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  1. Yesterday I sat down to do some editing of my website ... and could not find it. Gone. Not in my time machine backups, not anywhere on my disc, gone from the application. LUCKILY, it is still live online ... do not ask me how that happens. The help people offered a way to retrieve all my data from the online site but I have to go in and re-configure and edit since it does not refine anything. My site is over 100 pages so I will be here for a while. I have decided to treat it like a bad...

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    2. Mark C.
    3. MatthewV

      MatthewV

      Huh. That is terrible. If you re-make it, it will be better, right?

    4. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      i just found a copy of it on an old computer ... maybe a couple years old but better than doing it all from scratch ... now just have to figure out how to transfer it. ;-)

  2. A sad day for this North Carolina potter.

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    2. glazenerd

      glazenerd

      This decision just flat troubles me.

    3. rakukuku

      rakukuku

      Hmm, maybe a business opportunity for potters to make chamber pots for those denied bathroom usage, LOL but really not funny

    4. rakukuku

      rakukuku

      Hmm, maybe a business opportunity for potters to make chamber pots for those denied bathroom usage, LOL but really not funny

  3. Toronto Pottery Events this summer? I am going to be in Toronto

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    2. Marko

      Marko

      Have a major great time.

    3. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      We are going to live in downtown but will venture out ... Know some potters in the area and want to visit Jonathon's Gallery ... would love to meet other potters too

    4. LinR

      LinR

      check out the Gardiner Museum. Lin

  4. 100 online here now ... All trying to escape football?

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    2. Mark C.

      Mark C.

      What's footballs?

      I thought they banned it on tv after two strikes ago? Maybe that was badminton

    3. Mark C.

      Mark C.

      What's footballs?

      I thought they banned it on tv after two strikes ago? Maybe that was badminton

    4. Marko

      Marko

      Thank you Denice.

  5. I was just offered 50/50 consignment, I pay shipping both ways, they don't believe in signed agreements and I have the feeling loses and theft will also come out of my pocket. Hmmm ...NO

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    2. Amy Eberhardt

      Amy Eberhardt

      Run, run far, far away!!!!

    3. GiselleNo5

      GiselleNo5

      Yeahhhh I'm like, really new to this but I'm gonna say with Amy,RUN AWAAAAAY.

  6. Home from my workshop ... a great group of students and a wet, busy, fun week.

  7. Car is packed and ready to drive to Touchstone tomorrow to get set up for my workshop. It promises to be about ten degrees cooler there!

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    2. Marko

      Marko

      Fantastic. Have a great time. Safe trip. Take pictures?

    3. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      I hope it is cooler there than here. Have a great workshop.

       

    4. Evelyne Schoenmann

      Evelyne Schoenmann

      All the best for the workshop Chris!

       

  8. Off to Ireland! See you later.

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    2. Cavy Fire Studios

      Cavy Fire Studios

      Oh, THAT'S always thrilling. I had a 21hr layover at AMS once, and I was broke. Soooo bored!

    3. GiselleNo5

      GiselleNo5

      Ooooh! Have fun!

    4. NFallon

      NFallon

      Enjoy...I need to get there soon.

  9. Phew! First car load of studio 'stuff' gone to the re-cycling/land fill. Now, what to do with stuff another potter might want?

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    2. Evelyne Schoenmann

      Evelyne Schoenmann

      Put up an ad in the supermarked or at your suppliers?

       

    3. Denice

      Denice

      Donate to a community art center.

    4. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      Another car load gone! Now to organize the stuff I will pass on to another potter. Whew!! You can sure collect a ton of stuff over the years.

  10. Inspired by Yoshitaka Hasu's demo at the NC Potters Conference I am making a large sculpture for my garden ... sometimes you just have to go where inspiration leads you!

  11. I am back from my January trip ... if you would like to see images of my trip, follow this link ... http://www.ccpottery.com/tanzania-serengeti-safari--.html

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    2. Evelyne Schoenmann

      Evelyne Schoenmann

      Wow, Chris, how beautiful. That must have been a journey you will remember also in your future work. Thanks for sharing the pics!

    3. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      Once again, great photos of rarely seen animals and landscapes. Looks sunny and warm too.

       

       

    4. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      Chilly at dawn, hot mid day and chilly again at night.

  12. Gone for a couple weeks ... Y'all behave! : > )

    1. ChenowethArts

      ChenowethArts

      Hoping this is for fun...you will be missed.

