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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
|  Posted: 2010-08-03 11:26 am Permalink
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On 2010-08-03 10:32, beadtiki wrote:
OMG! I've been eating the wrong cerial - Honey Bunches of OARS!?
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It has lots of (wood) fiber 
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-11-23 06:36 am Permalink
You gotta love paperclay for a quick project. Faux coral 1.5 x 1 inch at thickest part.
00:00 Sculpted coral and placed in heated forced air cabinette
10:00 Placed in kiln on low
20:00 Kiln turned to high
23:30 Kiln auto-off
34:00 Removed from kiln
34 hours start to finish. Regular clay would have been at least a week 
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MadDogMike
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Posts: 6403
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-11-13 5:40 pm Permalink
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On 2009-05-12 18:45, MadDogMike wrote:
Today I bought 25 lbs of WC953, Max's Paperclay
"Fires gray-stony-white in reduction at cone 10, off white at cone 5 oxidation, and bright white at cone 05 (raku). It is a medium textured, low shrinkage body designed for large-scale hand-built sculpture and tile work where thick cross sections (up to 1 inch) are anticipated. Contains fine and medium mesh grog."
I'll let you know how it works out 
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So that was 3 years ago. I used a little of the clay on various projects and put the rest of it in a bucket for safekeeping. I pulled it out today and it seems to have "aged" like a fine Gorgonzola cheese
I hope there is still some paper fiber left in it, that it hasn't all rotted out
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danlovestikis
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Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3561 | Posted: 2012-11-13 6:36 pm Permalink
You are not just a MadDog you are a MadScientist Mike. Wendy
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Tabu
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Joined: Sep 07, 2004
Posts: 136
From: Port Hope, Ont.
| Posted: 2012-11-13 6:54 pm Permalink
mmm, mildew. Hey, that claymore holder is cool, the war club as well.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-12-16 3:01 pm Permalink
Now my paperclay has a pink coloring in places, I suspect a bacteria called Serratia marcescens. Obviously the kiln will kill any bacteria when I fire the clay but I will need to be careful about cleaning the counters and my tools
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Clay, the oldest and most divine art media;
"And now, from the clay of the ground, the Lord God formed man" Genesis 2:7
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3561 | Posted: 2012-12-16 4:28 pm Permalink
I bought some paper clay when we were at Oasis. I just checked and there's no bacteria or mildew yet. I feel really lucky to have it stay nice in its appearance.
Why do I have it. What shall I use it for Mike??? Wendy
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-12-16 10:46 pm Permalink
It took mine a couple of years to mold I use it for thick pieces without too much detail that I want to dry quickly. This one will be a Christmas Gingerbread windchime and/or mobile. Christmas is coming and I need to get this dry fast, so I used the paperclay. But it doesn't carve well at leatherhard because of the fibers. This project doesn't require any carved detail so it works well.
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Clay, the oldest and most divine art media;
"And now, from the clay of the ground, the Lord God formed man" Genesis 2:7
Pirate Ship Tree House
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6178
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2012-12-17 11:58 am Permalink
Paper clay work good for caveman art that not have much detail and for repairing bisque.
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GROG
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From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2012-12-17 11:58 am Permalink
Damned TC! Always doubles GROG' post.
[ This Message was edited by: grog 2012-12-19 15:24 ]
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Turtle
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Joined: Apr 01, 2010
Posts: 24
From: Denver, Colorado
| Posted: 2012-12-19 10:54 am Permalink
Actually, nothing better then moldy clay. You should be able to build a fortress with moldy paper clay. I've read that the chinese used to bury their porcelain for over 100 years to get it good and ripe before working with it.
I've always just used paper clay to fix small cracks. The texture doesn't suit the stuff I like to make, but, I just helped someone work on a paper clay sculpture the other day. Crazy, the piece was still slightly flexible after bisque. It was a large spiral shape and we had to lay it on it's side to keep it from bending while she glazed it. Next time we might just bisque it at a higher temperature.
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