Cavy Fire Studios

hmmm guinea, its good to get off the hamster wheel once in awhile. drawing is good.

You have a great spirit..maybe I could shore myself up better with some drawing-thanks for the inspiration.

It's been frustrating as heck... even painting is exhausting to me nowadays. But, we just gotta keep trying, I suppose. :3

use water and you might get some silicon carbide powder it make a paste to dip the tip of the bit. Keep it wet.

start with a small size bit and work up to the size you want. I'd recommend epoxying a metal hanger on the back rather than a hole.

Oh yeah! Man, I really prefer the aesthetic of a threaded wire over epoxy, though. Epoxy is just so messy and it stinks to handle. Maybe I could learn to put wire along the corners like jewelry makers do with big stones, or something.

It's the same one I posted two days ago.

Glad to see you are back and working

Welcome back.

Hehe, that's my fella. He fancies himself a corgi-fox with a taste for tea. He wanted him looking grumpy and cold in the woods. Thanks, Benzine!

OK, you're killin me here...you know that, right? <3

Awww, nuuu! No dying for you!

Make up some magic slip for your joints.

No worries with slabs. Just let them dry evenly and slowly. Put them together, so they hold their weight enough, without being too dry. And smooth/ round the seams well.

When I roll out slabs I usually cut the shape I want then let them rest for a while to firm up. Less soggy to handle, especially with larger pieces. Also, a clay with a little grog in it helps. Less warping and firms up better.

Haaaa...well...more like a puff here and there, but I'm tryin'!

LOL Sounds like me. "I'm going to do all the dishes! All of them! Then clean the WHOLE kitchen. Ooh, goody, telephone!"

Lucky you I heard on the weather we might have a break in the heat in Sept because of El Nino.

You are SO TALENTED so you need to take care of YOU!! If you want the longest career possible you have got to take care of the equipment! You are hurting too many parts of your body.

I don't understand why you don't just coil build or something. If throwing is so hard on you, maybe try an alternate method. There are some absolutely breath taking pots that are coil built. I am not telling you what to do, but your work is so awesome I would hate to see an injury stop you from doing what you can do best.

Or ... since you love the decorating so much ... slip cast it! Then do your wonderful paintings.

I stepped outside this morning to find a warm 34 degrees. We have one car that's good on ice and a truck for snow and flooding.

it got down to 25 here last night, i wore a t-shirt and a hoody jacket.. wasnt bad.

Omg it's 35F and it feels soooo WEIRD!! We haven't been this warm in ages! Now we have frozen rain, though...goodie. D: Give me two feet of snow over that Devil Snot any day!

Beautiful! You certainly have a lovely style!

Awww! Thanks so much, guys! ♥♥♥

Lovely work...,,found the bright colours,awesome!

Ooh yes please!

Oh my gosh it is amaaaaaaaaazing.

Heeeee! Thank you! ♥♥♥

You're on a roll now, Guinea!

*ba-bum-tsscht*...

i have been wondering how you are doing and now know i will be seeing beautiful new pieces from you--best to you moving forward

Ouch! That hurt in more ways than one.

Bummer. That happens often in our little backwater county. Our infrastructure is so mickeymouse.

My 7k generator natural gas keeps me working thru outages -that said its not enough to fire an electric kiln with my other loads

Try not to hide how you really feel about wedging. Best to just let it out.

hey Guinea, IHATEGLAZINGKTHXBAI

IHATEGLAZINGTOOMINBAI

Make sure you post pictures.

You bet!

Very nice

some of my works in progress were posted today, i will be removing some of them and putting up new ones.

I saw that! You should keep them up for good memories. :3

I know, when I see a new person I always go to see what they've made. I was surprised at how many people don't have ANY pictures shared at all. LOL I had three albums by the time I'd been on here two days!

I resisted doing this for two of the last three years. I did little projects, I made my stamps. No glaze for those. So cheap. I finally gave in, I'm setting up my studio and I'm so broke!!!

I'm so frugal about everything else, too. Jewelry? Nah. Haircut? Won't spend more than $25. Shoes? Only if they're buy one get one free. That all goes out the window when it comes to pottery equipment! LOL

I keep looking at free kilns on the internet and wanting to take them all. If only I could lift the weight of 4 men by myself.

Christmas came early this year.

So glad to hear that the Kiln Gods are being kind to you, for a change, my friend! <3

I want to see pics when you're all done!!!! Oh yes! We MUST have PICTURES!!!

I've been bad about pics...just too crazy busy to take them! Hope that will change soon.

I now have a word ear worm. Thank you.

You 'ave a touch a'the spodg?

Just take one wire off at a time and attach it to the exact same location on the new block. Easy peasy!

I'm actually gonna wait for my fella to come back from his trip to install it. All that wire work will kill my creaky fingers... :'(

Wow. Nice work!

Whooo! Good for you! I made three vases yesterday (needed to bring leatherhard vases to a workshop tomorrow) and it knocked me out.

Keep us posted!!

I literally kept him on low all night! I woke up and switched him up to medium, but have been checking the plug every half hour, lol! Hnnghhh... I hope I can relax a bit for glaze firing.

I don't think my clock has a '1am'

Good grief, Guinea...get some rest!

I literally passed out with the phone still in my paw. Soooo sore today, haha... gotta babysit Fred now.

Beautiful work Cavy. Saw them in the gallery.

awesome fox

I know how you feel I finished glazing a seed pot today that has a butterfly design on it. I started having trouble with my eyes the other day. I am hoping that this bout of optic neuritis doesn't last long.

Oh, great. You take care of those eyes, lady; they are most precious. Yeah, I'm pretty bummed out about my hands... I guess I had better stick to smaller scale pieces. 7" is too tall for Guinea's busted paws... :'(