Callie Beller Diesel
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QotW: Why?
Callie Beller Diesel replied to Pres's topic in Int'l Ceramic Artists Network (ICAN) Operations and Benefits
Because I can't *not* work in clay. I tried it for a few years, and made myself sick and miserable. I decided I didn't want to be sick and miserable anymore. After enough years of doing it, making pots is what I'm best at. (Currently working on the business stuff.)- 13 replies
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What’s on your workbench?
Callie Beller Diesel replied to Pres's topic in Aesthetic Approaches and Philosophy
Thank you! It’s actually a cone 6 titanium yellow. It’s the same recipe I put in Ceramics monthly in the February issue, but if you don’t have that one and you’d like it, pm me and I’ll get it to you. -
What’s on your workbench?
Callie Beller Diesel replied to Pres's topic in Aesthetic Approaches and Philosophy
My workbench is full of ugly bisque again. I really is my least favourite stage. But a week and a half ago, I decided it would be a good idea to document some new compost buckets before I was packing them up to go to a sale. These are much nicer pictures! Before you make fun of me for my product staging, I was legit making soup stock with the Easter turkey.
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I seem to have a 20 year fixation with small lidded jars. It started about my third year in college, and has been a form I've worked with off and on ever since. That, and mugs. So. Many. Variations. For both of those forms. I went through a depression several years ago now, and I wasn't able to make a whole heck of lot, but I knew it was important to me to keep making. I thought, well, the simplest thing to make is a cylinder. I didn't really just want to throw plain cylinders and scrap them, so I decided just to add a handle so I could feel like I was doing something productive. So consequently, I can make mugs no matter how much I may not feel like doing anything. I'll usually start a work cycle with them, because it gets me into a rythm of moving, which allows me to make the next thing, and the next thing...etc,
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NPR has an Internet feed, if your cable internet has better mojo than the radio waves. Alberta also has a public station that has an Internet feed, and it's pretty interesting. Even if you don't like what's on, it'll be something you might not have heard before. It's usually pretty good studio listening. http://www.ckua.com/programs/ckua-live/
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Hour long playlists on my Bluetooth headphones remind me to get up and take a break once they finish. Gin Wigmore is a current favourite, as is Larkin Poe. Mostly mixes, though. I do a lot of audio books lately through my library app. Those are used during times when I'm doing more mindless tasks, like wedging, reclaim, throwing and cleaning. Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series is a fun mix of fantasy and technology, and the characters are hilarious! Karen Marie Moning's Fever series are set in Dublin, and are reminiscent of the old Faerie tales that were bloody and frightening, and never meant for children. Many ADHD brains need background/white noise in order to concentrate.
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What’s on your workbench?
Callie Beller Diesel replied to Pres's topic in Aesthetic Approaches and Philosophy
Good question for a Monday morning! I have a kiln load of bisque that needs washing and waxing. I’ve got samples for a mug re-design for an existing client and a big pile of test tiles in the bin to go along with that, I have 18 mugs for a new client, and serving bowls, sugar jars and more mugs for upcoming spring shows. And I have weekly scheduling, and homework for an online business course on the go. Yes, this is my kitchen. Washing and waxing bisque is the only job I really do outside of my studio this time of year. It’s still too cold to take it outside yet.
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Interesting approach. Im curious why the iron oxide?
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Lots of us are probably ramping up the work load in the studio, what with Christmas show season being upon us. I know variations of this have been asked before, but what is your current playlist/ favourite audio book/Netflix binge? What is keeping you company this week? Recommendation,s and/or links to Spotify or iTunes playlists would be encouraged. Also, I wonder what kind of craft show survival tips everyone has, and which bits of craft show advice sounded good, but really didn't work for you. I'd love to see this be less of a beginner's guide (I think we all know to put out an email signup sheet and lay out your booth before the event), and more of an intermediate class. Bonus points if you have a photo of your booth setup to share. Or maybe that could be a third question. What is your booth setup, what are the things you love about it?
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Youguysyouguysyouguys!!!! I just got notification I got into The Crafted Dish Cookbook!!!
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Thanks everybody! It'll be coming out for National Clay Week in October, I'm told. Not too many details yet, but I'll keep everyone posted.
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:) :) *victory dance* Congratulations, Callie!
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I swear, I have a half track mind. Saw an ad for a local poetry slam, and read pottery slam. My first thought was "that could be an entertaining fundraiser."
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Well Callie: sometimes when I wake up: it takes my brain hours to realize I have.
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Can we write caffeine off as a necessary business expense?
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I have a "Pottery Slam" in the back loading dock dumpster outside my school building a couple times a year... All the projects that stay unwanted or unclaimed.
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I have questions about resiliency, and getting back to work after various events that have either failed, or gone extremely well. How do you deal wth artistic setbacks, or get back to work after the high of an achievement? Please describe an instance of either.
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Potter's Council Peeps: when are the deadlines to submit photos for the calendars?
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Okay, some interim shots are up in my gallery. No pottery yet, but soon. Very soon.
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Seen the gallery upload. Looks like you had one of those "few times" in life experiences. Glad for you and Terri.
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Marcia, Terri and I are just here for the weekend. If you can prove a certain amount of technical knowledge, you can rent the soda or the salt kiln and fire it yourself for the weekend. We're here until about lunchtime tomorrow. You're about 5 hours away. Wanna come for lunch? We found a place with amazing carrot cake!
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Roberta and Tom, it's so amazing here. I haven't talked this much pottery in a long time! I have to do this more!
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Medicine Hat Soda Kiln
Images added to a gallery album owned by Callie Beller Diesel in Browse Member Galleries
2017 shots of our adventure in the bustling metropolis of Medicine Hat. -
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They do demos of the jiggering process, but not today.
Callie Beller Diesel posted a gallery image in Browse Member Galleries
From the album: Medicine Hat Soda Kiln
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Crocks, crocks and more crocks!
Callie Beller Diesel posted a gallery image in Browse Member Galleries
From the album: Medicine Hat Soda Kiln
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From the album: Medicine Hat Soda Kiln
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From the album: Medicine Hat Soda Kiln
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From the album: Medicine Hat Soda Kiln
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From the album: Medicine Hat Soda Kiln
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From the album: Medicine Hat Soda Kiln
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