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    NW Florida and the North Country of New York
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    Sailing and sailboat design, writing and editing, web design, stained glass design, beekeeping, gardening, cooking, travel, and what's left of the counterculture. Someday I hope to be a pretty good potter.

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  1. We're up in the North Country in our little hovel. I'm getting the new studio site ready, putting in a garden, and working on the hovel. There will be no clay until fall, so I'll have to live vicariously through the forum.

    1. Joseph Fireborn
    2. oldlady

      oldlady

      if there are two of you, it is not a hovel, it is a lovenest.

    3. rayaldridge

      rayaldridge

      I will relay your comments to my lovely wife! Also, she says it is definitely not a hovel.

  2. They're for storage of things like spices and herbs. They're based on the idea of medieval pharmacy containers.
  3. rayaldridge

    newer work

    Recent experiments in porcelain
  4. No, this was bisqued. The thickness of the primary glaze is pretty critical-- this piece is maybe a little too thin. But the ash glaze over it redeems it, I think.
  5. I hope the next challenge will avoid too specific a goal. I participated in a couple, but I just wasn't interested enough to devote time to a specific form that was narrowly defined. And at the moment, not interested in tile, though I've made quite a few over the years. I tend to find the more nebulously defined challenges more thought provoking. Still, my suggestion is the albarello, or medicine jar. It's a simple form, but can take many shapes and if we're not sticklers for authenticity, many decorative approaches.
  6. No, but I liked the movie. I saw it while at Da Nang Air Base in 1971.
  7. I love it, so far. I still have stuff to figure out, but the ease and reliability of firing a kiln with a good controller... very very nice. And the kiln itself seems very well engineered.
  8. Thanks. That's a pretty active glaze with a lot of titanium. It picks up the color of whatever slip is beneath, so you can get pretty rich effects from very simple technique. I'll post a couple close-ups of the glaze over different slips.
  9. Thanks, Guinea. I did several of these little water pipes in the last load, all with different expressions.
  10. Posted a few pictures from my first glaze firing in my new L&L

    1. GiselleNo5

      GiselleNo5

      Your glazes look fantastic! Love that "mother of pearl" glaze with the shimmery color to it.

    2. Joseph Fireborn

      Joseph Fireborn

      I like the transparent crystal effects you have going on. Very subtle but enjoyable to look at closely.

  11. Did my first glaze firing in my new L&L kiln on Christmas Eve. Turned out very well.

  12. Woohoo, my new L&L kiln arrived, and is it ever pretty. Very well engineered, and packed very carefully. I can't wait to set it up and use it.

    1. Min

      Min

      Christmas came early to the Aldridge home : D Congrats!

    2. Benzine

      Benzine

      I have been very happy with my L&L in my classroom. It fires as quick as I need it to, and as accurately as it has to be.

    3. Amy Eberhardt

      Amy Eberhardt

      Pea green with envy here!

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