| Other potters visiting our workshop have often
shared
their ideas with us, as we have with them. This is easier to do
if the information is already set up as a computer print-out, like
the pdf documents available on this page..
If you have similar good ideas of your own, we'd like to hear them too. |
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| Brongniart's
Formula made easy |
1
page 9 kB |
W = G(L-1000)/(G-1)
Ouch. That's too hard!
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This is a re-working of the
traditional Brongniart's formula, which deals with the amount of dry
matter suspended in a glaze or slip. Useful when you want to add
percentage amounts of another ingredient to an already-existing glaze. |
| Make
Your Own Pottery Stamps |
12
pages 328 kB |
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Written out originally as a
submission to the magazine "Pottery Making Illustrated". |
| Water
Etching... a well kept secret |
5
pages 122 kB |
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Another article written
originally for "Pottery Making Illustrated", a bit more detailed than
the version eventually printed. |
| The
Kiln Exhaust Sniffer |
4
pages 92 kB |
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A do-it-yourself version
of an expensive oxy-probe, built for just a few dollars using an
exhaust gas oxygen sensor from a car engine. After using one for over a
hundred firings in a gas kiln, it's hard to imagine going back to the
old days when reduction was judged by the presence of smoke and flames. |
| Building
a Pugmill |
9
pages 402 kB |
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Photographs and measurements
made during the construction of two successful home-made pugmills. A
good place to start if you're thinking of making one too. |
| The
Glaze Spraying Book |
26
pages 122 kB |
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A much larger file this one, 25
pages of practical ideas about applying glazes with a spray gun. |
| A
Floating-Straw Hydrometer |
1
page 48 kB |
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Instructions for making a
floating-straw hydrometer, to measure the specific gravity of a glaze.
Useful if you mix your own glazes, and want reproducible results
every time. |
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