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

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1. QotW: How far do you have to drive to get to a ceramics supply store?

   By Pres, February 27, 2022
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   • High Bridge Pottery
   • March 4, 2022

2. QotW: What safety devices do you use in your shop?

   By Pres, February 22, 2022
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   • Hulk
   • February 26, 2022

3. QotW:  Do you let your clay freeze in the winter months?

   By Pres, December 2, 2018
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   • oldlady
   • February 26, 2022

4. QotW: Mixers: where do you get your recipes/formulas for glazing?

   By Pres, February 8, 2022
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   • oldlady
   • February 11, 2022

5. QotW: When it comes to glazing, are you a User, Mixer, Re-formulator, or a true Formulator? 

   By Pres, January 30, 2022
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   • Hulk
   • February 7, 2022

6. QotW: All things considered, What coloring oxide would you not be able to work without?

   By Pres, November 28, 2021
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   • kristinanoel
   • January 25, 2022

7. QotW: Do brand names matter to you when buying pottery equipment?

   By Pres, January 18, 2022
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   • Callie Beller Diesel
   • January 19, 2022

8. QotW: Do you rework all of your glazes or do you use a liner glaze or some other fix after changing clay bodies?

   By Pres, January 10, 2022
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   • GEP
   • January 10, 2022

9. QotW: Handbuilders: What is your preferred method of construction.

   By Pres, January 3, 2022
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   • Roberta12
   • January 9, 2022

10. QotW: When making repairs for the studio, do you try to buy local or do you just jump to the internet?

    By Pres, December 27, 2021
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    • Callie Beller Diesel
    • January 3, 2022

11. QotW: What sort of shortage would make you "give up the ghost" ?  

    By Pres, December 8, 2021
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    • Denice
    • December 15, 2021

12. Unable to watch Clayflicks

    By SherisseCollins, October 1, 2021
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    • Jennifer Harnetty
    • December 10, 2021

13. QotW: How do you organize/hang/store your ceramic tools in the shop when using them or storing them?

    By Pres, November 15, 2021   

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    • graybeard
    • December 9, 2021

14. QothW: What is your favorite technique of glazing and decorating?

    By Pres, November 26, 2021   

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    • LeeU
    • December 4, 2021

15. QotW: Have you ever had a formal, or informal coach, assist you with your throwing skills? How about with anything that you do, sport wise, cooking, any skill?

    By Pres, November 10, 2021
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    • Roberta12
    • November 13, 2021

16. 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, 2021
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    • LeeU
    • November 2, 2021

17. Time for a Sticky Wicket. . . . QotW: What are your best sellers?

    By Pres, October 24, 2021
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    • oldlady
    • October 25, 2021

18. QotW: Have you ever used alternative techniques in your throwing or handbuilding?

    By Pres, October 18, 2021
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    • Pyewackette
    • October 20, 2021

19. QotW: What effects have the Covid, and the Supply chain failures had on your production and delivery of your pottery?

    By Pres, September 28, 2021
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    • Min
    • October 20, 2021

20. QotW: Do you find that your learning about ceramics has moved toward more video use like Youtube or CLAYflicks or do you still find a good book viable as a means of learning?

    By Pres, October 11, 2021
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    • LeeU
    • October 15, 2021

21. QotW: When using your programmable kiln, do you use preset schedules or set your own custom schedules? 

    By Pres, October 3, 2021   

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    • 4 replies
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    • Chilly
    • October 7, 2021

22. QotW: What things do you do that would be Old School, and what do you do that would be considered Embracing the Future?

    By Pres, September 5, 2021
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    • Lucia Matos
    • October 5, 2021

23. Cannot find Ican page

    By Kkelln, September 26, 2021
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    • LeeU
    • September 26, 2021

24. QotW: What is your predominant method of decorating the greenware, and how do you deal with this decoration in your glazing?

    By Pres, September 20, 2021   

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    • Denice
    • September 22, 2021

25. QotW: What have you noticed in the rise in prices for materials over the last 20 years?

    By Pres, August 12, 2021
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    • neilestrick
    • September 20, 2021