tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post5815047593996261008..comments2023-09-04T04:59:16.747-07:00Comments on John Bauman: Doing BluingJohn Baumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10910451039953672849noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-34855631427344733512010-11-30T06:45:23.550-08:002010-11-30T06:45:23.550-08:00Hi Vicki! See you next week maybe? ...I'm co...Hi Vicki! See you next week maybe? ...I'm coming down there for the "Tour DeClay". I'll be in Glenn and Keith's studio Saturday and Sunday. http://www.tampatourdeclay.com/<br /><br />Anonymous,<br /><br />Not silly questions at all. Sorry I almost missed 'em (I need to figure out how to get some sort of notification when I get comments to the blog!).<br /><br />It takes a while to cut out the leaves, so I do quite a few at a time. The way I do it is to cut them out of a stack of paper 16 sheets thick. I use one of those box cutter/utility knives with the snap-off blades because I often need to change blades after every stack. I lay the stack of paper on a sheet of plate glass. Cutting the paper on the glass makes nice, sharp cuts all the way to the bottom of the stack.<br /><br />No, I can't re-use them. And attempts at finding materials that I can re-use almost always yield the same result -- it's more work to clean the off for re-use than it is to simply cut more.<br /><br />I used to do LOTS of the same idea with mylar stencils. In that case, the stencil was complex enough that the return on effort was worth having the reuseable stencil material. <br /><br />The down side with mylar is that the pots can only be cylindrical because the mylar won't bend both ways to mask a sphere. Make sense?<br /><br />The semi-transparent glaze is an old Ken Ferguson glaze I've had around here since the '70s.<br /><br />Thanks for reading!John Baumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910451039953672849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-25629755655748066352010-11-29T21:01:30.148-08:002010-11-29T21:01:30.148-08:00I hope you don't mind some silly questions.......I hope you don't mind some silly questions....<br />How long does it take you to cut out those very detailed leaf cut outs,and can you re-use them?<br />The matte semi transparent glaze looks like a solid Rhodes glaze when it's not on the blue slip.<br />You are a prolific and talented potter.Thank you for your post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-6786663832550421962010-11-29T20:48:50.056-08:002010-11-29T20:48:50.056-08:00Thank you for sharing.Thank you for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313799443819854406.post-17793555409237991842010-11-28T14:55:29.705-08:002010-11-28T14:55:29.705-08:00Thanks John. Your work is beautiful!Thanks John. Your work is beautiful!Vicki Floranoreply@blogger.com