okay, I have one in the kiln with the fiber paper rim with sand holding it up. We'll see how that comes out tomorrow.
I'm cleaning up the one with the problem. I had sprinkled some powder on the sand design to see what it would look like. It must of had the sand issue enter in - right?
I sandblasted it and got the gritty parts off. Do I need to clean it up better than that? Some of the powder did stay on in the grooves and seems fine. I'm going to refuse flat to get it all together again.
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Foundries for Sand...
Found this link: http://www.artcastingjournal.com/foundries.htm
I actually just called one of the places in MD and they gave me another place in B'more that does sell olivine sand. Some days it's great to live in an industrial town! (Other days...)
I actually just called one of the places in MD and they gave me another place in B'more that does sell olivine sand. Some days it's great to live in an industrial town! (Other days...)
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Okay got it out. The firing was a success.
This is the basic texture I put on most of my pieces. I have been doing it with fiber paper and making up a new one for each piece. This will work out to be much easier.
The texture is not as deep as I normally do. I am in the process of making a permanent fiber mold and used that for the imprint. It worked well, so I think for imprinting purposes I will make one that has higher ridges.
The sand for the border was great. It has been a pain to get the piece to fit into it's ring the 2nd time. This will work wonderfully.
http://community.webshots.com/album/121 ... that works
This is the basic texture I put on most of my pieces. I have been doing it with fiber paper and making up a new one for each piece. This will work out to be much easier.
The texture is not as deep as I normally do. I am in the process of making a permanent fiber mold and used that for the imprint. It worked well, so I think for imprinting purposes I will make one that has higher ridges.
The sand for the border was great. It has been a pain to get the piece to fit into it's ring the 2nd time. This will work wonderfully.
http://community.webshots.com/album/121 ... that works
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