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

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1. QotW: What piece of equipment that you do not have will be your next addition within the next year?

   By Pres, Monday at 08:59 PM
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   • LeeU
   • 8 hours ago

2. QotW: What is your first and second most expensive equipment expense? 

   By Pres, June 14
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   • Mark C.
   • June 16

3. QotW: Whether hand building or throwing, assembling or decorating, do you stand or sit?

   By Pres, June 9
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   • Chilly
   • June 11

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

   By Pres, March 28, 2017
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   • Bam2015
   • May 15

5. QotW:Electric or gas reduction firing at any cone you choose, which is more work overall and at what stage of the pot making is it more work than the other? Also, is firing one way more enjoyable than the other?

   By Pres, April 18
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   • Chilly
   • April 21

6. QotW: Do you protect your kiln floor with a kiln shelf to start your shelf build, and if so do you use a full or pair of 1/2 shelves?

   By Pres, April 11
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   • Chilly
   • April 13

7. QotW: Have you ever been in touch with ceramics teachers in  your area, offering support, having a beer or a cup of coffee, to attend workshops, or just to show a feeling of comradery or support?

   By Pres, February 9
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   • Mark C.
   • February 11

8. QotW: If a workshop were offered at a reasonable distance from you (after we are loose, of course), who would you want as the presenter?

   By Pres, February 1
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   • Hulk
   • February 10

9. Unknown French potter

   By mess1959, June 14
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   • mess1959
   • June 14

10. QotW: When looking for Ceramics related reading material, do you look for technique\, guided process, aesthetic, or historic related reading?

    By Pres, May 30
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    • Denice
    • May 31

11. QotW: Does your stacking determine the items in the load, or does your load determine the stacking?

    By Pres, May 24
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    • Russ
    • May 26

12. QotW:What studio habits do you have that others have warned against?

    By Pres, February 21
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    • Callie Beller Diesel
    • May 25

13. QotW: To wedge or not to wedge?

    By Pres, May 15
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    • oldlady
    • May 17

14. QotW: Earthenware or mid range Stoneware, What is your preference and why?

    By Pres, May 3
    • 15 replies
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    • LeeU
    • May 14

15. QotW: Do you schedule maintenance activities in the studio or have a non structured format for maintenance?

    By Pres, March 31
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    • Pres
    • April 6

16. QotW: Now that Spring is on the way what will be your first task in the studio?

    By Pres, March 20
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    • LinR
    • March 31

17. QotW is What, How or When did you become interested enough in ceramics to decide that you would be making pieces some way the rest of your life?

    By Pres, March 8
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    • moh
    • March 16

18. QotW: How do you motivate yourself to be a doer rather than a dreamer? 

    By Pres, February 28
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    • Pres
    • March 2

19. "What studio habits/practices do you remain committed to that most other potters do not practice?"

    By Pres, February 17   

    • studio habits
    • cleanup
    • 9 replies
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    • Denice
    • February 22

20. QotW: What investment will you be doing this year to advance/enhance your ceramics journey?

    By Pres, January 22
    • 11 replies
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    • Bam2015
    • January 27

21. QotW: What do you think 2021 may bring to your potting life? 1 2

    By Pres, December 27, 2020
    • 29 replies
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    • Pres
    • January 26

22. What if? 1 2

    By Denice, November 30, 2020
    • 25 replies
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    • Mark C.
    • January 25

23. QotW: What ceramics related reading are you into presently if any?

    By Pres, January 13
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    • Babs
    • January 16

24. Looking for information on a Winfield Ware pattern late 1940's/early 1950's

    By Peggy O, December 29, 2020   

    • tom & jerry christmas mugs
    • christmas tree mugs
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    • Peggy O
    • December 29, 2020

25. QotW: What is the silliest thing you have done or seen done dealing with Ceramics? 1 2 3

    By Pres, May 20, 2020
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    • Sorcery
    • December 19, 2020