Texture ideas please

Hi. I am new to this news group. I am taking a ceramics 2 class this
semester at college. I have been enjoying lately using material pieces to
texture my clay. What I am needing help on for idea is on using other items.
I have heard something about using items like grass and such to texture
pieces, but didn't know if theres some do's and don'ts along with it. My
instructor only recomends using cloth's, which im bored with now, though an
idea that I came across tonight about using lace could be an interesting
texture.

Ideas of any type are welcome. Oh, I had seen on some site online, the use
of rice for texture. But it mentioned that any pieces that had been left in
would 'pop' out, not just burn up. I am not sure if that would be safe for
other pottery being fired at the same time as mine, considering that I am in
a class, so could be as many as 50 other pieces being fired at the same time
as mine, that belong to other students.

Thanks

Meridith

Meridith: There are so many things with which to make textures---look in the
garden--leaves of all sorts, check out your kitchen drawers, look in your
jewelry box. I am always looking at earrings, charms to make cute stamps.
Roll pine branches on the clay. Plastic mesh bags that onions come in---waffle
weave rubber rug mats. I always have my eyes open for objects with which to
texture---it's like a game for me.
Good luck and have fun.
Martha

Uh oh.... now you've done it Martha....

I'm now looking at everything in this light.... my cats are taking to hiding
under the bed. Cat hair pottery? Where are my clippers....




"Marmaj40" wrote in message
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Meridith: There are so many things with which to make textures---look in
the
garden--leaves of all sorts, check out your kitchen drawers, look in your
jewelry box. I am always looking at earrings, charms to make cute stamps.
Roll pine branches on the clay. Plastic mesh bags that onions come
in---waffle
weave rubber rug mats. I always have my eyes open for objects with which
to
texture---it's like a game for me.
Good luck and have fun.
Martha

lol. I was sitting in bed last night and was wondering how I could use the
wicker on my bed. It can be a sickness definately.

The leave idea is nice, but sorta bad time of year for that one around here.
The leaves in this area are turning and dropping, so most are already too
brittle. But I did just notice some flower bulbs that have just started
growing that I am will give me some nice texture. They are really long, so I
am even thinking on weaving a few of em and seeing how that applies to the
clay.

years ago a TV commercial showed their hand lotion used to re-invigorate an old
dry leaf. i wonder if that works? old dry leaves look like they have a richer
texture. and as they rot out they expose those inner fiber veins. they'd make
interesting fossils.

steve



Subject: Texture ideas please
From: "Meridith Davis"
Date: 10/23/2004 3:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id:

lol. I was sitting in bed last night and was wondering how I could use the
wicker on my bed. It can be a sickness definately.

The leave idea is nice, but sorta bad time of year for that one around here.
The leaves in this area are turning and dropping, so most are already too
brittle. But I did just notice some flower bulbs that have just started
growing that I am will give me some nice texture. They are really long, so I
am even thinking on weaving a few of em and seeing how that applies to the
clay.










steve graber

yeah they would. Will have to try lotion on one and see if that works.

meridith - you hit on something i work to a sickness! TEXTURE! send me e-mail
and i'll send you some JPG files of pots & tools.

i've used saw blades, doillies, lace, toy truck tires (really Knarly Wheels
Man!), paint rollers, pasta cutters (wheels), pastry cutters (wheels), cake
decorating tools (tupperware and steel versions), rope & twine, pizza cutters
(the ones with saw teeth), tools for cement work, wood bark, stones, sand,
rice, saw dust.

i started making my own wheels and have versions with thorns, blades, X's and
Y's and O's, and zig zags, etc. (easiest understood with JPG pictures).

gather wallpaper tools to get blank rollers. scribe into these rollers or add
features to get other results.

it's a sickness! watch out or you'll get the bug! when i see large off road
trucks i wounder what i could do with their tires...

see ya

steve


Subject: Texture ideas please
From: (Marmaj40)
Date: 10/21/2004 11:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id:

Meridith: There are so many things with which to make textures---look in the
garden--leaves of all sorts, check out your kitchen drawers, look in your
jewelry box. I am always looking at earrings, charms to make cute stamps.
Roll pine branches on the clay. Plastic mesh bags that onions come
in---waffle
weave rubber rug mats. I always have my eyes open for objects with which to
texture---it's like a game for me.
Good luck and have fun.
Martha








steve graber

Make your own rollers out of clay and bisque them. Make them about as
long as your hand and about two fingers thick. Center holes in each end
and after they are fired make a handle out of clothes hanger wire that
snaps into these holes.

On 10/22/04 9:33 PM, Slgraber wrote:
meridith - you hit on something i work to a sickness! TEXTURE! send me e-mail
and i'll send you some JPG files of pots & tools.

i've used saw blades, doillies, lace, toy truck tires (really Knarly Wheels
Man!), paint rollers, pasta cutters (wheels), pastry cutters (wheels), cake
decorating tools (tupperware and steel versions), rope & twine, pizza cutters
(the ones with saw teeth), tools for cement work, wood bark, stones, sand,
rice, saw dust.

i started making my own wheels and have versions with thorns, blades, X's and
Y's and O's, and zig zags, etc. (easiest understood with JPG pictures).

gather wallpaper tools to get blank rollers. scribe into these rollers or add
features to get other results.

it's a sickness! watch out or you'll get the bug! when i see large off road
trucks i wounder what i could do with their tires...

see ya

steve


Subject: Texture ideas please
From: (Marmaj40)
Date: 10/21/2004 11:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id:

Meridith: There are so many things with which to make textures---look in the
garden--leaves of all sorts, check out your kitchen drawers, look in your
jewelry box. I am always looking at earrings, charms to make cute stamps.
Roll pine branches on the clay. Plastic mesh bags that onions come
in---waffle
weave rubber rug mats. I always have my eyes open for objects with which to
texture---it's like a game for me.
Good luck and have fun.
Martha








steve graber

thanks, I will try that. I will be throwing soon also, so rollers like that
would work nicely on the wheel.

One of my favorites is corrugated paper. The inside of the little
square things that enclose light bulbs is a smaller version of
corrugated paper, and I've also found some with curved lines.

Janet

Meridith Davis wrote:

Hi. I am new to this news group. I am taking a ceramics 2 class this
semester at college. I have been enjoying lately using material pieces to
texture my clay. What I am needing help on for idea is on using other items.
I have heard something about using items like grass and such to texture
pieces, but didn't know if theres some do's and don'ts along with it. My
instructor only recomends using cloth's, which im bored with now, though an
idea that I came across tonight about using lace could be an interesting
texture.

Ideas of any type are welcome. Oh, I had seen on some site online, the use
of rice for texture. But it mentioned that any pieces that had been left in
would 'pop' out, not just burn up. I am not sure if that would be safe for
other pottery being fired at the same time as mine, considering that I am in
a class, so could be as many as 50 other pieces being fired at the same time
as mine, that belong to other students.

Thanks

Meridith