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Draw them out! (:

First the ideas (couch time), then the "real thing" in the studio. Put a wooden board under the couch pillow??

Now if we can just find a way to sell these pots we make mentally ....

I hate FTL codes.

I had thrown some pots and then came down with bronchitis the next day. I crept out and wrapped them up. Now I'm feeling better but I'm scared ....

Not sure how dry they've become in the past 10 days.

Hope the pots stayed wet and that you feel better Giselle

Just adding some spirals to top and bottom.

OoooOOOoooo!

That was you on Instagram, I remember now. I love it.

it is a great site!

Who do you follow?

Tons of people, but a few post more than others. Michael Kline, Adam Field, and Adriana Christianson do good scopes.

Note to self, marry first, THEN hose off the girl!!!:-)

Not sure using the hose is "Hillbilly" enough. I think to be considered that, you have to wash them on the rocks near the Ol' Fishin' Hole...

Next time I will recruit a jug band to seranade e while I'm hosing.

Welcome back ... we have been mostly behaving ourselves!

just went to your gallery, lovely pots, what temp are you firing to?

Babs I fire to cone 6 electric. Chris, dissapointed you've all been behaving.

ugh not good- I use the zip lock tote boxes with a sealed lid.. I just mist a tad of water in them and my clay stays the same for literally months .. I guess you have potters plaster in yours?

So is your rehydration box the same as a wet box made with plaster? We had wet boxes at the college, but someone said that all the dried vessels put in there would not receive a handle without cracking around the handle. I've based my advice about rehydration

on their comments. :>( But thinking back 12 yrs., they did have sloppy techniques, which made our ideas clash.

No plaster. It's just an air tight Tupperware box I got from target.

what kind of test kiln do you have? were looking to get one soon.

I have a AIM 88, I have been happy with it but I would buy one with a built in pyrometer now.

It's a Paragon. I've fired it twice so far, once on slow and once medium. I bought it used and so far I'm pleased with it.

I am often asked why I didn't build a larger studio. I tell them I would just fill it with racks, and things that could be made into a tools.

My husband has given up trying to guess what is a potential art supply. It is OK to see possibilities for use with clay.

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

Perpetual Motion may not be real, but Perpetual Non-Motion is very real...

A day off for rest is a good thing...but think how that clay feels: abandoned, missing the human touch, unwanted (is guilt working?)

Yes, I lovingly fondled the clay for 5 hours today, not in a dirty way....well the clay was dirty but...you know what I mean

It means you've made 30 posts. Hope this means you are finding the forum worthwhile! It also means you can you can now edit the title "advanced member" to anything you want.

I was so excited! I got to be "Rodent!" :3

Hehe nice guinea

That's awesome! Keep up the good work

This forum is infectious!!

It is indeed Babs

I draw/ write on printer paper first, that is roughly the size of my ware. I then lay it on the ware, and trace over the drawings on the paper, with a dull pencil or pen. It leaves a small indent, that can be easily smoothed. If it looks good, I go ahead with the actual carving.

That's pretty much exactly what I did

Congratulations! That's quite a nice Christmas present

You're telling me, lmao!

Good luck I love the look of your cups!

thanks RiaV!