    2. Evelyne Schoenmann

      Evelyne Schoenmann

      .. and you take care Chris. Have a lot of fun (I hope it's a fun thing - actually you can't say "I'am off" and not telling us).... :-)

  13. Just loaded, unloaded, re-loaded my little test kiln three times! Can you tell I am trying to jam in a last firing?

    1. firenflux

      firenflux

      That's impressive! Were you reloading to fire multiple times, or just rearranging to try and fit everything?

    2. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      Re-arranging to fit everything ... Thought I had it nailed until I saw a pot still wIting ... Firing done now and looks good.

  14. Still working, but now the garage is COLD! I am trimming the colored clay pots and trying to find a way to trim the insides to see the color results. The trimmings are gorgeous!

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    2. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      I am finally done and back in my warm house. I am very excited by the results of this experiment and will report on my blog soon.

    3. Babs

      Babs

      Yes, what are you going to do with the beautiful trimmings?? pity to bucket them

    4. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      I am letting them dry while trying to keep their original shapes ... then I will work some kind of something with them and white.clay ... Will shred others into fine,gratings ... who knows where it will all end up??

  15. In the 70s today so I am dropping all my computer jobs to head to the garage to throw some colored clay

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    2. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      dropping to the 50s in deep south Texas.

    3. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      I have put some images up in my gallery ... I am not a great thrower for sure but I was pleased to learn a lot about throwing colored clay. It was fun.

    4. Cavy Fire Studios
  16. Going outside to throw in the chilly garage ... Why didn't I do this while it was warm outside??

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    2. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      BRRR ... I am done out there ... Well, until I have to load and unload kilns anyhow.

    3. Crusty

      Crusty

      I knew you could do it, be warmer when you fire up a kiln..

    4. ChenowethArts

      ChenowethArts

      I made the mistake of not loading my bucket with warm water this morning...that first dip before throwing was a shocker!

  17. Currently in Seville, Spain seeing fabulous tiles on every wall and around every corner! If you want your artwork to last forever, fire it on a tile!

    1. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      wow that was fast. I thought I saw that you were in Madrid.

       

    2. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      No, not yet. Barcelona was the first stop.

  18. Trying to figure if I have time to get a piece ready to submit for the Potters Council Juried Show ... My work takes a bit longer than average!

    1. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      Seven pieces made ... Now drying ... Maybe one will shine!

    2. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      Whoa ... two balloon pieces down and a learning opportunity happens.

  19. Day 2 of my colored clay workshop at Annabelle Johnson's in Naples, Florida .... Warm weather and nice people having a great time ... Could not ask for more!

    1. Evelyne Schoenmann

      Evelyne Schoenmann

      Enjoy your time in Florida, Chris.

       

  20. Safely in Asheboro for the NC Potters Conference. Tomorrow we get to watch John Glick, Mark Shapiro and Michelle Erickson do their thing!

    1. ChenowethArts

      ChenowethArts

      Learn bunches, have fun, and take lotsa pictures! :)

    2. Rebekah Krieger
  21. Clay is colored just in time as the temperature is gonna plunge again. Glad to be able to do most everything else indoors for a while.

  22. Second day in my now warm garage mixing colored clay for my workshops ... Yes, we potters do know how to have a good time.

    1. ChenowethArts

      ChenowethArts

      You are a Rock Star, Chris!

    2. Rebekah Krieger

      Rebekah Krieger

      sounds like my kind of party!!

       

    3. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      Just drove 280 miles north to SanAntonio to get more porcelain. Cold up here!

       

  23. Exciting day in the studio tomorrow ... Failure possibility around 90% ... Woohoo"

    1. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      Ok ... Failure possibility climbing ...... : - ) .... Studio looks like a hurricane passed thru ....

    2. Evelyne Schoenmann

      Evelyne Schoenmann

      :-) We live and learn....

    3. ChenowethArts

      ChenowethArts

      Sounds like a partly successful and windy day in the studio. I have lots of those :)

  24. Going to find out what happens when darvan and a heat gun hit thin strips of colored clay. Disaster or glory?

    1. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      So far, not much interesting is happening ... more tomorrow.

       

    2. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      I expect to see pics!!!

  25. Baking cookies today ... and they also get rolled and cut in slices just like my porcelain. Should have a trouble free firing.

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    2. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      My firing produced a few damaged cookies that had to be eaten. Such a shame!

    3. Rebekah Krieger

      Rebekah Krieger

      Don't you love cookie casualties! ;) I make lebkuchen and chocolate dipped creams, both very fragile. I wouldn't want to serve a broken cookie now would I? ;)

       

    4. Chris Campbell

      Chris Campbell

      You cannot ever do enough quality control on cookies.

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