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Working on a soft blue glaze today to celebrate the gender of my baby on the way. I t
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What’s on your workbench?
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QothW: Does size matter?
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I would like to be able to work larger but do not at this time have the skill to do that on the wheel. One reason I prefer that is that I do not do this as a business and am interested in narrative decoration that doesn't cause me eyestrain. -
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First glaze load of the year, pitchers and bowls, patens for chalice sets, orders sta
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This work is hard on a sad heart, but he knew it would be you doing this, ultimately, and likely found that thought a comfort.
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This vessel wouldn't work for this purpose because of the size of the thing, but religious Jews before meals do a sort of ritual hand wash that involves pouring water over one hand and then the other with a three-handled pitcher, or with two handles 120' apart, called a laver.
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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.
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It is Lee who has the bacon press. I was just an admirer of the image.
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The image is splendid. I adore pigs. (Except in my case, because I adore pigs, I wouldn't want the words).
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Remind me of the type and size of dogs you have. I have an 87 pound golden retriever I think dog and cat dishes are an excellent idea for the Seattle area market. Maybe don't make them white with a goofy picture.
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I have an oblate sphere on my banding wheel. I have roughed in some dancing figures to circle the outside and am thinking about the underglaze treatment. On a separate table I have an oval plaque, as yet unfired, maybe ten inches by 16." I will probably underglaze that before firing. That one is on a Year of the Pig theme, with a plan of showing up to three red river hogs, a Vasayan warty pig, and a warthog.
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Mea makes the vital point here, I think. Many people seem to find a market, at least for awhile, with pots that are "student pots." Different people will buy them than those who seek only professional work. I don't think this is particular to ceramics. There is a market for clothing that is not well made as well as a different one for well made clothing. There is a market for prepared foods that have their issues as well as for gourmet.
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I am so glad she is doing well. My sister had a mini-stroke last September. At that time I learned that mini-strokes, unlike the regular kind, leave no lasting damage, though they are scary all around. I hope you find an assisted living spot that is just right for her.
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Best wishes for a solid recovery for your mother-in-law. Take good care of yourself also.
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Honestly, I saw the photo before reading the words and thought "Someone is making frogs!"
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I just opened up my new Ceramics Monthly (what a great magazine- and I see you have another article published, Pres!) and saw on page 20 a first exhibit by Anna Whitehouse called #100bottles100days. This made me wonder whether anyone here, at any time in your practice, undertook something like this, an item made in different versions over a course of a large number of days. I know people who have done a painting a day or a drawing of a nude each day... If so, what was your specific objective in the exercise?
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I am finally back in the studio, hand- building. It is 23 degrees and I am snowed in. I won't get back to the wheel until spring.
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It is also cold and miserable here and we had a snow storm move in this afternoon. I am fortunate that my studio is attached to my house. I get enough warm air from a house vent to keep it from freezing, I turn on a electric heater in the morning and the shop is warm enough to work in by noon. I thought you had to dry frozen clay and rejuvenate it. It has something to do with the realignment of the clay particles when it freezes. I could be wrong I have never had to deal with it and it has been a long time since I had a clay and glazes class. Denice
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It's sunny and hot today, better get to work Gabby!
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In fact at 6:30AM I was at my table, carving a border onto a plaque. I have never made anything big and flat, so we will see how it survives. It is going to have an image "painted"in underglazes, including some oranges I am trying. [Now would I have called it hot here today? It was 34'.]
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