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    GEP got a reaction from Chilly in What’s on your workbench?   
    I've been trying to figure out this design for at least two years, and think I have finally done it. A ceramic tea steeper with a stainless steel handle.  It works with any cup, or at least all of the cups I make. I plan to start making teapots that will also accommodate the steeper. 

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    GEP got a reaction from Hulk in What’s on your workbench?   
    I've been trying to figure out this design for at least two years, and think I have finally done it. A ceramic tea steeper with a stainless steel handle.  It works with any cup, or at least all of the cups I make. I plan to start making teapots that will also accommodate the steeper. 

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    GEP got a reaction from Rae Reich in What’s on your workbench?   
    Nice jar, @Bill Kielb! Making air-tight storage jars is also on my list of things to figure out.
    I hadn't thought about a pivoting handle for the tea steeper. The item is so small, I don't think storage will be an issue. But I have one in my own kitchen that I plan to use a lot. If the need for a pivoting handle makes itself clear, then I will work on it!
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    GEP reacted to Rae Reich in What’s on your workbench?   
    @GEP The wash supports the delicate ink work. Lovely. Good form for the table.
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    GEP reacted to LeeU in What’s on your workbench?   
    Wow--I think you have expressed the very essence of the koi and the water! 
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    GEP got a reaction from Pres in What’s on your workbench?   
    I developed a new platter mold, and a new approach to illustrating koi fish. I'm pretty excited about these.

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    GEP got a reaction from Denice in What’s on your workbench?   
    I developed a new platter mold, and a new approach to illustrating koi fish. I'm pretty excited about these.

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    GEP got a reaction from LeeU in What’s on your workbench?   
    I developed a new platter mold, and a new approach to illustrating koi fish. I'm pretty excited about these.

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    GEP got a reaction from Chilly in What’s on your workbench?   
    I developed a new platter mold, and a new approach to illustrating koi fish. I'm pretty excited about these.

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    GEP got a reaction from Rae Reich in What’s on your workbench?   
    I developed a new platter mold, and a new approach to illustrating koi fish. I'm pretty excited about these.

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    GEP got a reaction from Callie Beller Diesel in What’s on your workbench?   
    I developed a new platter mold, and a new approach to illustrating koi fish. I'm pretty excited about these.

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    GEP got a reaction from neilestrick in What’s on your workbench?   
    I developed a new platter mold, and a new approach to illustrating koi fish. I'm pretty excited about these.

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    GEP got a reaction from Min in What’s on your workbench?   
    I developed a new platter mold, and a new approach to illustrating koi fish. I'm pretty excited about these.

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    GEP got a reaction from Hulk in What’s on your workbench?   
    I developed a new platter mold, and a new approach to illustrating koi fish. I'm pretty excited about these.

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    GEP reacted to Chilly in What’s on your workbench?   
    Size?  Small, around 50mm across.
    They're - umm, not sure how the plural goes, but singularly they are a Diz.  Used to convert carded/combed fleece (wool) into roving!  I hope you all feel much happier for knowing that!?
    You thread a small amount of fleece (straight from a carder or comb, through the hole, and then pull it through, then you can spin the roving into yarn.  The different size holes produce different size roving.
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    GEP reacted to Hulk in What’s on your workbench?   
    Unloaded glaze load #4 yesterday; overall, pleased I am.
    Only two crazed, over a new clay - everything else, clays and glazes (except new green, Rutile Green, from Bill Van Gilder's book), had been done afore, hence better chance - four pieces got bits of clay stuck on from blown up cone pack (ah was in a hurry there, oops). Speaking of oops, forgot to put in alla test tiles, hence first report on lower expansion clear will be next time; it does look very good on the one red clay piece, (thanks Min!), nice gloss, lays flat, and cleared bubbles well.
    Aforementioned Wollastonite Clear liner on all (but one) red clay pieces; some of the buff clay pieces have Kitten's Clear, which behaves well on the buff, but not the red - microbubble-icious. The colors are Lakeside Clear Blue (Lakeside Pottery); Variagated, Rutile Green and Teal Blue (Bill Van Gilder's book); and matte white (Aardvark Clay).
    Have a nice holiday e'body! 
     
     

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    GEP reacted to Callie Beller Diesel in What’s on your workbench?   
    Some wax resist stuff I’ve been messing around with. 



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    GEP reacted to Min in What’s on your workbench?   
    Swirls firming up for trimming.

