Int'l Ceramic Artists Network (ICAN) Operations and Benefits

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1. QotW: How has the physicality of making pots effected you? Please include Positives and Negatives.

   By Pres, December 11, 2022
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   • Babs
   • December 17, 2022

2. QotW: How savvy are your customers about pottery?

   By Pres, November 27, 2022
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   • oldlady
   • December 17, 2022

3. QotW: What’s the standard for work you’re sending out into the world? 

   By Pres, December 4, 2022
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   • oldlady
   • December 8, 2022

4. QotW: Did your school have hands on subjects, shop, typing, home economics, sewing, anything where you used your hands?

   By Pres, November 20, 2022   

   • dexterity
   • grade school
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   • Min
   • November 27, 2022

5. QotW: How do you store your clay?

   By Pres, November 7, 2022   

   • clay storag
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   • oldlady
   • November 18, 2022

6. QotW: What's your genre, Fine Art, decorative, sculptural, or Functional?

   By Pres, November 14, 2022
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   • kswan
   • November 17, 2022

7. QotW: Do you synthesize, formulate  or modify the clay bodies for your use?

   By Pres, October 31, 2022   

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   • glazenerd
   • November 5, 2022

8. QotW: What do working areas in your studio look like? Post a picture!

   By Pres, October 23, 2022
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   • Hulk
   • October 26, 2022

9. QotW: What are your favorite repurposed/modified tools?

   By Pres, October 16, 2022
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   • oldlady
   • October 24, 2022

10.  QotW: Which came first?

    By Pres, October 9, 2022
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    • neilestrick
    • October 12, 2022

11. QotW: What are some of the best places to inquire about and buy used pottery equipment? 

    By Pres, December 19, 2021
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    • Min
    • October 6, 2022

12. QotW: Do you have a favorite tool that you use with a lot of different materials?

    By Pres, October 2, 2022   

    • stick blender
    • galzes
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    • Kelly in AK
    • October 6, 2022

13. QotW: have you had to change any recipes or purchases because of supply chain issues?

    By Pres, September 25, 2022
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    • Kelly in AK
    • September 26, 2022

14. QotW: what item that you use in your studio came to you free, almost free or as a gift? 

    By Pres, September 11, 2022
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    • neilestrick
    • September 19, 2022

15. QotW: Is trimming just a clean-up job for you, or do you use it to enhance the bottom of the pot in some way?

    By Pres, April 3, 2022
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    • LeeU
    • September 14, 2022

16. QotW: What is your latest background "noise" in the studio? 1 2

    By Pres, August 28, 2022
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    • LeeU
    • September 11, 2022

17. QotW: How well do you represent yourself and  how much do you tolerate when dealing with your suppliers?

    By Pres, September 4, 2022
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    • Min
    • September 11, 2022

18.  QOTW: What tips do you have to make cleaning up your studio easier or more time efficient?

    By Pres, August 15, 2022
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    • Chilly
    • August 29, 2022

19. QotW: Do you or have you ever mixed your own clay for your studio, and if you do describe your equipment and working space?

    By Pres, August 21, 2022
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    • Chilly
    • August 29, 2022

20. QotW: Do you keep your glazes in a notebook, or some other paper depository, or have you gone digital with your glaze and materials recipes?

    By Pres, August 8, 2022   

    • digital records
    • glaze formulation
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    • Denice
    • August 19, 2022

21. QotW: Do you use or ever used a throwing aid of any sort due to a physical weakness/ailment?

    By Pres, August 1, 2022
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    • JohnnyK
    • August 3, 2022

22. QotW: Have you have opted for digital scales, or anything digital of late because of the convenience or because you grew up with digital?

    By Pres, July 24, 2022
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    • Bill Kielb
    • July 26, 2022

23. QotW: When reading the posts on forums do you have a tendency to like detailed information in long form or quick fix with supporting information?

    By Pres, July 16, 2022
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    • Bill Kielb
    • July 19, 2022

24. QoTW: Do you have any long standing orders that you fill every year for several years?

    By Pres, July 10, 2022
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    • Callie Beller Diesel
    • July 18, 2022

25. QotW: Do you take on custom work?

    By Min, June 30, 2022
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    • Piedmont Pottery
    • July 6, 2022