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    1. Crusty

      Crusty

      on Sale til sunday 1/10 HVLP spray guns

       

    2. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      those spray guns are great. Just like Geil's. The HVLP unit I got previously was a gun made for the compressor. Basically for paint.

       

    3. Rae Reich

      Rae Reich

      Just noticed the Spray Gun Liners on the bottom of that page. Anyone ever try those with glazes?

  1. Moving is done.. Working on the kiln room rite now.. All brick and concrete :)

  2. Bisque load going in today. mostly bowls.

  3. Good morning everyone, have a great day.. I am off to bed.. lol

  4. I have about 30 handles that need attatching, want to help? you can do handles and ill go throw, thats where my heart is today.

    1. Cavy Fire Studios

      Cavy Fire Studios

      Sorry dude, I'm stuck in bed all day... ;.;

    2. Crusty

      Crusty

      The bed sink in or something? surely you can get out of it...

       

    3. Crusty

      Crusty

      got the handles done, ate some pizza threw some more mugs, trying to get a back stock of bisque mugs... The ladies {about 60} at Cindy's work are wearing me out lol, they love our mugs and her tea pots...

  5. Mastering ^6 glazes- got it yesterday , just finished reading it. good book..Really helps a functional potter..

  6. Tomorrow is my first Throw-A-Thon... I have not had the chance to just set and throw for a day to see what i can do.. Tomorrow it is... many breaks included, thats my style :)~

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    2. Crusty

      Crusty

      thanks Marcia, ill try that out..

    3. Joseph Fireborn

      Joseph Fireborn

      This is totally true. I sit on a tilt back never hurts, and I have a bad back.

    4. Crusty

      Crusty

      im about to start so I re-set my chair to where im on a tilt and sat in it and cleaned the wheel real good.. I like how it feels, there is no awkward pressure anywhere..

       

  7. i was at work with one of our customers and promised him some hunting/fishing gear thats not in use, he said ok ill trade you a Kiln.. DEAL!!!

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    2. Cavy Fire Studios

      Cavy Fire Studios

      Oh, you BRAT! :D That's some haul! ^_^

    3. Crusty

      Crusty

      lol Paul, I never thought of it that way... Guinea, he has never used it.. i figure i could fix it or even modify it over to gas/propane.. ill haul that baby home for sure working or not...

    4. Cavy Fire Studios

      Cavy Fire Studios

      AAAGH the JEALOUS...a jealous rodent, I am!! That's so cool! :)

  8. I added some pictures to my gallery under mugs/cups if you would like to look... having fun with base coat color, hopefully when i start making my own glazes i will have a better idea of what i want..

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    2. Crusty

      Crusty

      LOL thats my version of a McD's SUPER SIZE... I like the blue over black, its a sexy glaze combo , looks really good in person..

    3. Crusty

      Crusty

      LOL thats my version of a McD's SUPER SIZE... I like the blue over black, its a sexy glaze combo , looks really good in person..

    4. Crusty

      Crusty

      LOL thats my version of a McD's SUPER SIZE... I like the blue over black, its a sexy glaze combo , looks really good in person..

  9. Good glaze firing- played with Celadon as a base coat and Birch as well- a small bisque load in now. guess i could add to my gallery

  10. Good glaze firing- played with Celadon as a base coat and Birch as well- a small bisque load in now. guess i could add to my gallery

  11. Good glaze firing- played with Celadon as a base coat and Birch as well- a small bisque load in now. guess i could add to my gallery

  12. Glaze load in- Mixed up some purchased dry glaze today, have to start somewhere- interesting glaze combos in the near future- test, test, and test... Fun Times...

  13. Finally, after many ,many practice sessons , I finally threw a big bowl that looks like it should.. weight is between 12 to 14 lbs with a diameter of 17.5'' ... practice is paying off

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    2. ChenowethArts

      ChenowethArts

      Feels good, doesn't it!?!

    3. Cavy Fire Studios

      Cavy Fire Studios

      Holy macaroni!! That would have killed me, lmao! ^_^

    4. Pres

      Pres

      Have been throwing quite a few 10# mixing bowls for Christmas gifts this year.

  14. bisque firing is done.. 1 more glaze load and were done with our first ceramic X-mas..

  15. Good results on our last glaze firing- Porcelain makes glazes come to life, very vivid color.. we even made some slip to test it on other clay bodies, results were just like the body itself.

    1. Cavy Fire Studios
    2. Marcia Selsor

      Marcia Selsor

      Yes, let's see some pictures!

       

       

  16. Bisque fire tonight- Glaze tomorrow then another Glaze

  17. Bisque firing, handles ready for mugs, attatching spouts and lids to Tea pots, had some good results with y-days glaze firing..

  18. Whew, did a clean up- Bought all the porcelain they had today.. threw 6 mugs 1 large bowl and Cindy did 2 tea pots - into the new

    1. Cavy Fire Studios

      Cavy Fire Studios

      Woo! Crank that good stuff out! :)

    2. Crusty

      Crusty

      not to mention another glaze firing..

  19. done wedging cl;ay for this weekend- kiln is ready to go again- got to finish putting on another coat of glaze then 1 last coat of kiln wash on 3 half shelves the off to bed...

  20. 11 hours into our glaze firing- got our figers crossed..

    1. Crusty

      Crusty

      Kiln sitter dropped, 12.5 hrs

    2. ChenowethArts

      ChenowethArts

      Now, there hard part. Waiting for things to cool off.

    3. Crusty

      Crusty

      Absolute torture...

  21. Bisque firing again today...Glazed Bisque 1 & 2 - Throwing some gifts - Glaze firing tomorrow :)

  22. Threw 10 small bowls for stain/glaze etc. made some parts for the Raku kiln , threw a platter. stained some pots...

  23. Bisque trial # 2 underway.. i need to make some test tiles .. rolling rite along , lets enjoy the holiday weekend .

    1. Crusty

      Crusty

      Throwing off the hump first attempts ,, did ok.. I like it !!

    2. Crusty
  24. First bisque firing went GREAT!! we didnt lose anything and all of our attatchments are still on.. not bragging , just really happy :)

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