Rae Reich
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Also, your chimney stack can be lengthened by going horizontal on the ground a couple of feet before rising. That would get it further from the house. I think Olson or Rhodes has an example. It's what we did on my large catenary so the stack didn't need to be so tall.
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Damp at flue exit. Sounds like you're blowing heat out as fast as you're making it, maybe even using too much gas to maintain an even climb.
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On 12/27/2019 at 7:26 AM, Pres said:
Unfortunately the couple has been divorced since the Summer! Sad!
best,
Pres
So it goes. Can't blame the pot, but it does become an unfortunate artifact
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On 11/30/2019 at 5:52 AM, Chilly said:
When hobbies collide.
Anyone know what they are?
Size?
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@liambesaw, have you considered a small dehumidifier? Leave it running overnight (cover the throwing bucket). Under $200 could save you lots of waiting time. Of course, you want those carafes to dry more slowly than cups.
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On 11/14/2019 at 2:22 PM, LeeU said:
Beginning "No. 7 " in my Hidden Mask series. This is a raku piece to be fired at Hampton Pottery, NH, in the spring.
Looking forward to seeing the whole series!
I have saved some mask forms with the idea of masks, but have yet to find my way.
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My fellow demonstrator transformed a lump into a vase for a group of observers. First question, "How did you get it hollow?"
( A patient answer here could create a new newbie.)
Zeiner proceeded to make another.
The question, "How long will it take?" is easy to answer with "Wait and see," "That depends," and "Take notes." But it's the hardest part to learn about clay, for lots of students - "Patience!"
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16 hours ago, Mark C. said:
Un loadfed two kilns this week and have dispersed most of it. I'm taking a break from clay some (still putting in a few days a week) in next 6-8 weeks.
The last remodel project is starting on the house .Its a big one -but only one room-the main bedroom. About everything one can do to a room-
I read the emailed version of this project. Sounds like it will be as perfect as you can make it! Heated closets!!!
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On 3/19/2019 at 8:39 AM, Hulk said:
Silly* studio details/thing(s) overlooked - how did I not see't?
...bought a cheap-ish 2000g digi scale last July, just noticed that it was miscalibrated to display 1/2 grams! Either I never calibrated it, or (more likely) used one of the two 200g weights to calibrate it last July.
It does what it's told to do.
For test batches of glaze, it's proportions that count, so no harm there. What jumped out at me this week: at first, thought the cheap-ish 100 ml graduated cylinder I bought was wrong, haha, as 100 ml of water weighs 200g? No matter, weight of glaze/weight of water for same volume yields specific gravity, but why is scale "wrong," hmm?
The good news bein' all them balls of clay weighed out these last eight months were half the weight me "thought" - hence why my pots so small for the weight of clay concerns evaporated like morning mists ...hrmm, mebbe the foot tall three poun' cylinder club me can join sooner over (much much) later?
*Silly as in obvious and outcome mostly harmless; that said, should members wish to recount drastic/tragic scenarios, go to it - if any tragedy could be averted, it'd be worth't
Good thing you're a philosopher, Hulk. Can't wait to see those next pots!!
Drastic/Tragic Learning Experiences - good topic
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On 3/16/2019 at 8:54 PM, Magnolia Mud Research said:
The wax is just an adhesive to hold the alumina in place. The wax burns away.
LT
...leaving a fine coating of alumina, which can be brushed or washed off after firing. A sufficient coating of alumina is what prevents sticking.
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25 minutes ago, Babs said:
Often if you hold the lid and give pot body a sharp rap with wooden dowel the pot will drop open.
Just dont do this over a cement floor.....
Lids thought to be stuck often part from pot and a little sand/grind will smooth any rough spots , just saying
Sit, and hold the pot over your lap. Tap evenly around the pot near to the lid. Do not tap on the thinnest parts of the pot. If you're not successful, leave the pot for a few days and try again. Sometimes pouring hot water over it can help. Sometimes it lets go itself after a few years....
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Thanks, Mark. Looks like what we used to call Stoney, but with more variation. I'll compare formulas....
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@Mark C., got an example of Mamo Wamo? Not a glaze I've heard of - Stoneware?
and, of course, what's in it??
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5 hours ago, C.Banks said:
When we were firing in oxidation I was lucky enough to have 3 glazes that I was satisfied with. They fit, played very nicely, behaved on the pot as well as in the bucket. They were complete for the most part. The public liked them and could match pieces from year to year.
