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Min reacted to High Bridge Pottery for a status update, There's a skip full of IFB for free. Now to work out how many I can fit in my car/gar
There's a skip full of IFB for free. Now to work out how many I can fit in my car/garden.
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Min reacted to Chilly for a status update, Thanks to the mods for dealing with all that spam.
Thanks to the mods for dealing with all that spam.
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Min reacted to Hulk for a status update, Recommended initial fire underway! I'm guessing that making will now be more about ma
Recommended initial fire underway!
I'm guessing that making will now be more about making than practicing and experimenting.
I'm watching the temp differential between the instrument I'd used on the prior (fully manual) kiln and the new kiln's displayed temp (not sure if it's a composite/average of the three thermocouples, the middle one, or?), which might help, for I'll be trying to replicate the firing profile I was using afore*...
Finished up the wiring today; it was all done except for terminating at the main panel...
*Thanks to those who'd shared their initial experience on making the leap from fully manual to auto!
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Min got a reaction from Hulk for a status update, I put a huge bowl of water out at the edge of our driveway during the summer for dogs
I put a huge bowl of water out at the edge of our driveway during the summer for dogs out for a walk. Went to change the water just now and somebody has stolen the bowl. Hmmm, back to using a bucket rather than one of my bowls.
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Min reacted to Joseph Fireborn for a status update, Spring time in Georgia. Beautiful weather inspires me to get out in the studio. I jus
Spring time in Georgia. Beautiful weather inspires me to get out in the studio. I just cleaned it up and organized it, which means I very well might make some pots for the first time in 2 years. Had to make sure the potters wheel even still worked today. Thankfully it buzzed right up. Kiln turned on as well! Whew!
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Min reacted to Hulk for a status update, We closed today! We have keys and remotes; tomorrow we'll start moving things from st
We closed today!
We have keys and remotes; tomorrow we'll start moving things from storage.
The garage space has one big "two car" door and a one car door.
The one car space will become ...Studio!
My plans include putting up a wall to close off the one car space, with a person door near the back - door with a big window in it, to catch some of the light from that North facing window.
We'll run wiring in the new wall, separate the overhead lighting from the rest of the garage, and add several flat mount LED lights up there.
The heat pump thing will go on that far wall somewhere, the kiln in the corner by the rollup door.
It's a nice space. The window isn't as big as the prior Studio's, but it will bring it a lot of light, being Westerly.
The space is a bit bigger.
The roll about shelving we negotiated for from the sellers.
I'll very likely use a few of them on the Studio side; they are adjustable and very stout.
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Min reacted to Hulk for a status update, Moved! We made it all the way to our new town* ok this last Sunday. Most all our stuf
Moved!
We made it all the way to our new town* ok this last Sunday.
Most all our stuff is in storage whilst we stay with our Son and look for a new house. The movers left my wheel and a box of clay near the front, so I might set up to start making greenware** if I get bored, heh. ...no idea where my ribs, sponges, stick, chamois an' all are. However, this town has what appears to be a fully appointed Ceramic Supply store! !! It's open on Tuesday and Saturday, I want to go to there...
This was a nice space to work in.
That big window supplies a lot of light.
Lots of shelving, just enough counter space.
The next space, I'll need some heating/cooling, for it gets both hotter and colder here than Los Osos...
The back yard was coming along.
Just about everything needs a pruning.
I hope the new owners keep it up and, And, keep the bird feeder full...
There are many of the same small/songbirds here in Chico. Interesting that the House Finch here has a slightly different song than those in Los Osos.
*Chico, California
Where IMCO is just over a hundred miles away; I'll be able to make a clay run on little more than a whim!
**I'd smashed a hundred fifty plus hours of work into buckets for reclaiming later on.
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Min reacted to Pres for a status update, Sue and I celebrate our 50th anniversary today! Pres
Sue and I celebrate our 50th anniversary today!
Pres
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Min reacted to oldlady for a status update, congrats to Hulk and the management who picked him! glad to know another Tom, all the
congrats to Hulk and the management who picked him! glad to know another Tom, all the many i know are great guys.
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Min reacted to Dave Earley for a status update, I am currently building a fiber blanket kiln using a steel dog kennel, 2x2x3 ft. Hope
I am currently building a fiber blanket kiln using a steel dog kennel, 2x2x3 ft. Hopefully I will be able to finish firing these pots.
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Min reacted to JohnnyK for a status update, It's been 7 weeks since my spine surgery and I'm happy to say that the procedure was
It's been 7 weeks since my spine surgery and I'm happy to say that the procedure was a total success! I'm back to doing everything that I couldn't do and more. No back or leg pain at all. Looking forward to firing up the wheel again!
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Min reacted to Mark C. for a status update, Just packed up my largest whole sale order ever-will drop it off 200 miles away next
Just packed up my largest whole sale order ever-will drop it off 200 miles away next week. The beat goes on
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Min reacted to LeeU for a status update, Made it another year......now, into the bleak midwinter--oh, relax, it's just a song,
Made it another year......now, into the bleak midwinter--oh, relax, it's just a song, not a prediction. Hope everyone has a good one!
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Min reacted to JohnnyK for a status update, Yesterday was the last day for the veggie stand this season, so it's time to get back
Yesterday was the last day for the veggie stand this season, so it's time to get back in the studio and start producing for my foray into a local farmer's market this fall as a craftsman...
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Min reacted to LeeU for a status update, Pleased with myself--had a good time peddling my wares at the First Friday Art Walk,
Pleased with myself--had a good time peddling my wares at the First Friday Art Walk, Portland, Maine, a sidewalk event held on the main drag near the fine art museum. No registration fee, no tent required, close-in parking, & I had a helper!
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Min reacted to oldlady for a status update, at last, the kiln is on, it is full. sale will happen after all. i am going to sit do
at last, the kiln is on, it is full. sale will happen after all. i am going to sit down and do nothing..............
(i had planned to start the firing on last monday)
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Min reacted to Mark C. for a status update, 9,600 watt solar system is up and running after 5 months of on and off agin work on i
9,600 watt solar system is up and running after 5 months of on and off agin work on it.If the suns out we are gettting prepaid power.24 400 watt panels
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Min got a reaction from Hulk for a status update, Gray skies from clouds so much better than from smoke. Happy to have the rain!
Gray skies from clouds so much better than from smoke. Happy to have the rain!
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Min reacted to Joseph Fireborn for a status update, Finally maybe at last back to pottery now that my youngest is 8 months old. Life is c
Finally maybe at last back to pottery now that my youngest is 8 months old. Life is crazy!
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Min reacted to Marcia Selsor for a status update, Been working on color development using soluble salts preparing several articles for
Been working on color development using soluble salts preparing several articles for publication.
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Min reacted to Joseph Fireborn for a status update, Made some breakthroughs in my glaze work this week. Finally going to have some stabil
Made some breakthroughs in my glaze work this week. Finally going to have some stability in the final product which is what I needed to move forward in production quantities for online, future shows and galleries!
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Min reacted to High Bridge Pottery for a status update, Found a house with space for a studio. Been a long 3-4 years with little to no potter
Found a house with space for a studio. Been a long 3-4 years with little to no pottery ;[
Excited :DD
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Min reacted to Joseph Fireborn for a status update, Working on a soft blue glaze today to celebrate the gender of my baby on the way. I t
Working on a soft blue glaze today to celebrate the gender of my baby on the way. I think I might do some limited edition work in a very soft robins egg blue since that is my favorite mason stain to date. Finally getting some time in the studio again. Life is crazy.