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lee, thank you for the offer. i looked at your website and found the shop section. there are several shots of the dragonfly in close-up. it is not the same as mine and i think it looks good in each of the pieces you have pictured with it. please keep it for such photos.
you really have some very nice items in the shop that we have not seen here. you have done a good job on the website and i hope it pays off for you. thanks again.
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lee, where did you get my dragonfly? the bottom dish holds the metal item that i use so often. it is no longer available, at least as far as i have looked and though i have 2 of them, they are important enough for me to want more. maybe it is that "always room for one more" desire that was recently discussed. if you got it recently, please let me know where.
now i am afraid to say that the top one IS rustically elegant, looks deliberate and sturdy.
the bottom one does remind me of a total beginner who did not know a better way to make walls on the box. sorry. my personal opinion which should not matter. i saw an instructor who was teaching her students to use at least a quarter inch slab and fold up the edges with fingerprints so the item would look "handmade."
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callie, if you were telling me about the radio vs cable, i do not have cable but i know that i could get lovely classical music on the internet. i do not know how to do that without leaving my computer on all day. that said, i don't mind paying for the electricity to do so but i think i am exposing my computer to possible hacking or malware by leaving it on. am i wrong? ( you realize that i still would rather have my mother's pink radio with the on/off button and a dial to change stations that she got in 1950 or so. oooh, that's right, no FM on it.)
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today i had things on my workbench i would be happy to let anyone see. hope they all make it through the next steps to finished product.
i would be happy if i could capture in the final firing that soft color of the slip. who knows how it will look when it is finished?
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this house in florida is strange. i can get a classical music station from sarasota in the car even when it is parked in front of the house. cannot get it in the house or studio. i could not get it even before i baptized it with blue slip. i listen to weta npr music from DC when i am in west va. i live at the very edge of the listening area and if you TOUCH my radio i will break your finger because i cannot get it back without lots of trouble. late in the day there is a church sponsored station that overwhelms it and requires a lot of adjustment.
mostly i like the birds, there is a mockingbird here who is trying out for the opera and doing very well.
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"bench" is buried. kiln is bisque firing and i cannot use the space until it is opened and i restore the space. i only bisque during the winter when i am a thousand miles from my glaze kitchen and big kiln. that allows me to get the pieces home.
- yappystudent, BARAKE SCULPTOR, Min and 2 others
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karen, wonderful stuff! whatever that original thingy is it is just right for doing a wall piece. when it is finished, maybe take it to the local harley davidson dealer to put in the showroom!
what is the surface the clay is drying on? looks interesting, concrete???
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making a combination of things. big pieces with leaves and birds and small, about 3 inches across lace impressed bowl shaped "containers". the small items will sell if i can get a nice glaze in several colors. the bigger ones also sell, depending on the venue. but the small stuff is my version of mark's sponge holder bread and butter item. not that they hold sponges, just that they sell quickly and bring in cash.
got to make some glazes!
- Tomccv, Min, Marcia Selsor and 8 others
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neat pattern! promise i won't copy it. i do use seashells and make sort of oceanish things, the pattern is very like a nautilus.
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i did not realize, mea, that your studio was big enough to hold 20 ELEPHANTS!
- GEP, wconnelley and Marcia Selsor
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that is a sign that you really are normal. most people make hummingbird nests inside bowling balls with flat bottoms for a very long time.
if it would not break your bank, you might want to look for an old book by charles counts. he wrote Pottery Workshop in the 1970s and it takes a person from total novice to pretty good thrower in very simple, logical steps. you might adapt the size of the clay ball you start with to fit your own hand if you find it too small. do not skip a step, work from the front to the back and do not look ahead.
remember, you are not making a product, you are learning a skill. do not expect perfection.
and, get that excess clay out before you raise a wall, then you can lift instead of smooshing, counts shows you how.
oh yes, do not even read the glaze recipes. some people say the errors were deliberate to keep the recipe private.
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we see lots of kilns called "Sitter", many, many of them. once you find all the electrical info on the plate, list the name, interior dimensions, and all the electrical info on that plate. say it has a kiln sitter and call the square things showing inside the kiln "posts" and the flat things are "shelves" or "half shelves". count them and include that info in your ad. and the stand it is on. take everything out of the interior, it is bad to put weight on the interior and on the top so keep it clean.
it is in good condition. put some lights on when you take photos and if you have a camera it might help to reach down and hold the camera lens so people can see what the wires inside those dark grooves look like. straight up and down coils are perfect. if they are angled over as though they are falling the kiln needs new elements, something a buyer will want to know. ask your mom how high she fired, get a cone number. there are two cones 6, one is actually 06 and is much cooler that cone 6. make sure you get the right one.
some people look at ads for new kilns and foolishly think about half that for a used one. not so. $200 sounds reasonable for a buyer and if you need to clear it out, that will bring a buyer faster than a high price.
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i am sure paragon has the question asked many times referring to the number on the kiln sitter and not what is on their label located somewhere near that sitter. it is the usual description of a person who knows nothing about a kiln just inherited, found in a storage unit or wherever it has been for years. if you look for a used kiln in any of the common locations, ebay, craigslist, etc, you will see people referring to having a Sitter (brand) kiln.
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call paragon in texas. their website shows a lot of info and their people know more. just be sure to talk to someone who is knowledgeable and was not hired yesterday.
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nerd,for the first one, try looking at wayne higby's work.
FYI i just saw a bumper sticker that invited me to "talk nerdy to me".
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how about ''anything but round"?
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glad to see you back here. was beginning to worry.
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Studio Tips: glazing, underglaze, and in-glaze
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thank you , yappy, for the aquarium silicone suggestion! i need to glue my shoes together again and there is just no good way to do it. yes, i will glue some sponge to dowels for claywork but i really need to fix about 6 pair of shoes. bad foot means only one kind fits but they fall apart after a week or so.