Wow...... do you get a reaction to actual poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac?futurebird wrote:I'm not allergic to it.
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..............john
Wow...... do you get a reaction to actual poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac?futurebird wrote:I'm not allergic to it.
A flexible rib is very useful, and can be made from a credit card. Wooden spoons, hand made wooden ribs, other kitchen implements are employed in my studio. Make your own tools, and you will make your own marks.AdamMY wrote: I am sure the last thing you want to buy is more items, but potters have items called "ribs" that can be wood, metal, smooth, jagged, etc... I was recently introduced to rubber ribs, which you get them a little wet and rub them over the surface of your piece, it works wonders smoothing everything out. ( It should work on yixing clay, as it is somewhat similar to using water to join pieces of clay which I have seen yixing potters do.)
I would avoid sanding while dry at all costs, even with very fine grit sand paper it will likely only make the piece either awkard looking from many many scratches, not to mention might be a great area for stuff to grow as it will be increidbly hard to clean thoroughly. Although if you are going to glaze it sand away, as most glazes would easily fill in such small scratches.
This is always a painful wait, I hate itAdamMY wrote: then we let the kiln cool down slowly and we unload the following weekend, and see if we were blessed by the kiln gods.