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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Carmichael
Sent: April 24, 2007 2:34 PM
To: 'Sundial List'
Subject: RE: Porcelain Sundials
p.s. But I still love the hand painted wall sundials found in France and
Italy, even if their paint doesn't last as long
, it is hard to have very large kiln-Original
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Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:58 PM
To: 'Sundial List'
Subject: RE: Porcelain Sundials
Message text written by Patrick Powers
I shall ask Chris Daniel (who
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Hope this clears things up.
John
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From: Frank King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:34 AM
To: John Carmichael
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Porcelain Sundials
Dear John,
I write off-list this time, mostly because the list
has heard
Message text written by Patrick Powers
I shall ask Chris Daniel (who is not a member of this list as far as I
know) about what he thinks the finish was on St Margaret's.
Well, I did ask Chris Daniel about the St Margaret of Antioch dials and he
confirms that they were stove-enamelled - like my
in France and
Italy, even if their paint doesn't last as long.
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From: Patrick Powers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:14 PM
To: John Carmichael
Subject: RE: Porcelain Sundials
Message text written by John Carmichael
Now this raises one more important
Message text written by Frank King
John Carmichael explained that the biggest oven that his suppliers use
will accommodate a maximum size dial of 46 square.
The Margaret of Antioch dials are over twice that size. I wonder whether
Brookbrae could still do
a job that big. If so, they may have a
Hi Frank et al,
The Houghton Hall sundials were made by Vitramet Europe Ltd.
(http://www.vitrameteuropeltd.com/). I notice that one of the dials actually
features in the photomontage that heads their homepage.
Although Vitramet have some facilities in the UK, the Houghton Hall dials
Message text written by John Carmichael
Porcelain is a vitreous enamel which means that it is composed of glass
frit (fine dust sized particles of glass). It requires HIGH firing
temperatures of about 1500 degrees F. and kiln-type ovens. But the enamel
and powder coatings used on car parts or
Dear John,
Thank you for your message. I was delighted to
have the opportunity to meet you face to face at
the BSS conference and to hear about the techniques
you use...
especially our discussions about the possibility
of using durable fired porcelain instead of paint
I shall certainly
Hi John and sundiallists everywhere,
You might be interested to know that Harriet James and I are currently making
a vitreous enamel on steel dial to replace an art-deco painted steel dial on a
private house. The original iron scrollwork gnomon will be reused. The firm
doing the
temperatures (like
the paint on your car.
John
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From: Frank King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 8:57 AM
To: John Carmichael
Cc: 'Frank King'; 'Sundial List'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Porcelain Sundials
Dear John,
Thank you for your message. I
Dear John,
Does anybody know if the four round blue dials on
the tower at Westminster Abbey in London are made
of porcelain (vitreous enamel)?
They are on the Tower of the Church of S. Margaret's
Westminster (quite different from Westminster Abbey)
and are by Christopher Daniel.
You can see
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