I may have told you about this before, but it's just so darn handy that it bears repeating -- grids are good.
In the bottom of each damp box is a section or two of plastic grids which raise the foam supporting a piece up off of the damp plaster block, but don't block air circulation.
Out in the open air, lay them over wire shelving to form a nice drying rack that gives plenty of evenly spaced support to tiles or other flat-bottom ceramic ware.
So where do you find these great grids? In the lighting department of a hardware store -- they are actually those grids that sometimes cover fluorescent ceiling fixtures. They're inexpensive and easy to snip apart with wire cutters to a custom size.
No doubt there are other uses for these plastic grids -- I invite you to share your ideas in the comments section.
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Another handy tip, thanks Lynn! I am planning to use something like this to create a hollow "table" for when I cast the resin models - cleaning off all the seams and tiny bits of resin leaves my "studio" (aka my conservatory) looking like a snowstorn has hit!
Using something like this I hope to make it so that all those annoying little bits fall through and can be disposed of in an easier manner. Hopefully it will help my relationship as, when I traipse through the house leaving a little trail of "snow" from my clothes, my other half does get a bit annoyed, understandably, hehe!
Brilliant idea Kelly, thanks for sharing!
Back when I oil painted a lot, I have used smaller pieces of those grids to dry my brushes; lay the grid section over a cup and slip the brush handles through to allow air between the bristles for complete drying without the bristles rubbing against each other.
Love that idea Melissa, thanks!
Also, when I'm doing colored pencil work (which doesn't apply to ceramics, sorry!), I set up a cup or two with grid pieces for all the pencils being used in my project: each pencils fits in a grid opening, so it easy to see and grab, and since I'm not pawing through a pile'o'pencils, the leads don't get chipped.
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