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Old 02-05-2016, 12:45 PM
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You know silken I may just take you up on that. Why the porcelain? Why not just clay. I may be showing my stupidity but I don't really know much about clay and such. I know a gal that does pottery and I bowl with her every week. Last week I was asking her if I can't find the right clay pot to do a re-pot on my jewelbox if she could make one without glazing at least the inside and she said she could. I just wonder if she could do something like this?

I'll bet it would cost me but I can look into it.
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You know silken I may just take you up on that. Why the porcelain? Why not just clay. I may be showing my stupidity but I don't really know much about clay and such. I know a gal that does pottery and I bowl with her every week. Last week I was asking her if I can't find the right clay pot to do a re-pot on my jewelbox if she could make one without glazing at least the inside and she said she could. I just wonder if she could do something like this?

I'll bet it would cost me but I can look into it.
I'm no potter, so I can't really say why porcelain. I know it has some different properties and would make a finer piece, lighter and less bulky. Maybe that is why or better seapage of water they it's pores. But I bet your potter friend will know. Good luck and hope it works.
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Ray is a ceramics enigneer so we should expect him to chime in. The durability of a pot is tied to how hot it is fired. The higher the temperature, the more the particles melt and fuse together, and the more resistant the container is to flaking with water and mineral damage over time. Clay fired at lower temperatures is sturdy enough to last a long time dry, but when wet, it falls apart in a few years. This is why Italian higher-fired terracotta flower pots last longer than cheaper ones from the USA other countries, and a lot of imported painted pottery.

Clays used for stoneware are normally fired pretty high, but they fuse to the extent water can't leak through the vessel. Porcelain clays have much finer particles and are fired in a way they allow water to gently soak through the vessel.

A lot of Native America pottery was/is intended for water storage jars. Though they didn't/don't use porcelain clays nor porcelain firing temperatures, the Acoma, Hopi and Zia, among others, developed fine-grained water jars that allow water to evaporate very slowly, cooling the water in the hot summer. Look them up online; the ceramics are incredibly beautiful.
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I just love the mounts Silken. And your Tolumnias are gorgeous. I just love how the woman who made these mounts glazes the bottom so it doesn't drip so you can keep it on a table to display without ruining the surface it's on.


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I just love the mounts Silken. And your Tolumnias are gorgeous. I just love how the woman who made these mounts glazes the bottom so it doesn't drip so you can keep it on a table to display without ruining the surface it's on.


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Thanks estacion seca for your knowledge.

silken did she paint them to get them that color?
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silken did she paint them to get them that color?
Yes, they are nicely painted and she even had several different brown colours to choose from at the time. I think some bottom trays were even a dull green colour. The logs when new looked very natural.
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