Benzine

I guess the bright side is it's summer and you didn't have to deal with freezing temperatures plus a power outage plus a pandemic. 

Denice,

Little to no damage to our home or garage to speak of.  We lost half of our front tree, which is our only tree, and it kind of fell on our front porch.  However, it just managed to dent part of the gutter. 

We also lost a single shingle.

This definitely gave us confidence in the strength and durability of our Century old home!

I was a decorator for 20 years and potted on weekends and evenings.   I had one of my regular customer's new home wiped off the face of the earth,  her old home was next door and it just  got shifted off the foundation.  It was still a loss but they didn't lose everything in the home.    We bought a 100 years old house shortly after the wind damage we had.   We lived there for 13 years and had four tornadoes pass over our house.   Usually  the corners of our house would get broken off,  we had one tornado that hit a school and shopping center near us.   It dropped part of the shopping center roof in our back yard,  we were very lucky.    My husband was in the shower on the third floor when it passed over he came running down the stairs naked hollering about the tornado.   For some reason the tornado sirens didn't go off.  We had to move because of my MS,  we built our new house to be solid and of course a basement.     Denice

I find doing handles a real pain so I only do them occasionally and even then, most of the time, they are just OK...

I also struggle to get the right look and fit to the hand when I make handles.   Once they are glazed and fired I realize that they are just what I was trying to do.  Denice

So it would seem that you have the answers to both QOTWs on the board today...

Cleaned mine also but I had to finish it up yesterday,  red clay everywhere.   Denice

How much an hour does scrubbing go for? I have about 20 hours worth. Send applications to: nerdsstudiopigpen.com

End of year firing were always fun. Especially those that had mixed loads of bisque and glaze when firing ^06.

Perhaps an extended candling to insure dryness?

glazenerd, that goes without saying when you teach ceramics to kids. Heavy thick walled areas is not unusual, no matter how hard you try to get them to understand the problems with overweight poorly constructed ware.

Nice. So exciting!

Congrats, Poppa!

Had quite a bit of time in the hospital. On the plus side, I came up with a few pages of concept sketches for wares.

REad Pete Pinnells article http://www.claytimes.com/articles/glazeadjusting.html Adjusting glazes

Takes a lot of CMC, so I make my own.

Thanks for the responses all. I went with a little bit of Epsom salt and gum solution. Initial test went well. Brushed on pretty evenly. I may have to tinker a bit more, but it's a start.

Scotty would have pushed her to Warp 12 and held on for dear life.

Yep, it survived. After shutting off the kiln, I kept checking the peep for moisture. When none was detectable, I started it back up. No issues. There were no spots over 1/2" thick.

Good job on the steam check. I always use the hand at the peep hole to check for moisture during bisque, and glaze firings.

I did a firing last night, and gave it a shot, with some pre-testing and precautions. It was SPECTACULAR-ly disappointing... The oil barely burned. Definitely no explosions and sizzled like bacon hitting a hot skillet. No real splatter to speak of. I've had worse from throwing frozen veggies into a skillet.

LOL Well that's good to know!!

Yeah, not dangerous, but also not worth the time. I thought the oil would burn, and give some nice carbon effects. It really didn't. And since the glaze went from the oxidation of the kiln, to an environment that provided neither oxygen or carbon, the glaze didn't really change. It doesn't look bad, just nothing amazing.

''Tis the season

''Tis the season

Babs, I tried something similar a couple years ago, but scooped out the "guts" first, and dried the pumpkin a bit. Some interesting results. This time, I just cut the top off the pumpkin, and put the hot ware directly into the pumpkin guts, seeds and all. The pumpkin top seals nicely to keep the air out. Pretty interesting result. I'll post photos later.

Yes...but it works great!

I am attaching shelf liner to the backs, so they don't skid, and so that the students only know to use on side. Hopefully they work as well as I plan...

I used a few stainless screws to set mine: just enough to hold it it place.

did you simply place the lid over the bottom of the tumbler? Then pour?

Yes indeed. I didn't want to bother waxing them, or spend the time wiping off the excess. I saw a lid sitting there, and I gave it a shot. If I wanted the end of the glaze to be further up, I would scoot the lid further to the side I was pouring on.

Why not just dip upside down? Were you using a different liner glaze?

I need to bisque and raku fire but the heat is forbidding.

Yeah, your heat is definitely worse that it is here. Walking outside yesterday, was like jumping into a pool. Instantly drenched.

so Benzine is score no more different from the magic water?

The gum in the recipe by Old Lady is Gum Arabic, can't see why CMC won't work

Babs. Score No More is Gum, Custer Feldspar and the clay body. So it's more of modified slip. Whereas the magic water is mainly water with the soda ash and sodium silicate.

I've been making stuff, just to trim it...

Don't forget to use the shovel smooth side to burnish in an instant. I used that tool for over a year. its a great tool. I just wish I could have sharpened it easier and I would still be using it.

Joseph, so you would not recommend it since it's difficult to sharpen? (i was thinking of ordering one)

I did well through the venders exhibition. No brushes this year. BUT the new diamond tool veneer got me. My new set of diamond tips were back ordered and arrived yesterday.Now I can finish getting the wedding off the word fired pieces.

Diesel, I'm glad you like the trimmer. I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but after watching some demo videos, I just had to buy it.

I have the do it all trimmer as well, I used it for a very long time, it is a great tool. I ended up buying some byson tools. now I just use those.

Benzine, as a guy who pots relining on his lounge seat, I am amazed you have not inventing this thingie before now!

well they make all kinds of "grabber" gadgets for disabled people to pick stuff up off the floor. but my work chair raises and lowers so i can just do that.

I have one of those grabber things. So far I just use it to grab things that have fallen behind my kick wheel.

Oh. My. PUMPKIN!! That's a great idea! I think you just saved my hands. I was so disappointed about not being able to carve a pumpkin this year...great idea!!

I believe you've one-upped Mr Leach throwing in his 3 piece suit. I haven't seen images of anyone throwing in a top hat í ½í¸

I believe you've one-upped Mr Leach throwing in his 3 piece suit. Top hat for the win!

Had the top hat, mustache, bowtie, the whole works. I did take the jacket off though.

Sorry, no photos were taken.