nope, no couplers...

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Posted by Anne Beltestad on May 11, 2003 at 11:41:51:

In reply to: Re: Kree kone tutorial? posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on May 11, 2003 at 11:25:11:

: I wonder if you have much stronger, larger hands than I do. You say
: you can speed-sling with a jac bottle, and I can barely use one.

Might be the arthritis? I have small hands, but very strong. Kree has tiny hands
*and* arthritis *and* she's missing a finger!

I
: can't manage with the tipped cones for more than a few minutes,
: because my hands tire. There is a 3 ml carrot bag, and I've seen
: others that are much heavier.
:
I find them very smooth and soft in my hand and easy to control.

: Last I saw Kree using her cones, (I still have some saved that she
: gave me) they were shorter and had stiffer plastic, but they weren't
: rolled........ they appeared to me to be simply another variety of
: standard off-the-rack pastry bags

yep, just the plastic ones, whatever's out there, and with a seam. She cuts them down
too.

with standard off-the-rack pastry
: tips

No, you have to use either the British- or korean-made ("Marpol") tips - nothing else
gets fine enough.

though she also had some off-the-rack couplers so she could
: interchange tips.

Nope. She fills lots of different cones for a big gig - a bigger cone for the band or
triple dot, for those times when you use a lot of henna, and smaller ones for the
smaller tips. That way you don't have to keep stopping to refill, every artist can have
their own "set" (I usually worked with a big, a small, and a band, wrapped in my own
towel with my own bamboo skewer.) For the way we used to work at big festivals, we
needed such a setup.
don't even bother with couplers. They leak, and who would want to keep switching
tips on the same bag or refilling the same bag at a gig?!?!? Better to have several; and
if you get a leak or a clog, you can switch!

Follow Ups

Re: nope, no couplers... Catherine Cartwright-Jones 12:06:00 5/11/2003 (6)
- I don't understand... Anne Beltestad 13:05:06 5/11/2003 (5)
  - Re: I don't understand... Catherine Cartwright-Jones 14:04:31 5/11/2003 (2)
    - correction: Sirius 2000 or 2001? Anne Beltestad 16:03:53 5/11/2003 (1)
      - Re: correction: Sirius 2000 or 2001? Catherine Cartwright-Jones 17:13:46 5/11/2003 (0)
  - Re: I don't understand... Kenzi 13:15:31 5/11/2003 (1)
    - Re: I don't understand... Catherine Cartwright-Jones 18:56:25 5/11/2003 (0)

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: : I wonder if you have much stronger, larger hands than I do. You say : : you can speed-sling with a jac bottle, and I can barely use one. : : Might be the arthritis? I have small hands, but very strong. Kree has tiny hands : and arthritis and she's missing a finger! : : I : : can't manage with the tipped cones for more than a few minutes, : : because my hands tire. There is a 3 ml carrot bag, and I've seen : : others that are much heavier. : : : I find them very smooth and soft in my hand and easy to control. : : : Last I saw Kree using her cones, (I still have some saved that she : : gave me) they were shorter and had stiffer plastic, but they weren't : : rolled........ they appeared to me to be simply another variety of : : standard off-the-rack pastry bags : : yep, just the plastic ones, whatever's out there, and with a seam. She cuts them down : too. : : with standard off-the-rack pastry : : tips : : No, you have to use either the British- or korean-made ("Marpol") tips - nothing else : gets fine enough. : : though she also had some off-the-rack couplers so she could : : interchange tips. : : Nope. She fills lots of different cones for a big gig - a bigger cone for the band or : triple dot, for those times when you use a lot of henna, and smaller ones for the : smaller tips. That way you don't have to keep stopping to refill, every artist can have : their own "set" (I usually worked with a big, a small, and a band, wrapped in my own : towel with my own bamboo skewer.) For the way we used to work at big festivals, we : needed such a setup. : don't even bother with couplers. They leak, and who would want to keep switching : tips on the same bag or refilling the same bag at a gig?!?!? Better to have several; and : if you get a leak or a clog, you can switch!
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