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Throwing a clay on a potters wheel gives immediate feedback on the physical properties (e.g. texture, plasticity, degree of softness, tendency to split, etc). A fancy report full of numbers gathered from expensive testing equipment takes a lot more time and is not likely to be as valuable as this. If you are doing testing, and everyone should be testing body and glaze variations, then all tests need to be identified. Do that with a code number that cross-references into your account at Insight-live.com.
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Code Numbering
In a ceramics lab, studio or classroom specimens of hundreds of glazes and bodies may be present. A code numbering system that links these to written or computer records is essential. |
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Setting up a Clay Testing Program in Your Company or Studio
Set up a routine testing pipeline and start generating historical data that will enable your staff to understand your source materials and maintain, adjust and troubleshoot your clay body recipes. |
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