Pres Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Min posted the following in the question pool not long ago: It’s always interesting to see what people are working on, a one off pot, a series, pulling handles, working out a new design, glazing, glaze testing.… just a snippet from your day of something in progress. My question would be what’s on your workbench? (pictures would be a welcome bonus!) Hmmmm! I will disappoint Min in my answer, as right now there is very little on my workbench except for the vice and tools that hang on the back wall of it the workbench. Then there are some of the most recent tools I had been using. However, for me this is a poor time of year since I need to get into the shop, but it is still pretty frozen. Now the workbench is important, as I often will use it to hold one end of some wire, to help bend tools with a ball peen hammer, or to hold some small tool for sawing or work with a dremel where holding it by hand would be dangerous. I have enough trouble with my hands without messing them up more. As far as making, an object on a bench, very little of that gets done lately as most of my making and assembling is done on the wheel form throwing pieces, to trimming them, and then assembly. The only things that are on a work area are slabs for wheel thrown bottoms and tops after a 4-6 sided object is assembled. These usually take about a week of assembly, as sometimes the proportions sketched or modeled out do not look right when put together . So another piece is thrown to match up. Examples of these can be found on my blog site. best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 What's on my workbench? Clutter. It's far too cold and damp to be out there this time of year. My shelf at the centre, however, has rolled clay waiting to be turned into Herb Labels, there is an Owl drop mould sitting upside down, waiting to be fettled and put into the kiln, and there are mugs and spatula rests waiting for a ^6 firing. Pres and Min 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Elephants! Gabby, Beeme, lgusten and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta12 Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Mea, I just love those ears!!! r. terrim8 and GEP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 i did not realize, mea, that your studio was big enough to hold 20 ELEPHANTS! wconnelley, Marcia Selsor and GEP 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Thanks for posting my question Pres. hanging planters for succulents lgusten, oldlady, GEP and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 neat pattern! promise i won't copy it. i do use seashells and make sort of oceanish things, the pattern is very like a nautilus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) making a combination of things. big pieces with leaves and birds and small, about 3 inches across lace impressed bowl shaped "containers". the small items will sell if i can get a nice glaze in several colors. the bigger ones also sell, depending on the venue. but the small stuff is my version of mark's sponge holder bread and butter item. not that they hold sponges, just that they sell quickly and bring in cash. got to make some glazes! Edited March 19, 2018 by oldlady add Beeme, clay lover, karenkstudio and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 A nice size coiled bowl with black stylized Anazai designs on white clay. Didn't quite get in finished today. Sorry no photo. Denice GEP, oldlady and Min 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDogPottery Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Tupperware containers of glaze and slip, vintage mustard jar packed with brushes, trays of tools for throwing/trimming. Studio isn't sectioned off for different things but everything is in reach by the wheel. Callie Beller Diesel, GEP and Min 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Good question for a Monday morning! I have a kiln load of bisque that needs washing and waxing. I’ve got samples for a mug re-design for an existing client and a big pile of test tiles in the bin to go along with that, I have 18 mugs for a new client, and serving bowls, sugar jars and more mugs for upcoming spring shows. And I have weekly scheduling, and homework for an online business course on the go. Yes, this is my kitchen. Washing and waxing bisque is the only job I really do outside of my studio this time of year. It’s still too cold to take it outside yet. Min, GEP, oldlady and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karenkstudio Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Working on found object texture tiles to be raku fired and assembled for a wall hanging. Beeme, Min, MollyMac and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) karen, wonderful stuff! whatever that original thingy is it is just right for doing a wall piece. when it is finished, maybe take it to the local harley davidson dealer to put in the showroom! what is the surface the clay is drying on? looks interesting, concrete??? Edited March 19, 2018 by oldlady clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karenkstudio Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Lady, I think that thingy is a part from a transmission, but I'm not sure. I dry my pieces by sandwiching them between plaster slabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 working on pieces for Invitational at one gallery, a wood firing in June, and seasonal gallery opening in Nye, Mt. terrim8, Callie Beller Diesel, oldlady and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabby Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Winter tea bowls in red clay, part of a series I call "Wild Heart." They will all have a red accent somewhere on the bowl. I have hand-built some using a simple template that gives them a squared shape at the base above the foot ring, and I threw a couple this morning. But it is too cold, really, to go very long at all. Today I threw wearing a thermal shirt, thermal pants, and a down vest. Min, yappystudent, oldlady and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 The bench is 2,400 miles away now and when I left a month ago it was empty. I will check on it Friday when I get back to see whats turned up. Marcia Selsor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_L Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Raw Glazing. And in the background a first attempt at throwing a double walled vessel and then carving it. GEP, yappystudent, BARAKE SCULPTOR and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) "bench" is buried. kiln is bisque firing and i cannot use the space until it is opened and i restore the space. i only bisque during the winter when i am a thousand miles from my glaze kitchen and big kiln. that allows me to get the pieces home. Edited March 22, 2018 by oldlady add info yappystudent, BARAKE SCULPTOR, Marcia Selsor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 today i had things on my workbench i would be happy to let anyone see. hope they all make it through the next steps to finished product. i would be happy if i could capture in the final firing that soft color of the slip. who knows how it will look when it is finished? clay lover, Min, BARAKE SCULPTOR and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yappystudent Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 The recent greenware. BARAKE SCULPTOR, oldlady, Callie Beller Diesel and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Nothing on the work tables--- ...but lots of shop prep goin' on in the office. Callie Beller Diesel and yappystudent 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Busy day glazing today! These are all waxed and ready to dip. Callie Beller Diesel, BARAKE SCULPTOR, Yasmin and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) Two glaze firing cooling so soon (Friday)the benches are filled with glazed ware that needs pricing. Edited April 25, 2018 by Mark C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 I just put a nice size coiled pot in my drying cabinet which is now full. My work table needs to be cleaned covered with clay dust and crumblies, my other work table is covered with glazed pots I unloaded from a firing recently. Mark C found a Brent C wheel on E Bay for me to buy so now I need to sell it my kick wheel locally. I hope I can find someone who will love it as much as I do, I can't kick it up anymore to the speed it needs to be. Denice yappystudent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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