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Status Updates posted by Cavy Fire Studios
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Some of you awesome folk have worried about Guinea, but I'm alive. Been a bit too sore for clay lately, but I've been drawing a lot. I have lots of new ideas for clay stuff, too, when my joints feel up to it. I wanna get funky!
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hmmm guinea, its good to get off the hamster wheel once in awhile. drawing is good.
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You have a great spirit..maybe I could shore myself up better with some drawing-thanks for the inspiration.
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It's been frustrating as heck... even painting is exhausting to me nowadays. But, we just gotta keep trying, I suppose. :3
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Is it weird that I'm nervous to start slab building..? Hnnghhh...
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Make up some magic slip for your joints.
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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.
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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.
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Working on a graphic novel, and one of my peoples have a South American-flavored culture. Been doing some research on how the natives made pottery--lots of terracotta and erotic pots. Slip and terra sig for ages, too.
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Just uploaded a few new gallery pieces (finally)! More will come, but I didn't want to hog the screen up, heehee. :3
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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!
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OK, you're killin me here...you know that, right? <3
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Awww, nuuu! No dying for you!
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Cavy Fire Studios. That is my final choice of a name. It's actually a rather personal name, as my daily pain is a trial by fire for me--just like what my ceramics endure. The cavy brings me joy--two halves to one whole. Don't care if it's too cutesey to some, as one cannot please everyone--I am cavy fire!♥
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Yes, please call me Guinea. And my logo is totally going to have pottery in it, and a peeg. Must have peeg. Not many people know what a cavy is, but a picture will help. A cavy is a guinea!
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I hope your logo is a guinea pig going super saiyan
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Hahaha! I was thinking a peeg poking out of a pot with a graphic fire symbol behind him. Maybe the name will be on the pot. :3
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I wish more people would upload piccies to the gallery. :3 It's so nice to see what everyone has been working on and stuff.
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some of my works in progress were posted today, i will be removing some of them and putting up new ones.
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I saw that! You should keep them up for good memories. :3
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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!
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...that moment when you realize your hard work got uncovered somehow before you were able to trim it... ;.;
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Hahaha! I keep saying I gotta hire a studio monkey to wedge clay for me, but now the job apparently includes cleaning up after my derpy moments.
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Like I said. Intern;)
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GOBLINS!
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Yesterday, I saw a pug that was so happy and excited, he was walking at a 45-degree angle against his harness. Sideways Pug got me thinking that I should put more pugs on my pottery. Been kind of running short on ideas...
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Made four bowls and three mugs off the wheel just now. My pants look awesome. Time to nap!
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Pbfth! I let them think that. I DID remember to change my pants before going to Safeway, though. On the pooper side, I woke up with my right hand stuck in a fist. Hnghhhh....
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Ohhhh your poor hand!
In response to the other comments: once I had been scraping shelves and painting them with kiln wash. I forgot about it and went to the store because the next day I was making some desserts for a party. The cashier looked at me and then said, "Oh, have you already been baking?" I said no and was so confused until I got home and saw what my shirt and pants looked like in the mirror. She must have thought it was flour and sugar. I was a MESS. LOL
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Usually the indicator of how much fun I've had is the amount of clay in my hair! I throw with a big towel over my legs. But yeah, you get the odd looks from the other Moms when you pick up the kid from school...
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HNNGH HNNGH HNNGH! There's a wee test kiln on CL for $400 that is practically MINT. Oh, WHY do I have to be broke until Juuuune....we sure have expensive taste, us ceramicists.
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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!!!
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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
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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.
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I've been looking at that porcelain canvas stuff, and getting ideas. Do you think a diamond bit could drill a hole in it for hanging?
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use water and you might get some silicon carbide powder it make a paste to dip the tip of the bit. Keep it wet.
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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.
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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.
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My Fred is officially hooked up. Dusted out his exhaust system and checked the elements. Back to splattery mud fun mañana.
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I wedged about 3/4 a 25lb bag before calling it a day. Putting the pride in a bucket was hard, but I gotta start being nice to myself. Tomorrow's 71 and sunny in Davenport, so I'm gonna throw in the sun. 'Tis good for the joints and the mud. :3
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Glad to hear you are getting yourself set up again.
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Thankies. :3 Waiting a few hours for the weather to warm a little today (it's just before 9am) so I can throw outside in the sun. :3
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Finally hooking my kiln up this weekend. Been a rough couple weeks, but hot-place or high water, I`m cranking out yarn bowls like a madrodent.