Benzine
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From the album: Ceramic Jack O Lantern
Tried my hand at some clay pumpkins, which I carved into Jack-O-Lanterns. -
Made a couple of ceramic Jack-O-Lanterns for the front porch. I love pumpkins as decoration, but I like carving them less and less each year. This will solve that problem.
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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!!
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Homecoming Week at school, which means dress up days for students and staff. I did a wheel throwing demo today dressed as Mr. moneybags from Monopoly.
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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¸
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I believe you've one-upped Mr Leach throwing in his 3 piece suit. Top hat for the win!
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Had the top hat, mustache, bowtie, the whole works. I did take the jacket off though.
Sorry, no photos were taken.
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Raising My Kiln, From the Dead
Images added to a gallery album owned by Benzine in Browse Member Galleries
this kiln was given to me, years ago. Finally want to get it up and running. -
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From the album: Raising My Kiln, From the Dead
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From the album: Raising My Kiln, From the Dead
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A heads up, to those up North. There are several kilns and wheels up for bid on Govdeals. Also, for anyone in Arizona, there is a front load Paragon kiln.
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From the album: Raising My Kiln, From the Dead
Ignore the large chunks of kiln brick. Those must be bits that were used as a lid prop, or something of the like, because the walls aren't too bad. -
From the album: Raising My Kiln, From the Dead
My Dad refers to it as "The Plunger". A pretty apt description. -
From the album: Raising My Kiln, From the Dead
Two switches and a kiln sitter. No timer. Notice the gap between the top and middle ring. They don't quite line up, when the rings are stacked. -
From the album: Raising My Kiln, From the Dead
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From the album: Raising My Kiln, From the Dead
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The rims are definitely thinned. The two bowls, aren't too bad, in terms of thickness, but the mugs... Babs, I still do like the glaze. It's one thing, that I can't do now, since I don't have access to a reduction kiln. I love the smokey, neutral effects it provides. I should note, I posted these in response to the "Do you still have the first thing you ever made" topic. So, these are from college, well over fifteen years ago. -
My first wheel made items, from college.
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From the album: First Set
Man these are thiiiiiiiiiiiiiick. But as my instructor commented, "Well, that's insulated!" -
Ummm, did anyone lose some posts? I made a couple comments last night and this morning, and they no longer exist. Unless I'm imagining it all. Is this something to do with the update that was mentioned a while back?
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Thought I was going crazy there for a minute. I was wondering if I said something the administrators didn't like.
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I thought it had something to do with my short term memory problem...but realized it was just something to do with my short term memory problem
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LOL I thought the same thing as Denise so I reworded my post about insurance ... I thought someone saw it as a sales push for Progressive insurance (you can NOT sell insurance across state lines unless you are licensed in that state)
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A mug a made five years ago, for my brother broke a couple months ago on the handle. I saw it in person this past weekend. It was not at the attachment point, so not sure what happened.
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Spring cleaning, in the studio. Mopped, organized, ready for the next project.
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At least you have one, my last studio the windows were bricked over for foundation work.
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I need to mop. My cat is shedding.
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You make it sound like cats ever stop shedding. Our's gets blocked out of my work shop, when I have a bunch of things going. She is too nosey, sheds everywhere, and steals my sponges.
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I'm watching a Skutt kiln on the Govdeal website. It looks in fantastic shape, and is dirt cheap at the moment. Anyone used the site before? I'm just wondering how much it will jump the last day?
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Benzine you live close pick it up for a song-sell your other one.
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Well, it's jumped nearly $100 in a day. We'll see what the final hours bring...
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No go. I tried bidding towards the end, but it kept jumping. Someone got a nice couple thousand dollar kiln for under four hundred.
I'll just have to keep watching. I've seen others come up, in the same area before. The rich school districts seem to dump good kilns, for new fairly often.
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Hmmmm... Just realized I haven't updated this in a while. Not much really to update. It's unnecessarily cold and snowy here.
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Submit Your Community Challenge Ideas
Benzine replied to High Bridge Pottery's topic in Studio Operations and Making Work
grype, I like it... Mainly because they are parts of my idea... hehehe... -
Submit Your Community Challenge Ideas
Benzine replied to High Bridge Pottery's topic in Studio Operations and Making Work
I made some suggestions in the original thread. Some type of theme, like "Nature" or "Technology". Or since it's the first contest, we could do a "My Style" or "Self-Portrait". It would just be making something that describes you, not an actual depiction of yourself... unless of course that is your style. -
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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!!
