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Big weekend coming up as my trio of Horsehair Raku jars goes on the auction block at the local PBS KVIE station's annual Art Auction. At the preview Gala on Monday it already had an early bid of $150 against an asking price of $120. My segment of the auction will air in the 1PM hour on Saturday...
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Wait, if it's made out of horse hair, wouldn't that be considered weaving?!... I kid.
Great work, for a great cause.
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Citrus Heights is one of my old home towns, nice to see a CAD person doing the neighborhood some good. I lived in one of the apt blocks on the east side of sunrise mall when Alexander Calder stabiles and sunlight sculptures were still part of the mall's architecture, before it's makeover anyway, many hours spent at the movies and hanging out.
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Getting ready to open the vegetable stand in a couple of weeks...the farm is producing well. Just waiting for the tomatoes to ripen. it's a good opportunity to sell my pottery, too!
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Wished I lived close by so I could shop at your stand. I swear a lot of the stands around here buy their tomatoes from the grocery store and doubles the price. They don't look like homegrown tomatoes or taste like home grown ones. Potter.
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I used to live in Citrus Heights, in the second apartment complex behind Sunrise Mall! I miss central valley produce but not the summer temps.
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Just had a trio of horsehair Raku pots juried and accepted for a local PBS TV station's fall Art Auction!
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Congrats Johnny: always nice when your labors bear fruit. Well done sir!
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Good exposure, and stop strutting around!
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Congratulations!
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Met Mark today at the UC Davis Whole Earth Festival and had an in depth conversation about his product,( which were outstanding}, and his general philosophy of product pricing and customer interaction. Thanks for the insights, Mark!
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Hey Mark,
You said recently that you are going to be at the upcoming event in Davis this weekend. Where are you gong to be set up and how many days are you going to be there? If I can break away, I would like to come by and meet you...
JohnnyK
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My booth number is N7 on the north side of UC Davis quad.Show is this Friday-Saturdaty and Sunday-Sunday am is the sleepiest time. Booth is Liscom Hill Pottery_I'm doing the show solo.
The show starts at noon Friday and runs until 4 pm on Sunday -closes at 6 pm Friday and Saturday .
You will need to walk in to campus.
Been doing this show since the middle 90s
Only have a few left in me. Looks like this will be warm weekend.
Mark
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If you just look for the long line of people queuing up to pay you'll find Mark.
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In the process of designing and building a portable Raku kiln. Will be doing a bisque firing of the blanket buttons as well as some pots to fire when the kiln is done...
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Waiting for my bisque firing of 30+ bowls, jars, cups, sponge holders and jewelry to cool so I can start the glazing processes. Biggest run since Christmas!
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25 bowls in...25 bowls out without any cracked pieces...great! Next is firing of test tiles to come up with a couple of glaze combinations for application to the new bowls. Potters Choice layering is what I'll be using...
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Just completed a bisque firing of 25 bowls... waiting for the cool down so I can get to glazing. Will be running a glaze test tomorrow or Friday to come up with some ideas for glazing these Christmas presents...using Amaco's Potters Choice for layering...
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Surgey went well. No pain 2 days later. looking forward to a complete and successful recovery...Thanks for your well wishes!
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great news!
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That is awesome. Always nice when things go right.
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Excellent!
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Minor hand surgery tomorrow to fix a "trigger finger". Will be out of the clay for about a month.
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good luck with the PK afterwards
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Thoughts and prayers for a speedy and full recovery.
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best of luck with that surgery. Let us know how it comes out.
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It's 7AM; 1080 deg F on my first kiln firing in more than 4 years and the first ever ^04 bisque/glaze firing with my new Orton digital controller...The first 2 hours were a real disappointment when i saw the TCL message on the controller. The kiln didn't fire. I had ultimately realized that I hadn't pushed the reset button on the kiln sitter. Pushed the button and the kiln came to life!The firing took 12Hrs 18 min, but only reached 1941 degrees which is about halfway between ^...
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I remember that 'forgot to push the reset button' moment too. Such a relief when you realise it's nothing major. Hope all ends well.
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Worse than this, today I forgot to put the thermocouple in the peephole (a retrofitted one) & set the kiln for a bisque firing. 2 1/2 hrs later heard error message beeping! It had reached 500oC! Reset programmer thinking it would continue from 500oC without noticing the programmer said it was in the first segment, when actually near end of 2nd one! Spotted this 3 hrs later by which time temp was down to 220oC. Moved program on to 2nd segment and now keeping my fingers crossed...
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Sweet
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Bought an 8" Samsung tablet last week but came to the true realization that I have no use for it. It's being returned tomorrow...
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Between a smart phone and laptop I would not have a use for one. I can see how for children it would be fun for games.
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I communicate here almost exclusively on a tablet.
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I use mine for traveling and storing books to read.
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Just got back from 2 weeks in the Big Apple. I did manage to visit the Clay Arts Center, a gallery and training center in Port Chester, NY and was definitely inspired by some of the work I had seen there, the least of which were simple pinch pots on a windowsill that contained succulents. Looking forward to getting into the studio with the cool, rainy season starting after the long, hot summer here in the Sacramento Valley!
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Off to the Big Apple Friday to celebrate my folks' 70th wedding anniversary. Will get to play tourist and photographer for 10 days. Will try to visit a pottery or 2 while out there.
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Wow...has this summer flown by! The farm production is slowing down. The days are getting shorter...this all means more time in the studio with my hands on the clay instead of in the dirt and manure!
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It's about 1/4 acre planted, which netted me about $700 in sales at my streetside veggie stand on weekends during the summer. Next year I'll have some of my pottery and other wares for sale also. Looking forward to the rainy season in the studio!
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I did not know you had a rainy season?
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Yes, Mark, down here in the Sac Valley we have 2 seasons...rainy & hot. 98 yesterday with a cooling trend on the way!
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Wow! Threw a few mugs last night but had a problem with centering, so I closed my eyes and centered blind. What an experience!
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Headed to the CA State Fair today. It's an annual trek to see how my wife does in the Jam & Jelly Competition.
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Ill take some Jam or Jelly as well. Good reviews promised.
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I will gladly trade you a four star review for a jar of blackberry jelly.
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Thanks Johnny; stopped at our local veggie stand and bought a flat of strawberries. Cleaned them, put them in the freezer for 30 min and eating out of the bowl. Yum-EEEE!!