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List of Figures
from Urban Clay
by mizajn
nmclay.com/informational-pages/gerstley-borate. 22 Lilly Brons, “Supply chain question: what exactly is being disrupted to result in all these glaze shortages we’ve been hearing about,” Facebook, September 15, 2021, https://www.facebook.com/groups/potterschoiceex/ posts/4518224321586418/ 23 Susan McHenry, “Talc Shortage? New Talc - Cim Talc,” Ceramic Arts Daily Community, April 28, 2021, https://community.ceramicartsdaily.org/ topic/24846-talc-shortage-new-talc-cim-talc/. 24 BFG Packaging, “The Raw Material Shortage Crisis Is Now a WorldwideSpread Phenomenon,” BFG Packaging, June 2, 2021, https://www.bfgpackaging. com/the-raw-material-shortage-crisis-is-now-a-worldwide-spreadphenomenon/. 25 “Gasoline,” Trading Economics, accessed January 13, 2022, https:// tradingeconomics.com/commodity/gasoline.
Figure 1. Detail of bird’s eye view with historical brickyard in the Bacherplatz area . By Joseph Daniel Huber, 1770. (© Wien Museum) 10
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Figure 2. Worker at construction site near the U4 station Pilgramgasse during drillings, the gray pieces scattered around are clay. Photo by author. 12
Figure 3. 3,500-year-old disposable clay cup next to a modern, paper one. (© British Museum) 14
Figure 4. Three local clays fired at 1230 °C, from the left: Rothneusiedl, Karlsplatz, Bacherplatz. Samples melted due to high temperature. Photo by author.
Figure 6. Crushed and soaked clay. Photo by author.
Figure 5. Dense block of dry clay. Photo by author.
Figure 7. Clay slip drying on a plaster bat Photo by author.
Figure 8. Shrinkage test bars, bottom one fired at 980°C, top one at 1060°C. Photo by author.
Figure 9. Fired clay spiral, a leftover of trimming a cup, is a proof of great clay stability. Photo by author.
Figure 11. 3d printing test. Photo by author. 16
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Figure 10. Thick clay consistency despite the use of deflocculants. Photo by Sabrina Haas. 21
Figure 12. Samples of clays for analyzing. Photo by Sabrina Haas. 23
Figure 13. Geologic cross section along the planned subway tunnel construction. “Längenschnitt Linienkreuz U2/U5 ,“ by MA29, accessed January 13, 2022, https://www.wien.gv.at/verkehr/grundbau/pdf/ geologie-linienkreuz-u2-u5.pdf. 27
Figure 14. Detail of the map print. Photo by Sabrina Haas. 28
Figure 15. Screen printing process. Exposing screen to light. Photo by Sabrina Haas. 29
Figure 16. Next page spread: Printed map hanged in the exhibition space. Photo by Sabrina Haas. 29
Figure 17. Ceramic-themed forum user commenting on talc shortages in the United States. neilestrick, “We are permitted to create pottery at the mercy of our industrial overlords.,” Ceramic Arts Daily Community, August 26, 2021, https://community.ceramicartsdaily.org/topic/24846-talc-shortage-new-talccim-talc/. 34
Figure 18. Preparation of the plaster model. Photo by Sabrina Haas. 35
Figure 19. Cutting out slabs of clay for the bowl. Photo by Sabrina Haas. 36
Figure 20. Finishing the plate on the pottery wheel. Photo by Sabrina Haas. 36
Figure 21. Bowl taken out of the mold. Photo by Sabrina Haas.
Figure 22. Bacherplatz slip with addition of calcite, used as a glaze. Photo by author.
Figure 23. Bacherplatz clay mixed with rutile (left) and cobalt oxide (right) used as a glaze. Photo by author.
Figure 24. Pottery made from Bacherplatz and Karlsplatz clay. Photo by author.
Figure 25. Stoneware pottery glazed with Bacherplatz slip. Photo by author. 36
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