The Paperclay Revolution This paper by Graham Hay will explore reasons for, and consequences of, the quiet paperclay revolution.
After a decade, a third of all studio and classroom clay used in Perth, Western Australia, is paperclay. (Figures are based upon percentages supplied by all major clay retail outlets). This in a city of 1.5m people and an estimated population of 700 professional ceramic potters/artists and 35,000 recreational users. In the USA volumes are doubling annually. This paper by Graham Hay will explore reasons for, and consequences of, this quiet revolution.
Differences between counties have ment that the revolution is happening at different rates in different coutries. In the context of our centuries old traditions of working in clay, paperclay it is both unsurprising and revolutionary. Adobe building techniques, utilising the combination of high fibre straw and animal manure, have been part of the human lanscape since the beginning of human history. I myself grew up in a century old farmhouse in New Zealand which had three foot thick walls made from clay, straw, horse manuare with a waterproof rendering. Simialrly there was a lot of artists in the sixties and later who experiemented with adding shredded paper, and other things, to clay. They just didn’t mechanicaly break down the paper or plant material down to individual cellulose fibres, or grasp the significance of it, if they did.
A number of technical papers documented the emergence of a material combining paper and clay. This was, and still is essentially a high temerture oven shelve protector-a little like animinium foil (check termology for USA here) to stop glazes fusung th kiln shelves
It’s surprising that it has taken this long to spread to studios and classrooms. For the principals are simple; use cellulose fibre to strength dry clay and to increase the movement of water (and air) through clay bodies. Article reproduced with permission of author at http://www.grahamhay.com.au/articles.html
Title PAPER CLAY GRAHAM HAY the by revolution www.grahamhay.com.au NZ/AUS
Graham Hay
After 15 years… 1 / 3 W.Australian clay is paperclay ¼ New Zealand clay is paperclay USA use doubling annually paper clay graham hay
a quiet revolution ceramic vs paperclay new expertise not papier-mâché not polymer & air dry clay paper clay vs paperclay vs pclay paper clay graham hay
a very short history nce c a paper clay graham hay
Adobe
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Pug / modern
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1962 Germany
paper clay hans schuster
1987 Carol Farrow UK1 United Kingdom Carol Farrow 1987 published journal article paper clay carol farrow
Kusnik2 Western Australia Jaromir (Mike) Kusnik 15 yrs R & D Ceramic Chemist. Set up WA TAFE & University Ceramic Education. 1989 paperclay workshops paperclay exhibited paper clay jaromir(mike) kusnik
Kusnik2 paper clay jaromir(mike) kusnik 1989 paperclay exhibited
other students demanded 1st paperclay workshop (1993) paper clay graham hay
Rosette Gault
Author 1992 ….
USA Paperclay Patient 1998
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paper clay graham hay 160 + workshops USA Australia Wales Scotland England Singapore Lithuania Holland Pakistan
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pclay2%20059 First International Paperclay Symposium International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary, in 2004. Guest Artists: Graham Hay (NZ/Australia) Rosette Gault (USA). Artists from 12 nations Special thanks to Steve Mattison for initially raising the idea, and organising it. paper clay graham hay
199402 paper clay graham hay If paperclay is just any clay, but with paper in it, so… … what’s new?
199402 paper clay by graham hay Dry building, tall & thin, dipstick dry to dry joins
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North Shore Art Supplies 10 George Strett, HORNSBY NSW 2077 Ph: (02) 9476 0202 Coffs Harbour Pottery Supplies Alison St, COFFS HARBOUR NSW 2450 Ph: (02) 6652 5657 Northern Rivers Potters & Craft 54D Terania St, NORTH LISMORE NSW 2480 Ph: (02) 6621 4688 Bentleg Markets 36 Skinner Street, SOUTH GRAFTON NSW 2460 Ph: (02) 6643 2929 / 66433596 AH QLD Outlets Pottery Supplies 51 Castlemaine Street, MILTON QLD 4064 Ph: (07) 3368y 2877 The Pottery Place & gallery 240 1/240 Severin Street Cairns Qld 4870 Ph: (07) 40 416128 Fax: (07) 40 414057 Web: www. potteryplace .com.au Pottery & Craft Supplies (Libby Timmins) Shed #9/117 McDougall Street, TOOWOOMBA QLD 4350 Ph & Fax: +(O7) 46 345 666 Mobile: 0437 735 937 twmbapol@bigpond.net.au SA Outlets The Pug Mill Pty Ltd 17 a Rose Street, MILE END SA 5031 Ph: (08) 8443 4544 VIC Outlets Walker Ceramics 55 Lusher Road, CROYDON VIC 3136 Ph: (03) 9725 7255 Fax (03) 9725 2289 Potters Equipment 42 New Street, RINGWOOD EAST VIC 3135 Ph: (03) 9870 7533 CANADA Manufacturers Tuckers Pottery Supply, 15 West Pearce Street Unit #7 Richmond Hill, Ontario, Toll-free: 1-800-304-6185 P: 905-889-7705, F: 905-889-7707 www. tuckerspottery .com (Low White (sculpture / raku), MCS(porcelain), Mid Smooth Stone (throwing), Sandstone paperclays) BC OUTLETS Greenbarn Potters Supply Ltd, 9548 - 192nd Street,Surrey, V4N 3R9 P: (604)888-3411 F: (604)888-4247 www. greenbarn .com UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Manufacturers Industrial Minerals Company (IMCO), 7268 Frasinetti Road, Sacramento, CA 95828, Phone: 916/383-2811 .FAX at 916/383-8741. www. clayimco .com (Ivory P'ClayTM, Potter's P'ClayTM) Tuckers Pottery Supply, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Canada, Ph: 800-304-6185 (toll free) tel.: 905-889-7705 www.tuckerspottery.(high and low fire | Distributors include Greenbarns (Vancouver, BC) and others mostly in Northeast USA CA OUTLETS Clay Planet, 1775 Russell, Santa Clara, CA, CA 95054 P: (800) 443-CLAY www.clay-planet.com Mother Earth Clay Art Center, 790 Lucerne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 P: 408.245.MAMA (6262) Fax: 408.245.6267 info@ mamasclay .org http:// aardvarkclay .com/ Aardvark Clay & Supplies Inc, 1400 E. Pomona St. Santa Ana, Ca 92705-4812 Ph: 714-541-4157, Fax: 714-541-2021 NJ OUTLETS Ceramic Supply Inc, 7 Route 46 West Lodi, New Jersey T: 07644 800-723-7264 / (800) 7CERAMIC (toll free) www.Eceramicsupply.com (2007) F: (973) 340-0089 orders@7ceramic.com Baileys- Kingston, 62-68 Tenbroeck Avenue, Kingston, New York 12401 Toll Free: 1-800-431-6067 Telephone: 845-339-3721, Fax: 845-339-5530 www.baileypottery.com info@baileypottery.com NA OUTLETS http:// aardvarkclay .com/ Aardvark Clay & Supplies Inc 6230 Greyhound Lane, Suite E Las Vegas, Nv 89122-7625 Ph: 702-451-9898, Fax: 702-451-9928 Leslie Ceramics www.leslie ceramics.com http://www.georgies.com/ Portland
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