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

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1. QotW: Show us a favorite mug you have made, and one you have acquired.

   By Pres, May 29
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   • Kelly in AK
   • May 31

2. QotW: Do you have a favorite tools for pottery production that you have repurposed or made? 

   By Pres, April 17
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   • JohnnyK
   • May 30

3. QotW: How does your wife, husband (or significant other) and other family deal with your need to create ceramics?

   By Pres, May 22
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   • Kelly in AK
   • May 29

4. QotW: When trimming pots how are your hands configured? Please explain.

   By Pres, May 15
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   • Pres
   • May 21

5. QotW: Gap or no gap in your shelf spacing and how do you believe this effects your firing if you use a downdraft blower/vent?

   By Pres, May 8
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   • Russ
   • May 9

6. QotW: What is your latest "Pat on the back" process, idea, or tool purchase?

   By Pres, April 30
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   • Callie Beller Diesel
   • May 6

7. QotW: After throwing/making: How many times do you handle a pot?

   By Pres, April 24
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   • LeeU
   • April 26

8. 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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   • JohnnyK
   • April 23

9. QotW: Do you have any pets or other animal visitors to your shop?

   By Pres, March 26
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   • Jeff Longtin
   • April 15

10. QotW: When doing complex pieces do you mix and match, or do you design and one off?

    By Pres, April 10
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    • Pres
    • April 12

11. QotW:How many pieces do you work on at a time during your normal workflow?

    By Pres, April 2
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    • Hulk
    • April 11

12. ClayFlicks Videos Not Playing???

    By Jennifer Buckner, March 3
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    • Jennifer Harnetty
    • March 6

13. QotW: How much area/distance do you cover when selling your ceramics?

    By Pres, February 12   

    • sales
    • travel
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    • LeeU
    • February 14

14. QotW: What are your Winter strategies for working in the shop or on pottery?

    By Pres, February 5
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    • Roberta12
    • February 12

15. 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
    • February 3

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

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

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

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

    By Pres, November 20, 2022   

    • dexterity
    • grade school
    • 13 replies
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    • Min
    • November 27, 2022

21. QotW: How do you store your clay?

    By Pres, November 7, 2022   

    • clay storag
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    • oldlady
    • November 18, 2022

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

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

23. 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

24. 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

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

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