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Posted by Anne Beltestad on May 11, 2003 at 13:05:06:

In reply to: Re: nope, no couplers... posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on May 11, 2003 at 12:06:00:

: When I was watching Kree in ..... Serious 2000, I think, she had
: couplers, and was using them then ... but ... everyone changes gear
: from time to time.
:
Well, I wasn't there, but I can't imagine why she would mess with her tried-and-true
method, except as a brief experiment. I mean, she even has an elaborate color-
coding system for the different tips!
I was working with Kree in 2000, I worked with her last summer and she was still
using bags taped onto tips - as she used the whole time I was working with her, as
I've always used.
Why would Kree or anyone bring different tips for just one cone and change them in
the middle of a gig? This seems like a very inefficient way to work. The sort of
volume we were handling at Gilded Lilies in 1999 and 2000 especially would not be
possible if we had to stop and screw different tips onto a coupler, and each only had
one cone that kept having to be refilled.
Seriously, there were days where four, five artists worked nine hours solid, heads
down hennaing. Why would we want to make it harder on ourselves?
I've never seen anyone successfully using a coupler. I think Heather or someone was
talking about doing so, but I never saw it in action. A while ago New York Cake folks
talked me into buying one, it was two bucks or something, and didn't hold up to
more than two minutes of hennaing - big mess, everywhere.

: By off the rack, I meant store bought, not hand made.

I don't think Kree or any of the GL artists, myself included, have time to make our
own metal pastry tips! ; ) I wouldn't even know where to begin doing so!

Anyway ... I've
: got Kree's finest Marpol next to my 00 under the microscope here ..
: and ... the orofice is precisely the same diameter. The Marpols are
: longer (differently dimensioned)than what I've got, but the orofice is
: the same.

I think this is true...though i have a British one now that seems smaller even than
that, or maybe it's the fact that it's a finer-machined piece of metal. They're
expensive, but easier to clean and more rust-resistant.

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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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: : When I was watching Kree in ..... Serious 2000, I think, she had : : couplers, and was using them then ... but ... everyone changes gear : : from time to time. : : : Well, I wasn't there, but I can't imagine why she would mess with her tried-and-true : method, except as a brief experiment. I mean, she even has an elaborate color- : coding system for the different tips! : I was working with Kree in 2000, I worked with her last summer and she was still : using bags taped onto tips - as she used the whole time I was working with her, as : I've always used. : Why would Kree or anyone bring different tips for just one cone and change them in : the middle of a gig? This seems like a very inefficient way to work. The sort of : volume we were handling at Gilded Lilies in 1999 and 2000 especially would not be : possible if we had to stop and screw different tips onto a coupler, and each only had : one cone that kept having to be refilled. : Seriously, there were days where four, five artists worked nine hours solid, heads : down hennaing. Why would we want to make it harder on ourselves? : I've never seen anyone successfully using a coupler. I think Heather or someone was : talking about doing so, but I never saw it in action. A while ago New York Cake folks : talked me into buying one, it was two bucks or something, and didn't hold up to : more than two minutes of hennaing - big mess, everywhere. : : : By off the rack, I meant store bought, not hand made. : : I don't think Kree or any of the GL artists, myself included, have time to make our : own metal pastry tips! ; ) I wouldn't even know where to begin doing so! : : Anyway ... I've : : got Kree's finest Marpol next to my 00 under the microscope here .. : : and ... the orofice is precisely the same diameter. The Marpols are : : longer (differently dimensioned)than what I've got, but the orofice is : : the same. : : I think this is true...though i have a British one now that seems smaller even than : that, or maybe it's the fact that it's a finer-machined piece of metal. They're : expensive, but easier to clean and more rust-resistant.
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