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    GEP reacted to liambesaw in What’s on your workbench?   
    Much like @Callie Beller Diesel, I have a full plate tonight.  In celebration of my youtube channel reaching 100 subscribers I decided it was a good idea to throw 100 bowls.  Now that they're all drying at a rapid rate, I'm having second thoughts on how great of an idea it was! Haha
     


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    GEP reacted to Callie Beller Diesel in What’s on your workbench?   
    Two down, 50 to go. 


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    GEP reacted to Hulk in What’s on your workbench?   
    My shelves are filling up with green ware too - gotta bisque soon! ...made some room, drilled all the crazed stuff, put'm outside on the potting shelves (potting of plants) with raised bed mix + sand and succulent starts, aah, better! ...the repurposed crazies are mixed in with another project - cuttings and rootlings from front yard favourites for after the decimation to come, new septic tank and leach field. I plan to bury a few pots next to the new tank for the space alien archeologists to find in the far someday o' th' future.
     
    Best wishes for your husband's complete recovery Denise!
    ...note to all anywhere near fifty, don't put off your scope session!! And for those +fifty, don't put off your follow up scope sessions!

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    GEP got a reaction from Sopita on the Rocks! in What’s on your workbench?   
    @liambesaw, the way I see it, it’s much better to start out with low prices, and raise them if the pots are flying off the shelf. Compared to starting out with overpriced pots, and having to lower the prices. Especially at a recurring market like a farmers market, where the same customers are going to see the evolution of your prices. 
    Also, don’t let others pressure you into raising your prices. Especially from across the internet. We don’t know the area where you’re selling. Every location has different market forces. Base your pricing decisions on how fast your pots are selling. 
    From across the internet, I can’t judge the weight and balance of your pots. But from what I can see, your pots are very attractive and of good craftsmanship. So present them with a sense of respect, not like bargain fodder. Which is related, but not specifically the same thing, as the number on the price tag. 
    This market is a good choice for your first attempt at fair selling, due to its low booth fee. You can continue to do it this summer for the experience, but I would also start looking for something that is a step up. Where you won’t be selling pots next to snake oil. 
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    GEP reacted to mgtmeehan in QotW: What is your most unapologetic, shamelessly proud, pat-yourself-on-the-back accomplishment of any type in Ceramics?   
    My answer may be a little different, because it concerns someone else’s ceramics... but I was his HS teacher.  Many years ago, I had an extremely gifted student who was enrolled in each of my art classes throughout  his 4 years of high school.  I needed to be a Jack of All Trades, as the only art teacher in a rural high school... taught First Year Studio, Drawing and Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture and of course, Ceramics. His 3rd year, after Studio, and Drawing and Painting, he enrolled in Ceramics.  However, he always seemed to gravitate right back to his easel... he really was getting better and better at painting, BUT he was ignoring his Ceramics.  I knew he had a bright future, and was trying to help him get a scholarship to college... BUT did not want to mess up his chances with a low grade in Ceramics... so we made a bargain.  I would sustain his 4.0, but he had to put in double time after school or whenever, to get his Ceramics done.  Well, he did it. Then went on to win  a scholarship to the Boston Museum School (affiliate Tufts U, at Boston Museum of Fine Arts.). His first year in Boston, he excelled in Ceramics and became a fantastic, prolific, creative  potter. (but still painted :-) That young man went on to work at the Guggenheim, then the Smithsonian.  Now in his forties, he just completed a book, and has created an exhibit comparing Matisse’ inspiration to the work of native Alaskan indigenous peoples.  He has made me proud. :-)
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    GEP reacted to Benzine in QotW: What is your most unapologetic, shamelessly proud, pat-yourself-on-the-back accomplishment of any type in Ceramics?   
    That's a very tough question.  It's a great question, just tough to answer.  
    I would say the thing, I am currently most proud of, is having myself and my Art Club make mugs for all the Staff, in our Building.  It ended up being about 90 mugs.  I did most the heavy lifting, in regards to throwing, as I wanted them to be consistent, but the kids added handles and a raised mascot head, that we press molded.  They also glazed everything.  
    The Staff seemed very appreciative, especially the Associated, Kitchen Staff, and Custodians, who don't get a lot of credit and recognition.  The Head Custodian, came up and gave me a hug!
    We are still making them for new Staff as well, as a Welcome.  The goal was only to do a few here and there, but we've had quite a bit of turnover, for various reasons, so we've been busy...
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    GEP reacted to Mark C. in QotW: What is your most unapologetic, shamelessly proud, pat-yourself-on-the-back accomplishment of any type in Ceramics?   
    For me it may be building two salt kiln conversions at a Molkai Art center on two different trips. Pro Bono as well. I am in the giving back space of life and passing on knowledge is part of that process. It felt right and was for a good cause . It still feels great years later
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