All Discussions Tagged 'Blindness' - Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics2024-03-29T06:26:44Zhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/group/potterswithphysicalchallenges/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Blindness&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGlazing while visually impairedtag:cone6pots.ning.com,2014-06-28:2103784:Topic:1080512014-06-28T18:52:38.740ZRodney Allen Roehttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/RodneyAllenRoe
<p>As I've mentioned before I am considered blind for legal reasons. I have some central vision and no peripheral vision. The deficits that interfere with making pots are a lack of depth perception, altered color vision, abd real problems with brightness and contrast.</p>
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<p>Throwing isn't much of a problem since it is "in the hands". Glazing on the other hand is a headache. I've gotten interested in raw glazing and single firing. What I've run into is a problem glazing the…</p>
<p>As I've mentioned before I am considered blind for legal reasons. I have some central vision and no peripheral vision. The deficits that interfere with making pots are a lack of depth perception, altered color vision, abd real problems with brightness and contrast.</p>
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<p>Throwing isn't much of a problem since it is "in the hands". Glazing on the other hand is a headache. I've gotten interested in raw glazing and single firing. What I've run into is a problem glazing the interior of deep pieces. I pour glaze into the pot, swish it around and then try to pour it out without spilling it down the sides. That hasn't worked out very well. Drips and runs can't be cleaned off as they can with bisque ware.</p>
<p>I've solved the problem of exterior glazing by placing glaze in a container deep enough to invert the pot and immerse the pot up to its foot. (I've been making a foot on everything in order to have something to hold and a visual line that shouldn't be glazed.) Still, I intend to get the equipment together to spray glazes. I like the look of blending of one glaze into another.</p>
<p>What I'm looking for is a suggestion for glazing the interiors of pots. Since I can't see how near the top the glaze is when I pour it into the interior I have run the pot over which has meant inverting it and pouring glaze down the sides trying to even up the coverage. Likewise, I can't see the glaze coverage in the interior, especially when I've created a neck on the pot or choked the top. I've taken a sponge and sponged glaze onto area where I think there might not have been coverage.</p>
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<p>Any ideas?</p>