glazenerd

so i have been contemplating this, and I think you need a 6x6 dance floor in the middle of the studio so when a good song comes on you can just drop what your doing and break down. for example:

If you're really feeling groovy you can mirror the ceiling so your disco ball really lights up the place.

And, glazenerd, it's life I'm high on. Thank you very much. LOL

Feel like I am right at the threshold of formulating an entirely new brand of clay. My wheels have been turning for sometime about this.

Neat man. Keep up the work!

If it is porcelain that throws like stoneware count me in.

Oh, Bill said, "if you are going to throw a lot, use soft clay". That was my primer. Now I'm loving it. Best wishes.

Yeah, I've been doing this for fifteen years, and I still run into issues. And many times, it isn't me, but the clay. I use a clay that is far too stiff. You'd think I'd learn, but yet...

Best of luck in your endeavor. You'll ge there.

Ty Mark- Benz.

I prefer the term fell in a hole. = )

Then I need to go ask Alice, I think she will know.

Sing this song while you make pots. "Give me love, give me clay, give me wheel to throw, Give me hope that my kiiiiln won't go coooooold," and repeat.

Tom, don't you have an editor really close by, isn't your wife in the publishing business? 

Correct Min. All the more reason I found the unsolicited offers to help most generous. Some technical review will still be required. 

Gotcha. Yes, potters have to be some of the most kind and generous people I know!

I refer to them as oxides because most usually do; they are actually lanthanides.

Interesting- had to google it. The oxide is used in glass and it is an interesting read.

Does the Holium add pinholes :-)

elf? Is there a season on them? Don't tell Santa.

LOL, glazenerd!

Love that one Marcia!

Ty very much GEP

I was advised to also clear my cache which helped my prob.

THe prev. bookmarks don't work for sure.

I'm curious...how many of you have had a MAJOR Windows 10 update? Come to think of it, my prob started right after the update...

eight isn't everything. But congrats on your height in this case. Well done. through sheer determination!

Marcie: I am not only testing my ability, but also testing the ability of the clay.

I heard about bigger crystals in 17-you heard it here 1st

Is that a challenge?

Is 2017; crystal smack-down year?

Do it now. W. Clement Stone quote.

Ty Giselle, Joseph, Ron.

Oh dear! On a positive note she has family to help.

The invasion has begun. Better put on the aluminum cones. LOL I hope you were able to get your kiln going again. Story weather is beautiful; if you don';t have to fire.

Can the controller be repaired? If these storms are persistent you may have to install a lightning rod ;-(

I turn off the main panel breaker, and individual breakers when I know they are coming through. This one got be my however...

Babs; could you PM these links to me please. Keep getting error messages.

google david Snair crystalline glazes, I saw some of hiw work in an old Cermaic arts monthly mag, just a couple of beautiful pots.

Test results in the Slip Recipe thread I started.

Please do. Given the time period, a brave undertaking on your part. No programmable controllers in 73. The only thing I remember from 73 is Pink Floyd playing in St.Louis.

I wish I could have heard pink floyd in st louis!

Ha! I saw them in 69 at Connie mac stadium in Phila. in a thunder /lightning storm. very cool.

Joel: those who think they know it all are the ones who have stopped learning.

I think pottery is an area where your vista is constantly expanding ... The more you learn, the less you know for sure. The narrower your focus, the wider your possibilities.

The more years in ceramics it seem the less I know

Guess I have to wait another week, the delivery truck broke down yesterday.

Paul: what I like about your work the most: always outside of the box.

Bruce: I know it is a challenge: just having some fun with it. Stirring the pot with a little throw down.

I have had good results from offering a virtual foot rub.

Yes, you will get there! Gotta start somewhere. With me it was very small cylinders that I started with, I didn't make decent bowls till about six months ago.

Sure you will get there..Keep making mistakes,you'll learn more...i use to do more often..Practice Practice and Patience will count !!

awesome.

Joseph: It will be over a month before I get done testing various parameters. I work with a five clay blend recipe.

Oh my mistake. Fun stuff?

Ah that's not too bad. Did a little maths and it comes out at £0.90 a kg and I pay £0.70 a kg

Excellent.

I would be interested to read it.

Best of Luck!

We hit 85 today. That's above normal.

Hahahaha that's what always happens to my plans. Today I shall throw! Clean the studio instead. Today I shall clean! Spend hours throwing. At this point when I decide what I want to do I should just laugh hysterically and go sleep under the studio table for a couple hours.

I fired a glaze firing Saturday it was 70 here. I'll be ready for another glaze firing by next weekend.

Min: sadly that is a true comment.

Sounds good. Hope your christmas is bright and merry.

Have had two get stuck in my garage ... takes some doing to get them out!

I had that happen also, we tried everything even ran down to the store and bought a feeder and put sugar water in it. They finally left when it was lighter outside than in the garage.

Getting away from clay is needful as well. The potter's passion for clay is a consuming fire at times. Gets really intense when you get on the path of a new glaze, form, or technique.

Keep experimenting, watching with interest.

Thanks Tom, I've never put much effort into my glazes mostly going with what was available and trying to make it work, sometimes with success and sometimes not so much. I can do pretty much with the clay  as I wish I think, I'm a novice working with glaze chemistry and my experiments salvage jobs at best. Not that they don't work...the end result of the combination of glaze, and firings winds up being to complex to depend on. So the search for bright colors I like continues my last c6 celadon was disappointing , my own fault doing little bits here and there with ceramics I need to focus. 

I'm in the north Nevada desert now finding everything but gold, tacks, bird shot, nails, bullets...did I say bullets lots of bullets and shells, tiny tiny bits of rust up to big old pieces of tin...spent the better part of today finding and replacing one of my tires that turned into something resembling a birds nest, the Nevada desert hates tires you see their shredded remains everywhere out here.

Marcia: results posted in Glaze Chemistry thread under "Coma Clay." You will enjoy them.

not sure what coma clay is but becarefull you do not fall into one

Mark: Coma is the name I gave my custom porcelain tile recipe. Coma as in - no memory.