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In Topic: if you could be any potter?

Posted 12 May 2013

John Calver is one that springs to mind.

http://www.studiopot...ories//calver_j
In Topic: Fired glaze with no clay

Posted 6 May 2013

justin1287, on 06 May 2013 - 07:12 AM, said:
It randomly popped into my head.

I'd be inclined to let it randomly pop out again, what's the point?

How do you propose preventing it from sticking to your kiln shelf when the paper burns away?
In Topic: Aged clay. 100 years in a cave!

Posted 4 May 2013

Biglou13, on 04 May 2013 - 06:12 PM, said:
Think double bag, or triple bagged, with moist towel.

I've not seen any thirty year old plastic bags in good condition, I know they don't bio-degrade particularly quickly, but I'm sure they won't last that long in a cave - rodents are prone to nibbling at plastic stuff too.

Wooden barrels rely on moisture to keep the wood swollen and thus watertight, wont the barrels just draw that moisture from the clay - maybe slowly, but it's still going to dry out.

It's sounding (to me) as though this stored clay is going to need plenty of attention, I'd envisaged squirrelling it away and leaving it for thirty years.
In Topic: Aged clay. 100 years in a cave!

Posted 3 May 2013

If we were to postulate that Futurebird has found their cave, how would they wrap/prepare the clay to be in good condition in 30 years time?

I'm assuming from reading the benefits of aged clay that it needs to remain moist.
In Topic: Crawl glaze

Posted 30 Apr 2013

neilestrick, on 30 April 2013 - 06:56 PM, said:
I wouldn't worry so much about the color in the bucket. If you're certain it didn't get contaminated, go ahead and use it.

Thanks Neil, I think to be on the safe side I'll use this on something else in the future and make some fresh stuff up anyway, I really do want it to be white in this instance, it's such a small quantity it's not worth worrying about, and the old stuff may produce a nice surprise when I do use it.public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif