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  1. LeeU
    Gosh its pretty soap dish1.jpg
    I used up my "likes", so "thumbs up".
  2. LeeU
    I am getting more and more ruthless with Mr. Hammer. Except that one time: I let a batch go to a group for an event they were having. Incense cone burners with their symbol on them. They weren't flawed, but I would call them 'seconds' because they just did not come up to my own vision for the design of the pieces. I should have made new ones, but I didn't. The people clearly liked their pieces just fine--but I really didn't and it still haunts me. In terms of drawing that line, I have committed myself to "no seconds" for sale or for gifts.
  3. LeeU
    A triple or double zero "spotting brush" for photography retouching (used for manual prints, to fill-in minute voids left by dust on a lens.) This for fine line work or narrow letters-not wide areas.
  4. LeeU
    This activity ran its course quite a while ago. Bottom line, only a small number of people participated over time and each round garned less attention. It was fun, a great idea, but like most things, had to be maintained, with people responsible for keeping it current and ongoing--a bit of a burden with the low particpation a factor, so I think it just died a natural death.
  5. LeeU
    Mine-- Kiln Fire Dragon. Can't capture the coloration of the resin and this was shot at night, but the fire color, so to speak, is gorgeous.
  6. LeeU
    A guy I dated in Brooklyn once told me that "Y is a crooked letter." He meant, "don't ask." In my existential phase at the time, that made sense. Later, "Why not?" became the rallying cry. The malleable, tactile aspects of hand-to-clay, tools to clay, and even wheel rotation are singularly inviting and pleasing to me in a way that paint/pencils/pastels/oil crayons etc. just are not. Never took to wood or stone or metal or glass with the same sense of enthusiasm and satisfaction with the outcome. I was early on drawn to the most primitive of applications--digging clay, pit firing, burnishing. At the university, the wonders of a great gas kiln, making our own bodies and glazes, and the quality ceramic science & history courses, sealed the deal for me. However, I went off on a different 30 year career tangent, and now via some cognitive difficulties, cannot retreive, remember, retain, or hardly even relearn most of what is needed to do it well, to a knowledgible and high standard. Which is OK. I still love it and knew that as soon as I retired I would return to working in clay no matter how modest the effort or scale. Callie hit it, with the "can't not".
  7. LeeU
    Ah ha...yep, that worked. I clicked on it and got them from April and back. Would never have figured that out...thanks.
  8. LeeU
    I have lost track & gotten confused. I know this thread is just for possible future questions-various suggestions, not to be answered here. But where are the actual QotW/answers located? I never can find them again after the first appearance. Are they in a specific forum or do they float around? I used the Search feature but it did not come up. Thx.
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    HoneyJarsGlazed1Spring2018.JPG
    Wow!! That bee a honey of a job.
  10. LeeU
    Three Chamber Wood Fired Noborigama constructed at Mass College of Art (in Boston) in 1976
    I've gotten to fire pieces in the NHIA smokeless anagama (Fushigigama) that John designed and built with his very fortunate students. What an experience. This kiln is masterful to behold! His e-address is on this page if you wanted to contact re: your smokeless project. http://www.nhia.edu/about/faculty/john-baymore
  11. LeeU

    Phooey--table top slab roller is "stuttering"--all bodies, all thicknesses.  Might be a broken sprocket. I hate having to take things apart and not being able to use something until I figure out what is wrong, how to fix it, and then do it, if I can.  

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    2. LeeU

      LeeU

      It's a Bailey...if I can't locate the problem I'll give them a call! 

    3. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      I have had 2 Baileys, dual rollers. Is yours dual rollers?

       

    4. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      they have good tech support.

       

  12. LeeU

    May 1st is the "soft" launch of my online shop at Lee U Ceramics website. My store collections have enough items to "go live".  More to come, of course!  

    1. yappystudent

      yappystudent

      More power to you LeeU. 

    2. Roberta12

      Roberta12

      YOu have put a lot of work into that Lee!  Best of luck!

       

