[Clayart] My new tile floor

[vincepitelka at gmail.com]

I hope everyone watched David Hendley's wonderful video (link in his message
below) about the tile floor in his kitchen.  With all the colored clay work
I've done and the colored clay workshops I've taught, David's approach is a
very creative new idea, especially the tile extruder die with the wire to
slice off a thin layer and reveal the pattern of the colored clay. 

Thanks for posting your message and the link to the video, David.
- Vince 

Vince Pitelka
Potter, Writer, Teacher
Chapel Hill, NC
vincepitelka at gmail.com 
www.vincepitelka.com 
https://chathamartistsguild.org/ 

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Subject: [Clayart] My new tile floor

Did this go through this morning? I didn't see it, so this is a re-send:

On 2/10/2025 7:26 PM, mel jacobson via Clayart wrote:
> Almost no traffic this past week. Quiet is fine, but we need an 
> interesting conversation.
> mel
> 
> 
I was wondering..... No messages all week.

Here's something,
a link to a video about my new tile floor that I have been working on for
the last couple of years.
It is 120 square feet. That is a BIG project for handmade tile. The bottle
neck, why it took so long to complete, was the firing. I don't have enough
kiln shelves to stack shelf after shelf of tiles in my kiln.
Plus, I think such a tight stack might mess up the flow in my wood fired
kiln.

Anyway, I think the extruder die is pretty neat - it has a built-in wire, a
quarter inch below the die, to slice the top off of the just extruded clay,
to reveal the colored clay marbling. If you try extruding mixed colors of
clay without cutting off the surface, you will just end up with an
unattractive smudged look.

I shot the video a promotion for the Texas Clay Festival. The are lots of
other artist demonstrations and studio tours on their channel, so if you are
frozen in and have some time check them out.

Best wishes to everyone!

David Hendley
david at farmpots.com

YouTube video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sTGu5ZEMO4