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

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1. QotW: In your pottery life, do you have any regrets about your journey with clay over the years?

   By Pres, January 29
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   • Denice
   • Friday at 05:06 PM

2. Qotw: Participants Question Pool For Future Qotw's 1 2 3 4 7

   By Pres, March 28, 2017
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   • Bam2015
   • January 10

3. QotW: When you buy a number of a potter's pieces do you feel the need to meet the maker? 

   By Pres, December 18, 2022
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   • Denice
   • December 24, 2022

4. 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

5. 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

6. QotW:As an artist, when feeling 'stuck,' what helps to inspire or motivate you? Do you look at Instagram photos, read self help or art books, take a walk in nature, etc?

   By Pres, January 16
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   • LeeU
   • January 25

7. QotW: Do you think it takes a certain mentality or emotional state be engage with clay as a potter?

   By Pres, January 8
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   • Denice
   • January 15

8. QotW: What do you consider to be a second? Do you sell these seconds, and if so where?

   By Pres, January 1
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   • shawnhar
   • January 9

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

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

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

    By Pres, November 20, 2022   

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    • 13 replies
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    • Min
    • November 27, 2022

11. QotW: How do you store your clay?

    By Pres, November 7, 2022   

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    • 17 replies
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    • oldlady
    • November 18, 2022

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

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

13. 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

14. 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

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

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

16.  QotW: Which came first?

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

17. 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

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

    By Pres, October 2, 2022   

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    • 5 replies
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    • Kelly in AK
    • October 6, 2022

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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
    • 17 replies
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    • LeeU
    • September 14, 2022

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

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

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

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

24.  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

25. 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