Laura dreams the dream of living like a craft-star pop diva. Striving to become an artisan whose art is the "day job." Knowing that in an alternate dimension this is the case, she does the behind the scenes work in this reality to create the cool items, that score her diva status over there, in that alternative place.
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Bob the rhino ring answers questions
Polish polish burnish burnish.
All those fun things I do not do.
A lot of folks swear by polishing their raw metal clay.
I usually just make sure its smooth before I pop it into the kiln.
Well on Bob here, I decided lets see if it really makes a difference.
Nope none at all.
Good.
I don't want to add more fuss time to pieces that dont need it.
I know Bob is a bit out of focus in the first picture, but you can still tell the diamond points are shiny. I burnished them, the see if that would impact their shine-ability out of the kiln.
In the second picture, there is visually no difference in the points to areas that were just smooth (not burnished) before I popped him into the kiln.
So thanks Bob for answering the question of should I add more polish time prior to kiln firing.
The answer is no more than I currently do. All I do currently is make sure the surface I want smooth is smooth (usually just a wet brush clean up).
The husband was happy to hear I do not need to "polish Bob's nobs" as he put it.
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