  13. LeeU
    The Menagerie
    Lovely/charming, nice "spirit" to these. Low-mid-high fire??
  14. LeeU
    Earthy, unsophisticated, free formed, flaws pushed, raggedy, elegant in a deceptive, subtle, kind of vibe. Don't care about forms per se, and don't throw much-usually squat, heavy, flat-footed containers; used to do straight-up traditional mugs & bowls-more interested now in the surface/texture/coloration of handwork. I do have a small box form I enjoy making -it is unstructured, with a roughly dug/excavated interior and a thick curved roof (a cut lid).
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    Yeah--the "flawed" look is a deliberate philosophical style & statement thing that I have been experimenting with and working through, but it is not working for certain objects and I can see is not appealing for general household decor. It's derivative of some work I was doing (Artists Against AIDS), related to surviving , being damaged, being differently-abled, and it is time to move on from that, in this current context of mine. Old Lady--send me your address --PM here or via my website Contact page and I will send you the dragonfly pin. Dunno know where I got it but I don't have to have it and you do
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    Gabby--tell your hubby he made my day! "rustically elegant" feels like a complement, so I am thrilled. It also reads like SEO "gold"(search engine optimization--leveraging key words for behind-the-scenes online marketing). Interesting that he didn't care for the free formed rims on the little tray, which is very characteristic of my intentional "semi-flawed" style. I am beginning to see where it works and where it just doesn't, especially from the perspective of making salable objects that will appeal to enough people for me to earn some gas money and buy a few bags of clay from the proceeds of my "hobby biz". I may not break even for years, having built my own studio, but that is OK and I knew that going in. Thanks for the feedback.
  17. LeeU
    I'm not ready to insert my 2-cents worth (or Lee's editorial rant of the day, depending on my mood and how much No Surrender REV coffee I've had) on this topic, but here is another interesting article. https://www.disegnodaily.com/article/gendered-objects At the moment, I am working on marketing lingo and trying to not go down the rabbit holes of social psychology, anthropology, art-speak, gender-related assumptions and other pitfalls while trying to wordsmith text to "appeal" to men or women with particular pieces in my (soon, soon, someday soon) online Shop. Stereotypical or not, I perceive these two pieces to come across as more masculine and more feminine, respectively. Of course, the best question is, if the top dish looks like it belongs on a guy's dresser and the bottom one on a lady's vanity, then "why" ? What say you?
  18. LeeU
    Nothing on the work tables--- ...but lots of shop prep goin' on in the office.
  19. LeeU
    I really like this question (Min's above) --hope it makes it into the QOTW at some point (soon!).
  20. LeeU
    I like the natural surrounding sounds of everything that is making sounds--birds, insects, street movements, house noises, cheap clocks, the construction yard behind me, with big vehicles going in/out & sometimes the distant sawmill, whatever music I am playing, either single CD's or a vinyl record, or a streaming thing. I don't get reception for radio in the house (dead zone between lake/mountain ridge) so I miss the NPR that used to have to keep me company when i lived elsewhere. I especially enjoy the companionship of the studio environment itself and all the noises, smells, and vibrations I generate by working in it.
  21. LeeU

    I am befuddled. So, I am seeking input on the best ways to market and display items that are multi-purpose. Please go to Business, Marketing etc. to see my question in Web Site Bldg. etc. pg. 5. Thanks

  22. LeeU

    It is snowing hard for 2 days in the US NE and more tomorrow.  NH people trying to get to NCECA are facing cancelled and sold out flights--bummer. I'm not going-my good news is I got my computer back.

     

    1. oldlady

      oldlady

      stay warm, try to convince NCECA organizers to make its meeting later in the year.

    2. Pres

      Pres

      Oh the weather is frightful, and some are saying that 2020, Richmond Virginia will be so delightful, but I can remember driving to Ashville, NC for the Randolph conference  in March with an inch of pebbly ice on the ground. The cold or the snow is easy to deal with compared to ice. I would love to have an early Spring that year!

       

      best,

      Pres

  23. LeeU

    I am temporarily without my computer. Using the extra time to make a dent in my studio & office chores "to do" list. Not that it is of any interest or relevance to the Forums...I am just whining about cyber withdrawal. 

  24. LeeU

    Feeling good--encouragement is good---I made a comment, with some pics of a greenware vase, on my FB page, that I am going to do "before and after" shots of some pieces and got a bunch of positive feedback in PMs (these are people who know nothing about clay and know me or just like my posts). Made for a nice day.

  25. LeeU

    Hi--just curious about the traffic for your website--is it generating sales? Do you have any idea "why" or "how" you are getting so much traffic (i.e  well known reputation, strong base of existing customers & interested others, targeted SEO skills, links to you placed on other sites???)  I enjoyed your videos and text & photos of your gorgeous work, by the way.  Lee U

    1. Up in Smoke Pottery

      Up in Smoke Pottery

      Lee U, sorry for the delay , at the current time, I do not sell from the website, I really don't think the photos do the pieces justice and do not show the depth of the coloring and patterns.   I did set a store up for the workshop, but decided to invoice them instead.  It would not be hard to activate it for the pottery pieces if I decide to go that route.

      I am not a huge techie, just got lucky with the use of meta keywords which helped me show up in searches.  Now as I understand it, the more clicks I get, the higher ranking I receive from internet searches, which helps keep me there.  I do a little social media, mainly on FB that links back to the site and vice versa.  Everything I did was done by following help files and reading a couple books on website building/design.

      Thanks for your kind words about our site and work.  Ha...the videos are cheesy, but get watched and shared  a lot.  I do need to do an updated Obvara one, got to talk one of my boys into being the camera guy again.

       

      Chad

       

    2. Up in Smoke Pottery

      Up in Smoke Pottery

      Lee U, also it doesn't hurt to have @Marcia Selsor mention you and your website in the latest article she is featured in. :D  We do get several hits from Europe.  Thanks Marcia!

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