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

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1. QotW: How would you explain the personal relationship you have with the ceramic objects that you have in your home?   

   By Pres, Sunday at 08:51 PM
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   • Mark C.
   • 10 hours ago

2. QotW: What is your need for the forum. Do you come for simple answers to your immediate problems or do you wish to have complex answers that include theory/formulae/graphs and numbers?

   By Pres, September 2
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   • JohnnyK
   • Sunday at 02:55 PM

3. QotW: Do you make anything ceramic that you love to do, but don't do often because it just isn't practical?

   By Pres, August 26
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   • Denice
   • August 27

4. QotW:Are you more critical of your own work than the work  of others?

   By Pres, August 4   

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   • Pres
   • August 24

5. QotW: How do you react to the use of 3D printing and other technologies being developed in Ceramics? 

   By Pres, August 21
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   • Clay17
   • August 24

6. QotW: How well do you take criticism from your peers ( other potters), or from customers or the general public?

   By Pres, August 12
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   • GEP
   • August 13

7. QotW:What ceramic event or destination do you consider a must see? I’m thinking of pilgrimages or a bucket list items. I have a small list, of places I think would be a blast, inspirational, and educational.

   By Pres, July 28
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   • Denice
   • August 5

8. Qotw: Participants Question Pool For Future Qotw's 1 2 3 4 8

   By Pres, March 28, 2017
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   • Bam2015
   • July 27

9. QotW: When was the last time you went to a large crafts show as a spectator/buyer?

   By Pres, July 21
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   • Roberta12
   • July 24

10. QotW: Do you find that over years of working with clay that you are more  aesthetically critical or perceptive when viewing ceramic pieces?

    By Pres, July 15
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    • B.J.
    • July 19

11. QotW: What adds monetary value to the price of a pot for those of us who sell our work? :

    By Pres, July 7   

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    • Min
    • July 8

12. QotW: Two parter again: What is your latest read about ceramics/pottery? What is your best resource book?

    By Pres, June 16
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    • LeeU
    • June 21

13. QotW: What is your best selling item at shows beyond mugs? 

    By Pres, June 3   

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    • Denice
    • June 17

14. QotW: On a regular basis, how many glazes do you have in the shop?

    By Pres, June 11
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    • grackle
    • June 14

15. QotW: What have you or are you doing this Memorial Day weekend that could be ceramics related?

    By Pres, May 26
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    • Min
    • May 30

16. QotW:What is your set up for throwing on the wheel?

    By Pres, May 20
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    • Hulk
    • May 21

17. QotW: How do you level the bottoms of thrown pieces?

    By Pres, April 28
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    • Kelly in AK
    • May 4

18. QotW: Talisman, Bucket or other type of sieve for glaze mixing?

    By Pres, April 16
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    • Denice
    • April 18

19. QotW: Slip, Slip with vinegar, Magic Water: What is your choice, and why?

    By Pres, April 7
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    • Mark C.
    • April 13

20. QotW: Where and how do you store your clay?

    By Pres, March 31
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    • Mark C.
    • April 6

21. QotW: Large or Small, creamed , slurry or water to lube your throwing?

    By Pres, March 25   

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    • Kelly in AK
    • March 29

22. QotW: What are your plans for passing it on when you pass on?

    By Pres, March 19
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    • LeeU
    • March 21

23. QotW: What special tool that you work with would your really hate to lose?

    By Pres, March 3
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    • Hyn Patty
    • March 17

24. QotW: What surprise have you found in your clay, either fresh or recycled?

    By Pres, March 11
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    • Denice
    • March 14

25. QotW: How many times a month/year do you fire your kiln/s?

    By Pres, February 11
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    • shawnhar
    • March 3