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scoobydoozie

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About scoobydoozie

  • Birthday 09/24/1965

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    Clearwater, FL
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    Ceramics, Pottery, Reading, SciFi movies and television, comedy. Love brushstroke glaze and underglaze work as well as piping (similar to slip trailing, but on bisque).

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  1. I have always liked your zebras avatar.

  2. Learned tons last night at throwing class. A few others also had specific questions, so we had lots of demonstrations. Learned how to make a rolled rim and also about using sodium silicate and underglaze to create a "crackled" thrown piece. Such great info last night and a great evening! Now I just have to practice, practice, practice!
  3. I found a planter that I just love the shape of and I'm going to ask the instructor to walk/teach me thru throwing that particular shape. I'm hoping that if I ask, the instruction will be better. Wish me luck and I'm having fun, regardless. Who can't have fun mucking about in mud? LOL!
  4. Denice, that sounds EXACTLY what I'm looking for! Will check into the local colleges for the fall term and hopefully find something better suited to my needs.
  5. I'm 46 and I'm currently in my second throwing class called "Learning to Throw" at Dunedin Fine Art Center (FL). As a student, I would appreciate more structure in the classes. It seems to be an anything goes as far as what you build or how you build it. I would appreciate more focus to get the skills needed and allowing creativity IN that process. It seems the creativity comes first and the skills may or may not follow. My issue is that the skills are needed in order to allow the creativity to really flow and be fully realized. For example, I would like to focus a couple of sessions on just cups, then plates or bowls, etc. Demos of the tools used, amount of clay, pitfalls, etc. for each shape followed by supervised practive time for that shape. Everyone is working on different items in the class which means the instructor has zero focus and structure... I feel more that I'm paying for wheel rental with an occasional two second assist rather than a "class" that will give me a solid foundation for different shapes, tools and styles. I don't necessarily know the questions to ask and therefore without structure, am missing a lot of foundation information. Just my opinion.....
  6. Thank you for your warm post, I loved it! That is the very kind of attitude that will keep me coming back. You've made my day, thank you!

  7. scoobydoozie

    Brushwork

  8. Beautiful cups! do you mind sharing your technique for the insects? Decals or lazerdecals? Love the warm sepia tones!
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