Marcia Selsor
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From the album: New 2015 Obvara
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From the album: New 2015 Obvara
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From the album: New 2015 Obvara
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From the album: New 2015 Obvara
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From the album: New 2015 Obvara
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From the album: New 2015 Obvara
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From the album: New 2015 Obvara
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From the album: forum discussions
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From the album: New 2015 Obvara
Black and white crackled pot was in the raku Currents show at the Zeke Gallery in Steelville, Mo. July 2015 -
From the album: saggar, horse hair, feathers, foil saggars, Obvara
I had these made for pulling slimy pots out of the kiln. The two pronged shape will hopefully give me a better grip on the pieces. -
From the album: saggar, horse hair, feathers, foil saggars, Obvara
this is the brew of flour, water , sugar and yeast. It needs to ferment for 3 days before using. -
Mixing Obvara brew today. Looking forward to a weekend of firing with my Clay buddy coming down from Austin. Added a short video to my Obvara page on my website.
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Post the results. I love looking at your work!
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I am going to experiment with the last few pots by adding a colorant but I want to see if it will kill the yeast first.
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jrgpots: that's interesting! Thank you for the tip. Marci, are you going to try this??
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Mixing Obvara brew today. Looking forward to a weekend of firing with my Clay buddy coming down from Austin. Promised her time on South Padre IIsland.
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working in the studio and a drop of 2 degrees for the highs is expected this week My friend is coming to fire with me next weekend.
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Yeah a cold front is moving through my area too ... only 95 degrees on Wednesday!
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even with the air conditioner on in my studio, the sweat was running into my eyes. Finished trimming and went into the house.
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Marcia and Mark are in Texas, which is literally the frying pan of the USA. I would pretty much die if I lived there, haha! Their summers are routinely 40-45c every year. It's sadly getting that way here in eastern Washington state, too... blech!
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we had a frost once for 4 hours in the ten years we've been here.
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We have an excessive heat warning here for the next 2 days. Fortunately my place stays cool. Have you considered adding a swamp cooler? My family uses those in airplane hangers and they work great.
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I'll be filling in for Evelyne for QOTW while she is at a workshop in Germany with no internet.
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fast trip to San Antonio to get clay and pick up pieces from a show. Hope is can be a one day trip.
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ired my raku finally but one of the glaze not acting right. Wonder if too much humidity could be the reason faulty pyrometer or a mistake in mixing? My pyrometers went crazy last time i was firing.
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I use commercial raku glazes. The copper glaze gives me the greatest variation in color; from iridescent green to all copper to
some copper with iridescent other colors which vary according to
way the light strikes my slab pieces when hung on the wall. I'm not sure why there's such variation.
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I like my mixed glazes as well but something went wrong. Last time it was this humid and hot, my pyrometers looked like geiger counters jumping around. I have been mixing my own raku glazes for decades.
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fired my raku finally but one of the glaze not acting right. Wonder if too much humidity could be the reason or a mistake in mixing?
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fired my raku finally but glazes not acting right. Wonder if too much humidity could be the reason?
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Must put off raku firing until the weather cools down a little.
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I've never fired in that cold, nor do I want to. I'd go with too hot though. You don't have to dress in layers.
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20 below. woo wee that's cold.
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not in front of the kiln!
Great colors though.
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Still room in the Alternative firing workshop at Bracker's Good earth Clays, Lawrence, Kansas, Sept. 26-27. Early bird fees good until Aug. 15.
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preparing for two Alternative Firing workshops in Las Cruces NM 9/11-14 (sold out)and at Brackers in Lawrence, KS.9/26-27. Anyone from here coming?
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I plan to be there. I've been looking for a hands-on workshop similar to this that's within reasonable driving distance from my home.
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I've signed up for the workshop at Brackers - really looking forward to it!
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firefly. I can't send you a message on your page. private email me and I'll send you the handout.
