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  1. Starting to read thru the gerstley borate substitute items on the forum.  Has anyone tried Tom Buck's dry mix substitute?  Or do you think its less problematic to just go with Gillespie Borate?

    1. terrim8

      terrim8

      another evaporite mineral! - I just bought a 50 lb bag of Laguna Gerstley Borate so I didn't need a substitute. Started mixing up glazes today. Will add a few touches to the raku kiln in the morning so I can operate it by myself, then I'll have more pictures for the gallery.

       

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  2. Starting to read thru the gerstley borate substitute items on the forum.  Has anyone tried Tom Buck's dry mix substitute?  Or do you think its less problematic to just go with Gillespie Borate?

  3. Starting to read thru the gerstley borate substitute items on the forum.  Has anyone tried Tom Buck's dry mix substitute?  Or do you think its less problematic to just go with Gillespie Borate?

    1. terrim8

      terrim8

      OK with me as long as I can make my recipes!

       

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  4. Starting to read thru the gerstley borate substitute items on the forum.  Has anyone tried Tom Buck's dry mix substitute?  Or do you think its less problematic to just go with Gillespie Borate?

    1. terrim8

      terrim8

      I thought they went out of production? Guess I'll check at the store today. I have to make dipping glazes.

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  5. bit of hair stuck out from the face shield while raku-ing today - its crispy - good thing I have a hair appt on Fry-day :rolleyes:

  6. bit of hair stuck out from the face shield while raku-ing today - its crispy - good thing I have a hair appt on Fry-day :rolleyes:

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      terrim8

      I kept the avatar because of the similarities. 

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  7. bit of hair stuck out from the face shield while raku-ing today - its crispy - good thing I have a hair appt on Fry-day :rolleyes:

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      terrim8

      See that picture above . That's from heavy reduction at Medalta. That was fun. So's the new kiln :ph34r:

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  8. going to get a new burner today :mellow:

  9. Got  my 2 new raku kilns sprayed with rigidizer. Now they just need the kiln shed finished to get them protected from the weather. Last year it snowed -22" around Sept. 15th. First frost ( its late this year) is expected next weekend. Happy to have those kilns out of the studio. I now have 3 raku kilns outside the dining room patio door.  It makes it easy to read the pyrometer.3rakukilnssmall.jpg.26fc1b75a9b0421dd52ddab4ccaa9ae1.jpg

  10. Got  my 2 new raku kilns sprayed with rigidizer. Now they just need the kiln shed finished to get them protected from the weather. Last year it snowed -22" around Sept. 15th. First frost ( its late this year) is expected next weekend. Happy to have those kilns out of the studio. I now have 3 raku kilns outside the dining room patio door.  It makes it easy to read the pyrometer.3rakukilnssmall.jpg.26fc1b75a9b0421dd52ddab4ccaa9ae1.jpg

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      terrim8

      You sprayed the whole inside with rigidizer? I just did around the base rim , where the top sits. This is my first raku kiln- I guess if I have to do it over, at least the basket is good. Should I go get more rigidizer to spray the whole inside? Plus, I have burner problems- see my update. I'm learning the hard way. Much of my stuff is recycled. The insulation blanket was recycled & dusty. I picked up the burner that a drill crew left behind from a job. The bricks at the base were recycled from an old kiln, etc. I probably have to get a better tiger torch tomorrow.

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  11. anyone have a good patching mix for bisque? Thinking of trying to use paper clay as the patch material but the body is regular clay.

     

  12. Summer must be here as the board is slow  with less posts these days

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      terrim8

      true, only reason I'm posting is that Im injured on the left hand w stitches :(

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  13. sleet , high winds and snow last night. Rain this afternoon and then more snow tomorrow. Planning to fire obvara on Tuesday.

     

     

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      terrim8

      wow- haven't heard anything about that up here! Forest fires kind of spoiled our summer here last year (for hiking in the mountains & general air quality)

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  14. sleet , high winds and snow last night. Rain this afternoon and then more snow tomorrow. Planning to fire obvara on Tuesday.

     

     

  15. sleet , high winds and snow last night. Rain this afternoon and then more snow tomorrow. Planning to fire obvara on Tuesday.

     

     

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      terrim8

       We send out our snow your way I think Marcia- but our weather is great today! I should have messaged Denice- I wondered where the drought was. The geese are flying north here today like they are late for a dinner reservation- huge flocks heading north, one after the next. They've been stuck here with bad weather for the last month. I think the bad weather is finally over now! I sat out on the porch this morning with just a cardigan in the bright sun and blinding white snow :)

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  16. sleet , high winds and snow last night. Rain this afternoon and then more snow tomorrow. Planning to fire obvara on Tuesday.

     

     

  17. sleet , high winds and snow last night. Rain this afternoon and then more snow tomorrow. Planning to fire obvara on Tuesday.

     

     

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      terrim8

      I think we're entering a new ice age. On the bright side, ski season has been extended in the mountains!

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  18. Another middle 60s day great for drying out pots-This past week has been great weather for pottery drying outside

  19. Away for a few days, cabin up the coast, wifi can be spotty where I'm going. 

  20. Snowy Saturday. A gallery owner is coming by this afternoon after skiing with his family.

     

  21. You know how you southerners blame the Alberta Clipper for cold weather? I grew up during the cold war and we used to blame the cold weather on the Russians! :D

  22. worked in the studio after finishing taxes this week. Preparing for the 3rd annual Ceramics Invitational at the Radius Gallery in Missoula in May.

  23. just recycled a s___t load of Polar Ice. Its so expensive that you can't toss this stuff. Made out of  New Zealand halloysite. 

     

    1. terrim8

      terrim8

      For salt & soda : P700, H570 & H550. I like them all but 570 mixed with 550 is my favourite & it has a few speckles - Callie recommended that mix. The P700 is nice and even translucent a bit in part,even covered with slip when you hold something up to the light! I guess so far I have only used their clay. 

      Plainsman doesn't get involved in exploration, other than within a short radius around Medicine Hat.

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  24. Finally, I got 8 items up in my website Shop. That means I now know how to do the next 100--all the behind-the-scenes integrated detail work involved, since no, you don't "just" upload a picture and slap a price on it!  

  25. Falcon heavy launch, probably the best thing I have seen all year.

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      terrim8

      just read the wiki synopsis -  a little to prophetic & grim - think I prefer to look on the bright side of life (aka the song from one of my fav films)

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