress those gears especially if you are using wood.
Lino might be ok if you use the mats.
Note the gears on the Dick Blick press are steel.
Now if you are using something like that new soft cut material
http://www.dickblick.com/zz404/01/ would probably work well
and not stress out the Northstar gears.
Gayle Bair - recalling my printmaking days back in the 60's
Bainbridge Island, WA
Tucson, AZ
http://claybair.com
-----Original Message-----
From:Scott Harrison
The Northstar has two geared rollers.
Scott Harrison
South Fork High School
Humboldt Redwoods
Upstate CA
On Oct 10, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Snail Scott wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Scott Harrison wrote:
>
>> Since I do Ceramics and 2-D art in my room I was wondering if anybody
>> had tried using their slab roller as a printing press for media like
>> linoleum block prints or collographs? I have a Northstar 24" with
>> table.
>
> A Northstar (which has a top-only roller that
> is fixed in place by screws) or a similar roller
> might work on small plates. To print effectively,
> you need a lot more pressure per square inch
> than a slab roller usually provides, thus to
> increase the p.s.i., you need to reduce the s.i.,
> so to speak.
>
> The Northstar (if I recall) has just the one roller,
> and too much pressure may prevent the plate
> from moving against the table, or even damage
> the table if the printing plate/block is rigid.
> Unbacked lino plates may be best, to avoid
> damage.
>
> Some slab rollers have a double roller - top
> and bottom, just like most intaglio printing
> presses. These might be the best if someone
> wanted to try this. The cable-tension types
> like the Brent roller would probably not
> be happy. I'm just guessing, as I've never
> tried this, but start with minimal pressure
> for any tests!
>
> -Snail
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Snail Scott on wed 11 oct 06
On Oct 10, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Scott Harrison wrote:
> The Northstar has two geared rollers.
You're right; sorry! I forgot.
That being the case, I'd give it a try,
at least with linocut plates!
-Snail
Patrick Cross on thu 12 oct 06
Ooooo, now that's my kind of toy! I can smell the light machine oil
and faint hint of rust all the way over here... And you must have SOME
garage sales where you are. I've never seen anything that cool at one
around these parts. Please...I don't want to hear that all you paid was a
dollar for it...
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 10/12/06, Don Goodrich wrote:
>
> Hey Patrick,
> Funny you should mention that. I've been having fun with the
> dough roller I picked up at a garage sale last summer, along with
> a big dough mixer. Here's a picture of the roller:
> http://www.dongoodrichpottery.com/anetsroller1.jpg
>
Des & Jan Howard on thu 12 oct 06
**Scott
Judy & Ric Pierce use their slab roller in that way.
Look under "Our work" then "2D clay".
One of my fave sites.
Des
Scott Harrison wrote:
Since I do Ceramics and 2-D art in my room I was wondering
if anybody had tried using their slab roller as a printing press for
media like linoleum block prints or collographs?
--
Des & Jan Howard
Lue Pottery
LUE NSW 2850
Australia
Ph/Fax 02 6373 6419
http://www.luepottery.hwy.com.au
Bunny Lemak on thu 12 oct 06
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:26:45 -0700, Phyllis Tilton
wrote:
>This is a little off topic but the same principle is involved. I have
considered using the slab roller for pie dough and my homemade egg
noodles. If I have specific canvas for food use?? >
Oh my! I did this last Christmas, I was in a hurry and had to make 3
dozen cookies that day. I first thought about it, then thought what would
people think when I tell them, then I decided "What the heck...Why not??"
I took the cookie dough, put it between 2 sheets of wax paper and then put
it all between 2 large lint free kitchen hand towels.......the dough came
out perfect! I had to do this in small sections due to the wax paper, but
later learned that you can buy larger sheets of wax paper. So next year
my cookie making will be a breeze thanks to my slab roller!
Now, if I can only cook the turkey in the kiln for Thanksgiving.....LOL.
Bunny
NOT a cook, but plays well with clay.
L. P. Skeen on thu 12 oct 06
Bunny, if you have a copy of the Clayart Cookbook, there is a recipe for =
cooking a chicken in clay. I don't see why you couldn't do that with a =
turkey and cook it in the kiln. In the archives (I know, the dreaded, =
unorganized, filled with non-clay information, hard for newbies to use =
so why do they even exist archives) there are previous discussions of =
cooking things in the kiln and I suspect the turkey has been done =
before. Shouldn't be too hard, especially if you have an electronic =
controller - program for 350 degrees and hold for however many hours, =
LOL. :) =20
Now if you REALLY wanna get creative, you could use your slab roller to =
make a TurDuckEn....and cook THAT in the kiln.....
