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Deviousness `ChewedKandi has certainly gone out of her way to keep the vector community on the right path. Always making sure that her talents are infinitely scalable, Sharon has put her bezier curves to excellent use, and firmly anchored herself as an inspirational leader. We're absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for June 2013 to `ChewedKandi. Congratulations, Sharon! Read More
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I think it was very helpful to have a picture of a viewer with this piece
What do you do to make it dry slowly? Cover it in plastic? newspaper? I tried both (and usually kept things covered with plastic), but I hated how it would often leave ugly little marks on the pieces...
The plastic you use makes a huge difference in drying time, and quality of the surface. I never let the plastic touch the clay too much. Also, if you add any moisture to the piece via spray bottle or newspaper, you will get those crappy little marks on the surface from the plastic. I never really use a spray bottle. This is how I rank plastic...
Dillons/kroger bags - Great for quickly drying things out evenly
Walmart bags - The standard for me. A slower drying time, about 2 weeks where I live is the maximum workability time with one layer of bag.
Trash Bags - These surprisingly have a longer drying time than walmart bags, but not by much. This is what I often use now since my work is larger.
Target bags - Excellent bags for a REALLY slow drying time. If you need something to stay wet for a long time, this is the bag to use.
Commercial clay bags - This is the best plastic to use if you need something to stay wet for literally months (so long as it is not touched and doesn't have much air inside) The only problem with these bags are that they usually have little clay flakes on them. I try to wash them out once I use all the clay inside.
Layering is key to preserving moisture, obviously. I used to tell my students to use Dillons bags since their classes were once a week. In one weeks time, the thrown pots were ready for a trim in a dillons bag.
wow, I rambled on about something I'm sure you know about... ^_^;;; I just feel strongly about the plastics to be used heh
It's kind of ironic because I'm one of those people who NEVER shops at Walmart or even Target. I'm such an eco-Nazi when it comes to my own habits that I almost never even shop if I don't have my eco-bag with me... It's true that plastic has its virtues though, when it comes to art. Bah. The dilemma >_<
In any case, thank you so much for the detailed information!! I'll have to keep these notes around for someday, when I do pottery in the US again ^_^
Do stores in Japan not use plastic bags very much?