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

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1. QotW: Are you Dipper, Pourer, Sprayer, sponger, squirter, or Brusher? 

   By Pres, November 5, 2023
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   • Pres
   • November 26, 2023

2. QotW: Do you repair your kiln, or hire an electrician/specialist to do the job?

   By Pres, November 20, 2023   

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   • Chilly
   • November 21, 2023

3. QotW: Is anyone going to NCECA this year?

   By Pres, November 13, 2023   

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     • richmnond va
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   • Pres
   • November 20, 2023

4. QotW: Do you have a favorite tools for pottery production that you have repurposed or made? 

   By Pres, April 17, 2023
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   • Denice
   • November 17, 2023

5. QotW: What are your non Ceramic plans for the Summer

   By Pres, June 19, 2023
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   • Pyewackette
   • November 16, 2023

6. QotW: What form of foot do you use on vertical forms?

   By Pres, October 1, 2023
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   • Pyewackette
   • November 16, 2023

7. QotW: What type of floor or floor coverings do you have in the shop?

   By Pres, October 22, 2023
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   • Pyewackette
   • November 13, 2023

8. QotW: What  tools that are not specifically for ceramics would you recommend a potter have in their shop?

   By Pres, March 21, 2023
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   • LeeU
   • November 10, 2023

9. QotW: What would you tell yourself about pottery, if you could speak to yourself when you were in your early adult years. 

   By Pres, March 14, 2023
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   • Pyewackette
   • November 8, 2023

10. QotW: If I gave you $150 to spend on a tool/tools, what would you buy?

    By Pres, August 6, 2023
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    • Pyewackette
    • November 7, 2023

11. QotW: Sit or Stand, and on what type of Surface/Furniture?

    By Pres, October 29, 2023
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    • Pyewackette
    • November 7, 2023

12. QotW: Do you fire your own kiln, . . .

    By Pres, October 15, 2023
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    • Denice
    • October 16, 2023

13. QotW: How do you finish the lips of you vertical pieces?

    By Pres, October 9, 2023
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    • Pres
    • October 14, 2023

14. QotW: How often do you vacuum out your kiln and sieve your glazes?

    By Pres, September 24, 2023
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    • Min
    • September 30, 2023

15. QotW: What are the steps you take after glaze firing with each finished piece?

    By Pres, September 17, 2023
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    • grackle
    • September 20, 2023

16. QotW: As a potter, are you a hobbyist, self employed, or do you work for a larger ceramics company as a potter or support person? 

    By Pres, September 10, 2023
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    • Denice
    • September 13, 2023

17. QotW: Given a new 15 X 20 space for a studio, what would be your first 5 things to do to it?

    By Pres, September 3, 2023
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    • Hulk
    • September 8, 2023

18. QotW: When buying clay bodies, what characteristics do you look for in the clay? Especially when buying a new body you have never used before.

    By Pres, August 27, 2023
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    • Denice
    • August 31, 2023

19. QotW: Weight or volume, which is your preference when mixing glazes?

    By Pres, August 20, 2023
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    • PeterH
    • August 22, 2023

20. QotW: How would you make certain a deal is straight forward and the real deal before going into business with another entity?

    By Pres, August 13, 2023
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    • Mark C.
    • August 13, 2023

21. QotW: Have you found a tightening of suppliers in your area or a shortage of supplies at your GO-TO Ceramic supplier?

    By Pres, July 30, 2023
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    • Mark C.
    • August 4, 2023

22. QotW: How do you rate as your resources. .. .coms, magazines, utubes, and books or other sources?

    By Pres, July 23, 2023
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    • Callie Beller Diesel
    • July 31, 2023

23. QotW: What’s the worst ceramic screw up I’ve ever made?

    By Pres, July 2, 2023
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    • Kelly in AK
    • July 14, 2023

24. QotW: Have you ever been inspired/awed by seeing another potter working?

    By Pres, July 10, 2023
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    • Kelly in AK
    • July 13, 2023

25. QotW: How did you originally find the Ceramic Arts Daily Forum, and how do you search the forums when looking for specific information?

    By Pres, June 25, 2023
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    • Callie Beller Diesel
    • June 26, 2023