L
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Bunny Lemak=20
Now, if I can only cook the turkey in the kiln for =
Thanksgiving.....LOL.
Patrick Cross on thu 12 oct 06
Y'know if somebody could convince Brent and Northstar(?)...and whoever else
is a major manufacturer of slab rollers to start marketing to the restaurant
and gourmet cook crowd....Well, we would all come out ahead.
Slab roller makers could make more of them....and hopefully with an increase
in demand then sell them for less to slab roller buyers. I suppose it would
be the same machine for clay and pastry...just different stickers saying
what it was...
Someone other than me...get on that wouldja?
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 10/12/06, Bunny Lemak wrote:
>
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:26:45 -0700, Phyllis Tilton
> wrote:
>
> >This is a little off topic but the same principle is involved. I have
> considered using the slab roller for pie dough and my homemade egg
> noodles. If I have specific canvas for food use?? >
>
> Oh my! I did this last Christmas, I was in a hurry and had to make 3
> dozen cookies that day. I first thought about it, then thought what would
> people think when I tell them, then I decided "What the heck...Why not??"
>
> I took the cookie dough, put it between 2 sheets of wax paper and then put
> it all between 2 large lint free kitchen hand towels.......the dough came
> out perfect! I had to do this in small sections due to the wax paper, but
> later learned that you can buy larger sheets of wax paper. So next year
> my cookie making will be a breeze thanks to my slab roller!
>
> Now, if I can only cook the turkey in the kiln for Thanksgiving.....LOL.
>
> Bunny
> NOT a cook, but plays well with clay.
>
>
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Patrick Cross on thu 12 oct 06
Perhaps I spoke too soon...see Google images for . Some of
these things look like they would be hours of entertainment with clay
instead of dough...If you could afford one that is..
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=gmail&q=Pastry%20machine&sa=N&tab=wi
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 10/12/06, Patrick Cross wrote:
>
> Y'know if somebody could convince Brent and Northstar(?)...and whoever
> else is a major manufacturer of slab rollers to start marketing to the
> restaurant and gourmet cook crowd....Well, we would all come out ahead.
>
> Slab roller makers could make more of them....and hopefully with an
> increase in demand then sell them for less to slab roller buyers. I suppose
> it would be the same machine for clay and pastry...just different stickers
> saying what it was...
>
> Someone other than me...get on that wouldja?
>
> Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
>
>
> On 10/12/06, Bunny Lemak wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:26:45 -0700, Phyllis Tilton > > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >This is a little off topic but the same principle is involved. I have
> > considered using the slab roller for pie dough and my homemade egg
> > noodles. If I have specific canvas for food use?? >
> >
> > Oh my! I did this last Christmas, I was in a hurry and had to make 3
> > dozen cookies that day. I first thought about it, then thought what
> > would
> > people think when I tell them, then I decided "What the heck...Why
> > not??"
> >
> > I took the cookie dough, put it between 2 sheets of wax paper and then
> > put
> > it all between 2 large lint free kitchen hand towels.......the dough
> > came
> > out perfect! I had to do this in small sections due to the wax paper,
> > but
> > later learned that you can buy larger sheets of wax paper. So next year
> > my cookie making will be a breeze thanks to my slab roller!
> >
> > Now, if I can only cook the turkey in the kiln for Thanksgiving.....LOL.
> >
> > Bunny
> > NOT a cook, but plays well with clay.
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
Don Goodrich on thu 12 oct 06
Hey Patrick,
Funny you should mention that. I've been having fun with the
dough roller I picked up at a garage sale last summer, along with
a big dough mixer. Here's a picture of the roller:
http://www.dongoodrichpottery.com/anetsroller1.jpg
It's only 18 inches wide, and adjusts from 0 to 1/2 inch thick,
but that's plenty for the work I do.
Motorized, with chain drive, it would be quite willing to flatten
or chew up one's hand if one weren't careful. The advantage of most
rollers designed for clay is that they're hand powered so you really
must make an effort to injure yourself with one. Some of the
hand-powered ones among those Google images look pretty useful,
so maybe we oughta keep our eyes open for defunct pizza joints and
see what we can pick up.
There are certainly quite a few similarities between clay and
dough processing tools. Those fancy pasta machines can make miles of
neat strips of porcelain before they wear out. Another advantage is
that if you ever tire of clay work, you can go into the pastry business.
I'm pretty sure my dough roller could even handle the kind of printing that
the originator of this thread mentioned, if the plates weren't too thick.
Cheers,
Don Goodrich
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:10:02 -0500, Patrick Cross
wrote:
>Perhaps I spoke too soon...see Google images for . Some of
>these things look like they would be hours of entertainment with clay
>instead of dough...If you could afford one that is..
