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I've got 3 small display desktop clay terracotta pipes two are jointed my son maid them at gladding mcbean. Stamped. I mite sell if offered the right price. There one offs Only one's in the world. Mite sell if offered right price.
How do I maintain the 40 year old block walls of my addition. It's 2 stories with a block wall first story that's exposed to the weather. The block has never been painted or treated. I'm beginning to notice some hairline cracks where the mortar meets the block in the joints. How do you fix that? How do I maintain the block and joints?
Same fuckin thing here bud. Ive read that perhaps it wasnt mixed enough... I find it hard to believe, i got a little more repointing to do later on a blockhouse, maybe ill use a drill instead of mixing it by hand...
My father worked at the Gladding McBean when he returned from Tinian at the end of WWII. My mother had quite a collection of vases. He really enjoyed this episode. He died in 2017 at 94. I would love to see them figure out a way to have a museum. Even if the pieces were plaster or cement just to see some of those icon logos. Thanks for the lovely memories
I was lucky enough years ago to go through the museum part of the GMcB plant with a group lead by one of the plant managers. I bought and drove home a terra cotta second the plant was willing to sell me. It was so heavy I worried driving my truck back home from Lincoln to Portland Oregon through the pass at the time-still snowy but clear. I look at this glorious piece of glazed terra cotta (a pedestal) every day. I have some vintage pieces as well. These are magical objects. Thank you so much for the video. Steve K.
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