JohnnyK

ok, all you computer literates and gurus.  i have been "paused".  i do not know why or what it means but i cannot even access my other email account.  any ideas?  my daughter was going to help me set up an etsy shop and then this happened.

ok, all you computer literates and gurus.  i have been "paused".  i do not know why or what it means but i cannot even access my other email account.  any ideas?  my daughter was going to help me set up an etsy shop and then this happened.

Now it's cool enough to work in the studio (greenhouse).  I can't get to the clay as it's hiding behind garden trellis/obelisks/mini greenhouse that is drying out, waiting for painting/water repellent stuff.  I'll be back soon clay, promise.

Been really heavy smoke in our area-but the tuna fishing offshore has been excellent

92 degrees in the studio yesterday evening (no A/C), 112F outside as we battle triple digit heat for the next week in Northern CA. Managed to use a piece of 5" crown molding for an interesting  pot profile...

Does anyone else not like their handles during the making and attachment process, but then really like how they look once they've set up a bit?

Many Years Ago Back In High School In the Art  room was a Potters wheel sitting in the corner collecting dust.

The Art teacher was ant artist and not a Potter, so the wheel was  not being used. One day I asked the teacher if I could use the wheel. I had never done pottery before    So I got some clay and started. I went to the library and took out books on ceramics and throwing on the wheel. When   I started throwing on the wheel a lot of the other Art students   became interested and wanted to    learn how to throw.   The Art teacher saw how good I was at it She asked me to teach others how to throw on the wheel and work with clay.

I was hooked  .When I graduated I went to  an art college to study ceramics . Lot of things happened in the family and I had to leave  college  and take care of the bumps in life.

I finally got  back into ceramics a few years later  bought a Kiln and a Randell wheel and  started making pottery for art shows and flee markets.

Life chained again had to put pottery in the corned again  . I kept my wheel and kiln that  I set up in my home today . I'm slowly digging it out  of the corner   because my son is learning pottery  and im re-hydrating some 50 year old clay for him to use

Hi All y’All…Just wanted to let you know that I’m going in for hand surgery in a couple of hours to fix a trigger finger and maybe another potential problem call Dupuytrens Contracture…I’m expecting all to go well, but may not be at the keyboard for a couple of days and the clay for about a month...we’ll see…

-28C, colder tonight

thanks Siberia

What I am looking to do is find a material/method to fill in the concave space under existing, completed, fired and glazed coffee mugs to get a higher percentage of contact with my mug-warmers.

What I am looking to do is find a material/method to fill in the concave space under existing, completed, fired and glazed coffee mugs to get a higher percentage of contact with my mug-warmers.

Going to have the 2 trigger fingers on my left hand repaired in two weeks. I'll try to get some pots thrown before since I'll be away from the wheel for a few weeks after the surgery...

Currently Working at Seattle Pottery Supply. But, I am about to move to Southern Oregon and start my own endeavors. I can't wait to contribute here with my experiments and Home Brew Glazes!

Very jazzed!! I just received  an invitation to participate in a raku firing this spring. I am going to focus  on  vase-like forms (not for water-dry only).   

Another successful PBS art auction this year with another 3 horsehair Raku pots selling for over $300...

drying a large slip cast item - still in the plaster form- is it better to leave it upside down to drop out or will it dry faster right side up?

drying a large slip cast item - still in the plaster form- is it better to leave it upside down to drop out or will it dry faster right side up?

Got an invite to have a booth at a "handmade only" craft fair--may do it, since it is small and local.

Cleaned my studio/ workshop Sunday.  My workbench was overflowing with materials from numerous projects, not just clay work, but home improvement projects, my daughter's school project, etc.

Oddly enough, there wasn't a lot of clay scraps and residue, but a ridiculous amount of cat hair, from a certain feline, who thinks she owns the place...

Will be making a couple of funerary containers this week in a much larger form of my tri-tube bud vases...

Will be making a couple of funerary containers this week in a much larger form of my tri-tube bud vases...

I am a ceramic student, just finished my 2nd semester, so I am definitely a newbie. I am working on a bachelors of fine art with an emphasis in ceramics. I like hand building but want to develop wheel skills, too.

I was just reminded how fragile bone-dry greenware is when I was transporting a stack of berry bowls from my studio to my garage to load into the kiln...broke 2. Will open the kiln this afternoon to unload 40 pieces and get ready for glazing and horsehair Raku...

I was just reminded how fragile bone-dry greenware is when I was transporting a stack of berry bowls from my studio to my garage to load into the kiln...broke 2. Will open the kiln this afternoon to unload 40 pieces and get ready for glazing and horsehair Raku...

What's on my workbench? Nothing...becasue it's all in the kiln!! (Finally). Yee Haw.