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I think glazes for 0xidation cost more than reduction because you use a higher percentage of metallic oxides for the colorants. It isn't a matter of temperature.

and you don't need frits. You use more fluxes like Neph Syn. Spars,

Thats it!! According to the Equal Oxidation Act of 1964, kiln environments must not show bias towards reduction. I will be filing a complaint with the National Frit Review. Board.

You people are nutz!...and I love it!!

I am just an almond with joy.

Oops! I lost mine years ago after taking it off for pottery. Not sure if my wife has ENTIRELY forgiven me though we're still together 20 years on ;-). In fact it was her idea for me to get back into clay - I'm beginning to wonder why.

Oooooh no. I used to clean the floor drains at the restaurant where I worked but I still think clay stank can be worse. I'll definitely take studio cleaning any day.

I did not now anyone who knew Tom Sawyers voice-did't he die long ago??Maybe thats why the trap stinks

I'll be there as soon as I can remember where I parked my flying carpet.

Lots of finger pokes here, I'm ready to mop my studio. All of my work tables and wheel are clean. I'm ready to mess it up again. Denice

I've never dropped one, on my foot, but I was mixing my classroom relcaim bin by hand, and felt a poke. I took my hand out, and it was sticking through the top layer of skin. No blood, just a discussion with the class...

Protect your feet, they're what gets you to your studio

how did it turn out? we are all holding our breath

It should never be allowed in same building -Its a hard lesson but a true one

Mark the low fire with fluorescent paint or something! Mine are on a different shelf, I have to actively go after them.

Diesel...thankful I've not had that experience.

Nerd...make it 2.5 hours and we're good

What the? That's just clueless.

Diesel: Yep. Have had that happen many times. I refuse to copy anybody else's work.

I've done that with paintbrushes a few times...

Bwaahaahaaaahaaa!! Thank you Paul! You really gave me a good giggle there, cuz, yeah, I've done that too....only it was TEA! LOL!

Hilarious Paul! Dip your croissant in the coffee instead of the sponge!

Thanks, All! Your sentiments are much appreciated.

-Paul

Love and support to you and her family.

Oh that's so awful... I'm so sorry, Paul. Such an unnecessary tragedy!! :'(

<-- Doesn't flash. Rarely runs. Cracks up occasionally. Bottom is too thick.

"cracking" up over here!

Sauna and a show!! -whistles!-

Summer times nice to get into back after a day and hose down to get rid of all of the mud!

haha preston!!

I had this flash of "clothing optional potter"...but realized that I had just poked myself in the eye *grin*

Glad you had a good time in the Old World, Paul!

Ahh, sooo. Does LAndon = LOndon? Was wondering where you had been.

Around here if someone is going to LA it means lower Alabama..

Mobile/Fairhope area. :-)

And.........

What happened?

Opened the kiln Saturday morning. It was a good Cone 10 reduction firing. There are at least a couple of pieces that I feel really good about. I will be starting over with a new batch of Ohio White...not happy with that mistake.

Opened the kiln Saturday morning. It was a good Cone 10 reduction firing. There are at least a couple of pieces that I feel really good about. I will be starting over with a new batch of Ohio White...not happy with that mistake.

I would die if I tried making that!!

Ha! "Only" 8 lbs.? í ½í¸‰ My current limit is 5 lbs.

Cavy, I would get a hernia.

Watch out for the "making pots" when speaking to hard of hearing folks. They think you are dealing!

Pres, I already have enough problems with images of Udu's...too many seem to think they resemble large bongs!

take any vase and put a small hole in it, or even turn a teapot lid upside down and what do you get with a little ingenuity. 36 yrs of teaching made me a skeptic if it was questionable.

Did the visitor arrive via the chimney, wearing a red coat, black boots and a beard?

Thanks all! Chilly, It could be. I was busy at that time feeding ill-parked reindeer

Can I come over? hehe

And there's no good way of saying "I'm sorry, I don't remember you from Adam."

I'll take the "do remember me..." over the "Hey, can I pitch a tent in yore driveway and look over your shoulder for 3 days whiles you makes and fire pottery...you won't even know I'm thar!"

I had someone who bought a raku dog figurine call two years after the Saale and ask why I made those (I do have a story and dutifully repeated it.)

Outdoor shows take a certain amount of courage.

Lol Ohhhh no!

Probably a little late, but heck, congratulations. You can did it?

I am a Nerd; what did you expect? I read dictionaries for fun.

Feeling the same crunch time here too. Only 3 more days to make greenware for the semester!

Medium size peter pugger would take about 2 hours

...munch munch munch, spit. And repeat.

first try the dropping on all sides. If it doesn't soften it up, then do the water in a bag. Coleman is very thixotropic and hardens on the outside. Mine softens when I drop it...twice on each side. Worth a shot.

You said it was borderline hard. That's what mine feels like before I drop it. Otherwise I could never wedge it.

COOL- brontoburgers!

Good thing you didn't waste your time ... I have hundreds of slides ... even I don't want to sort them!

Oh yeah ... And images on floppy discs. Really useful.

Throw money at someone to convert them all.

I thought I was living large by having a coffee pot and mini frig. I have to up my game.

I tape, Nexflix, Hulu and HBO Go while I make clay and glaze. I never watched any TV before I got into pottery ....

I'm just waiting till I have a laundry sink and electric teapot and then I never have to leave the studio again!

Thats good-I threw some pots yesderday and put them in sun trimmed them and then loaded them into a bisque fire (gas kiln)-I'm slowly firing now aftera slow candle overnight.

I fired a fountain last Dec. each half of it filled my Skutt 1027. We took the kiln apart and built the kiln around it. Had to do that 4 times. Never again.

Does this one pot happen to be a Tornado? Please tell me you appeased the kiln gods before hitting the "start" button.

Preston can speak with experience in dealing with frozen/thawed clay. I still wedge my clay (perhaps less if pugged & de-aired)even if it has aged.

Frozen clay is easy to start with wedging if you cut 2" off of each side of block and reverse to the inside, then let sit for a few more days.

I think a year should greatly improve both.

"Diesel" gave us the day "eutectic" you must use it in conversation with everyone you talk to today..

ooops "word of the day" ha ha yea i forgot a word like eutectic.

I'll definitely follow the dialectic about eutectic...the "eutectic dialectic

Marcia... spoken in my very best "Tom Sawyer" *grin*

Pizza is a metric butt ton better than the top ramen I've been living on!

Ha! ...and somewhere in the middle is Ramen Pizza ~