They took a few years to develop but they were complete in my eyes. This was a few years ago so a decades worth of perspective might offer some insight but I'll leave them for some other year.
And then you changed the way you fired?
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2 hours ago, Gabby said:
Whenever there is a question with a very dominant answer, I like to ask myself what situation could turn the answer around.
I know that Louise Nevelson was an abstract sculptor rather than a potter, but her body of sculptural work, at least after her earliest beginnings, was painted black. She made a few all white pieces and a few gold, but she spent her career exploring form in black.
There are creative people who find it intriguing to work under a constraint, though in her case she simply felt that black contained all colors.
Well, Louise did try other colors :/
For potters, though, barring deliberate constraints like glazenerd's or economic/local restrictions, probably very few potters find a favorite glaze and never change it, never look for variety. It would have to be a very successful formula for them. Sometimes even when we don't want to change, we must, as when Kingman Spar was no longer available. Changing locations/kilns can sometimes mess with a glaze too. Even when I still had Kingman, we could never get Stoneware Yellow in my home kiln.
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On 3/12/2019 at 8:01 PM, Mark C. said:
I'm not sure thats a ever for me. That said I seem to get about 12-15 glazes going at any one time.-over time I experiment anbd bring is a new one to the fold and usuallt take one out.
Thats happend a few years ago with an iron saturated glaze I now make with synthectic iron and am phasing out the old iron glaze. The new one is much brighter and almost red in certain situations.
I have a few glazes that I have used my whole career and my costomers still crave them.
Test for me works in cycles of how bored I get with my glazes and how much spare time I have to adress the testing period.
I know for example I have big (last remodel of house) on our bedroom this late spring/summer and thats will take up all testing time so its now or fall for me for new colors.
as to the remodel its a full gut interior-raising the floor 11 inches to match rest of house as one level. Raising the ceiling at least 1 foot-That means collar ties and adding 2x6 to ceiling,making walls 2x6 over 2x4 as is currently by adding furring strips to studs.
Adding a very small 1/2 bath with wall monted Toto Toilet and a small corner sink. maple hardwood floor-moving closet into two closets. Moveing entry door 6 inchs over to fit closets .New windows(3 -3x6s) perment color outside wood interior. Maple trim throughout. New wiring (last room to get this).
Puting in a small mini split AC /heat pump unit for this room .(its about 16x 15 if I recall.)taking out the exterior door and filling in the 5/8 x 10 old growth redwood siding with cider siding(already have it)
Adding new insulation and 5/8 sheet rock as well.
I'm doing all the mechanical/electrical and helping with some wood work and doing the trim
This room was a add on in 1962 about 10 years before I boughtb the property and its all made from old growth redwood-and is currenty covered with mahogany paneling-the real stuff. Its that only room left thats not 5/8 sheet rock.
And as you may have guessed I'm not going to be making many pots during May 20th and the later part of June-But they are getting made NOW.
Sorry I got a wee bit sidetracked on the glaze question
Sounds like fun, @Mark C.! The old redwood and mahogany are treasures. I love the Toto I got for my tenant - nickname: Big Gulp!
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On 3/5/2019 at 3:25 PM, liambesaw said:
Thanks! I'll do that, I am picking up some lag bolts to mount my extruder on the way home. Maybe get a few done tonight.
I'll try not pulling the last bit instead of rolling the rim, I kinda like the rolled rim though.
They should end up right around 8 inches wide, if not, I will adjust and make bigger, my dogs current dishes are 6 inches wide and 10 inches wide and I wanted it to be in the middle.
The technique I described is intended to get the height you want without the extra compensation for wobble that occurs when raising a wall with a thin, weak rim. Not suggesting that you form the fat rim first, just leave the top of the wall with the same or a little more thickness as the wall with each pass, and compressed. After you've got your height, you can shape any style of rim you want.
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QotW: Do you have plumbing in the shop. . .ie running water and drainage?
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I have a fiberglass stationary tub sitting just outside my studio door (southern California) where the wall is plumbed for a cold water bathtub spout, at stationary tub height , and a hand-held shower head. No drainage plumbed, just a bucket beneath the drain, so I am careful with water usage. Since the tub is not plumbed, but freestanding, I can move it out of the way if necessary.