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This lecture covers the basics of making ceramics, from harvesting and processing clay, to forming techniques, firing, and decorating. Accompanying videos: 1. Historic…
ceramics: technology and manufacture
From Lauren Fair
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This lecture provide context for the development of metal manufacture and technological advancements that have driven industry for millennia, from the stone age to…
metals: a historical overview
From Lauren Fair
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This video demonstrates the following mechanical cleaning methods on a corroded ferrous object: mineral spirits; micro scalpel; and 0000 steel wool with mineral spirits.
cleaning iron
From Lauren Fair
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This video demonstrates the following polishing methods on an oxidized copper alloy object: slurry of water and calcium carbonate; slurry of water and aluminum oxide;…
polishing copper alloy
From Lauren Fair
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This video demonstrates the following polishing methods on a tarnished silver object: Mars Staedtler eraser; slurry of water and calcium carbonate; slurry of water and…
polishing silver
From Lauren Fair
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This video attempts to show how Golden Fluid Acrylics can be manipulated for painting onto plaster (and similar) substrates. Mixing with gloss medium such as Primal…
handling acrylic paint and gloss medium
From Lauren Fair
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This video shows how to apply and finish a thin layer of Flügger Acrylic Spackle to a roughened plaster surface. The acrylic spackle layer provides a burnish-able…
ceramics: finishing a plaster fill with acrylic…
From Lauren Fair
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This video takes you through the step-by-step process of creating a detachable plaster fill for the missing corner of a ceramic tile. Steps include: setting up the mold;…
ceramics: detachable plaster fill
From Lauren Fair
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What’s For Dinner? Tableware and Traditions in the 18th Century, with Leslie B. Grigsby, Senior Curator of Ceramics & Glass at Winterthur As you can imagine,…
inorganic block podcast: what's for dinner?
From Lauren Fair
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One of the first tasks when caring for objects is to examine, research, and document. What is an appropriate ethical framework for doing this? How do we think about the…
inorganic block podcast: significance and bias
From Lauren Fair
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Determining order of assembly.
ceramic assembly - dry-fitting pieces
From Lauren Fair
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Preparing break edges, applying adhesive, and securing joins.
ceramic assembly - with adhesive
From Lauren Fair
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From mixing conservation epoxy for glass, taping up, and feeding in the adhesive: video demonstrates a typical glass assembly in the lab.
glass assembly
From Lauren Fair
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Brush lacquering a silver fork with 1:1 Agateen Lacquer #27 (nitrocellulose) / Agateen Lacquer Thinner #1 with 0.025 wt.% coumarin 6 (UV-fluorescent) dye additive.
brush lacquering
From Lauren Fair
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