>
>http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=gmail&q=Pastry%
20machine&sa=N&tab=wi
Don Goodrich on fri 13 oct 06
Bunny, the trouble with the bullet-hole cookies is you made them
for the wrong holiday. For Halloween they would've been perfect,
or in Chicago maybe for Valentine's Day...
Cheers,
Don Goodrich
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:28:01 -0400, Bunny Lemak wrote:
>...and every Christmas I get
>reminded of my "Bullet-hole" cookies, I baked sugar cookies with the red
>cinnamon candies in the middle, apparently I baked them too long because
>they looked like it was a bullet hole, blood and all! You should have
>seen them.....Hmm I will have to try again this year, only with the
>turkey! Alert the Fire Department!!
>
>Bunny
>I make clay pots better than simple sugar cookies!! :0)
L. P. Skeen on fri 13 oct 06
The problem with that idea, as I see it, is that in a professional =
kitchen (or even in my own, for that matter) there is this whole lack of =
space issue.... (Too many gadgets, too little room...)
L. P. Skeen, Summerfield NC
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From: Patrick Cross=20
I suppose it would
be the same machine for clay and pastry...just different stickers =
saying
what it was...
Bunny Lemak on fri 13 oct 06
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:05:35 -0400, L. P. Skeen
wrote:
>Bunny, if you have a copy of the Clayart Cookbook, there is a recipe for
cooking a chicken in clay. I don't see why you couldn't do that with a
turkey and cook it in the kiln. In the archives (I know, the dreaded,
unorganized, filled with non-clay information, hard for newbies to use so
why do they even exist archives) there are previous discussions of cooking
things in the kiln and I suspect the turkey has been done before.
Shouldn't be too hard, especially if you have an electronic controller -
program for 350 degrees and hold for however many hours, LOL. :)
>
>Now if you REALLY wanna get creative, you could use your slab roller to
make a TurDuckEn....and cook THAT in the kiln.....
>
>L
OMG!! I was only kidding! You all don't know me well, but believe me you
do NOT want me to cook any kind of meal for you!! Trust me. All our
friends and relatives know that I am not a cook - can't boil water right!
I didn't even dare tell anyone, except my husband about the slab rolled
cookies last year, or they wouldn't have eaten them! The first year we
were married I decided to make cookies for everyone for Christmas. Well
let me tell you, we have been married 17 years and every Christmas I get
reminded of my "Bullet-hole" cookies, I baked sugar cookies with the red
cinnamon candies in the middle, apparently I baked them too long because
they looked like it was a bullet hole, blood and all! You should have
seen them.....Hmm I will have to try again this year, only with the
turkey! Alert the Fire Department!!
Bunny
I make clay pots better than simple sugar cookies!! :0)
L. P. Skeen on sat 14 oct 06
Bunny, I just woke the dog and my wife laughing at your bullet hole =
cookie story....time to go to bed now.
L
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Bunny Lemak=20
OMG!! I was only kidding! You all don't know me well, but believe me =
you do NOT want me to cook any kind of meal for you!! =20
The first year we were married I decided to make cookies for everyone =
for Christmas. "Bullet-hole" cookies, I baked sugar cookies with the =
red cinnamon candies in the middle, apparently I baked them too long =
because they looked like it was a bullet hole, blood and all!
Bonnie Staffel on sat 14 oct 06
Hi Clayarters,
Back in the 1960's there was a lot of urban renewal going on. Even in =
our
small town a mom and pop bakery went out of business. We were able to
purchase at very reasonable prices equipment that was perfect for the =
clay
business when we were planning the opening of our studio in Charlevoix. =
We
also went to the Toledo area that was in renewal stress and purchased a =
lot
of 36" x 36" square wooden tables from a Masonic lodge for $1 ea. The =
legs
came off of these so we could move them to our new studio where we put =
them
together and lined them up for work counters. Then when we first =
opened, we
heard of a bakery going out of business and found a dough mixer and =
other
equipment. We felt it was a sign that my husband could quit his job and =
we
were launched full scale in our new digs. I am still using the antique
scales we found at that place. There were wonderful heavy long rolling
pins, bakery trays, a large metal proof box on wheels where we could =
store
wet work until it could be trimmed. Paid $20 for it.
I was so sorry to see the old bakery shut down in my home town as there =
were
many memories of my mother sending me to their shop when I was a child =
to
buy a half inch of block yeast from which she made our bread. Once in a
while as a treat she would buy a pecan roll. Once there was a contest =
and I
won a cake. My family dubbed me the lucky one and that was the first =
and
only prize I have every received from buying a ticket!!! Sidebar here, =
I
consider my life as one big lucky prize. =20
Hope you all have such a good life.
Bonnie Staffel
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