terrim8
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I agree with you that its best to wait for longer. I am wary of a second wave and I see people out on walks not caring how close they get to others. When we walk, we try to cut cross country in parks to keep our distance. The snow is finally starting to let up here and we can get some fresh air now and its been therapeutic to walk as we have been in mourning for my mother's passing. My husband is recovering from a heart attack from last fall and he still has problems and is high risk. I hope people can care enough to do the right thing and take it slowly and carefully to try to get back to normal - don't think I can handle two funerals this year. and pray for a successful , rapid development and deployment of a vaccine. -
Trade you rain for snow I like snow - in the winter.
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I haven't been on the forum for awhile - trying my hand at hand building. Fear (& I hope not loathing) after I fire these things! Its a lamp, drying upside down & its bigger than the ones I throw on the wheel.
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No, the point I am trying to make its that it won't take long for people to find the desired commodity in North America if the value is significant enough to encourage exploration. That is why I used the DeBeer's example. This generally runs into an oversupply situation and then the price of the commodity drops. But we can find and develop things here if needed. Btw, DeBeer's Victor Mine in northern Ontario is finished already and so is Snap Lake in the NWT. Short expensive mine life. Of course none of this can change company behavior or foreign government actions with respect to child labour or lax environmental laws. And as potters, you're absolutely right- we don't affect the commodity markets - we're too small. We can decide to not use a product if we know it is produced unethically but that's about it . The problem though is labeling. How do you know where your cobalt came from? Or all those diamonds I need to hurry up and buy for Christmas! I'm adding something else here about labeling - I was buying toothpaste the other day and tried to find out where it was made. I went thru the whole rack and 99% just said imported and wouldn't say from where. I finally found one that said "made in the USA" and I bought that one. I don't want polluted toothpaste!
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They used to say that about DeBeers & South Africa about diamonds. Then a South African "defector" by the name of Chuck Fipke came along & spilled the beans to the geological community about specific pathfinder minerals in diamond exploration. It had been a company secret.
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Sarcasm ? This is the same country just caught releasing fluorocarbons into the atmosphere again - who needs an ozone layer, right? The US military is working with companies that mine rare earth deposits . There's a new processing plant in Colorado, with the ore mined in Texas. Guess its a strategic commodity now! The price of cobalt indicates that the supply is being met. One of the major producers in the DRC has been shut down for 6 months and the price of cobalt has still dropped. It's too unstable to operate there. Future battery production may not use cobalt. Cadmium is just bad news https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596182/
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short person (me) + tall kiln = leaning over too much to reach=
very sore ribs.
Took about 1 1/2 months to heal.
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sounds nice !
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I am not too short just getting old. I put a false floor in my electric. I laid old firebricks with space between them on the bottom being careful not to cover my vent holes and then a shelf of top of the bricks. The shelf was one that had broken in half so I made sure it had a nice gap. I called Skutt about it and they said they didn't think it would fire properly. I think it fires more evenly than it use do. I have a dual pyrometer and really had to adjust for a cool bottom and hot top. Now there is a minor difference. Denice
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sometimes things work out for the best!
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I have Arne's book too and I've visited Gary Holt in Berkeley to see his beautiful high temp work on southern ice. But I'm interested in the low T work too. Gary didn't toss anything down the drain- when I was there he advised me to wear protective clothing, mask & goggles & gloves..... and work in a ventilated area and make very, very small amounts solutions - only what you would use up on your project. The problem for me is getting the ingredients - a few are somewhat easy to obtain but in Canada most are too difficult to get unless you are a commercial lab. So far I've made a few things with polar ice at cone 6 but the lower T processes seem really interesting - you'll have to post results! Any skiers on the hill yet? I've started an exercise program to get these old bones moving for winter!
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How does it fire afterwards? Any odd warping or anything???
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drying a large slip cast item - still in the plaster form- is it better to leave it upside down to drop out or will it dry faster right side up?
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It seems to dry/absorb so slow- its still in there! It was the right SG too so I'll keep it right side up . I may have complicated it all by having a paper-plaster mix behind the solid wall.
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Can you send some pix?
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with the next try- decided to start again- back to the model to remove any imperfections so it will be totally smooth & then I'll insure its a smooth one-shot pour for the plaster.
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podcasts : Marketplace, Planet Money, Freakanomics - its all so interesting & entertaining
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It's tiring isn't it!
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I burnt hand in the kitchen again! I'm getting a set of protective raku style gear for the kitchen
Plus its such a bad time to have an injury!
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I hate cookin. Problem is I like eatin.
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You will stop looking for new glazes when you "kick the bucket". If you believe in an afterlife, then never. Firing results may vary in heaven vs hell
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My wheel acts up too - its a pacifica. I should try to rewire the foot- just been too lazy to try. They have some new shimpos at the studio I belong to - they are sooooo nice
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moved the wheel back into the basement from the outdoor shed.
any other cold weather people starting to get cabin fever yet?
It's a real thing
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Snow and ice here in PA, seems like one storm quits and another is behind it. 4hrs a day shoveling and scraping just isn't fun.
best,
Pres
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Maybe you folks can build snowmen and creative with your carving tools to make it interesting...
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Spend too much time in the snow as it is. The ice is granular, and not very carvable. It does not pack, and is very heavy. What bit of snow is there is between layers of the ice.
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It's a bit chilly here this week and my wheel is in a shed that is outdoors with a gas heater. -27C so maybe I should think of something else to do.
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should have said "a tad chilly" like the Brits
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Thanks! Going to try a small one myself first though. I'm not a production potter so It'll be a one -off for me -
I love bacon so that would be good for me!
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how does it work? I see a hole for drainage but do you lay the bacon over the edge?
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still haven't had a chance to make any cone 10 stuff but I'll get there. Maybe we can go in the spring for a change?
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wouldn't it be great if that actually worked? (butt freezing) Like that "cool sculpting" you see advertised all over the place
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been trying some mold making. Think I prefer the wheel.
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Your wheel work is outstanding from what I can see on your Instagram site. I like the Raku yarn bowls and tea light holders in particular because I've gotten requests for both recently. Your work is an inspiration for me! As for the mold making, like anything else in ceramics, there is a definite learning curve. It's just a matter of whether or not you want to spend the time on that side road of your journey...
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Thank you ! Got up this morning and had a look at yesterday's disaster & thought of another way to tackle it. You're right about time and having to just do it to learn.
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Mold making for me is not as immediate as wheel throwing. I make lots of mugs, each a little different even thought they start with same amount of clay. Making all the same would be boring on the wheel, but mold making not so much if I could get through the first part to the second part. However, I am not really interested in going with all the slip casting process.
best,
Pres
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-28C, colder tonight
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