http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/ Ceramic Arts Discussion List Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:37:50 GMT mel jacobson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303026 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303026 i have sent this many times...see if it fits your idea. mel old electric kilns still work fine in most cases. a good cleaning, check switches, clean Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:35:59 GMT Jess McKenzie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303025 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303025 We can use 'Olympics' here in Sequim, so long as we don't use it nationally. We're in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mtns. I'm not sure Gayle--on Bainbridge Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:35:59 GMT Paul Borian http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303024 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303024 when i used to buy clay i also pugged all of it before using. There were too many times where part of the bagged clay seemed softer/stiffer than others so i Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:35:59 GMT Paul Borian http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303023 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303023 i have re-glazed and re-fired a few times over the years. It's a lot easier if you have a sprayer and apply the glaze thick (skim off all the water first) ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:35:58 GMT Ingeborg Foco http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303022 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303022 Ali, I would do both to cover my butt. I don't know what kind of time frame you have but make it again and reglaze the other two pieces. I reglazing things Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:35:58 GMT Dennis Gerasimov http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303021 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303021 I want to try out various electric kiln reduction techniques. Coincidentally, my elements are due for replacement. At least the top two definitely are. I would Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:35:58 GMT John Rodgers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303020 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303020 I have come into possession of about 15 lbs of Bernard Slip in a powder form. Does anyone know how to use this stuff?? Can it be mixed in glazes? My work is Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:33:30 GMT peter h. pache http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303019 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303019 Anyone have any pros/cons on Matt & Dave's "Porcelain for the People"? (see at: http://www.mattanddavesclays.com/index.html) Thanks - Peter H. Pache Datil, NM Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:48:47 GMT Clyde Tullis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303018 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303018 Gives me pause. I was thinking, when living in Colorado Springs that a cycling shirt with "Focus on the Fanny" would be clever. And don't even think of using Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:48:28 GMT Jess McKenzie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303017 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303017 The following articles appeared in Glazes : materials, recipes and techniques; American Ceramic Society: Hobart Cowles white glazes / by Lili Krakowski -- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:47:51 GMT William & Susan Schran User http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303016 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303016 ... Do both. Re-glaze adding a gum binder to the liquid glaze to have it adhere to the already fired glaze. Also remake the pots in case this doesn't work. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:47:49 GMT Nils Lou http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303015 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303015 Lou Turner reminded me that Richard Feynman credited "play" as essential in his growth as a physicist. As we know, he ended up with Nobel Prize from his play Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:46:44 GMT James Freeman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303014 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303014 I think you've hit the nail on the head, Tony. The writer and literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve once wrote, "With everyone born human, a poet - an Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:09 GMT Bill Merrill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303013 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303013 Since there has been discussions of glaze cooling , reduction at diffirent I thought I'd pass alon to you part of a letter I just received from Val Cushing. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:03 GMT Lili Krakowski http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303012 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/message/303012 Some days ago someone asked for "help" with Albany slip recipes. He had gotten together a batch of AS from diverse sources and wished to use. Fine. First, I