[Countering the effects of gum in commercial glazes]

Anyone know how to counter the effects of gum in commercial glazes?

Since the whole point of gum is to slow the drying and make the glaze paintable I'm trying to do the opposite and spray the glaze + have it dry like normal glaze.

 

[Retrofitting spraybooth]

Thanks for the input everyone! I ended up installing a shimpo table top wheel under the glaze booth. 

[Retrofitting spraybooth]

Hi there!

I have a Laguna glaze booth that I'm looking to add a speed adjustable electrical motor to use as an electric banding wheel while glazing.

Somehow it needs to survive contact with water/glaze or be entirely isolated from it.

Anyone have experience with building something like this? Thanks

[RAM die maker / mold maker]

We're a Portland based ceramic studio looking to work with a die maker / moldmaker on many immediate need projects.

Professionals only, we make tiles, vases, lamps and dinnerware.

Contact clayfactorceramics@gmail.com  Thanks!

[Flameware casting slip]

Curious if anyone here have made flameware with slipcasting? Flameware is the type of wares you can put directly on stove, open flame..etc

[QotW: Do you schedule maintenance activities in the studio or have a non structured format for maintenance?]

Two full studio cleanings (vac, mop, clean water restock..etc) a week. Got a studio janitor a few years ago, best money spent. 
Every Friday is glaze stock check day where all the glazes get made and tests fired over the weekend to start using them the week after.
Kiln shelves cleaned and kiln maintained on need basis (always have backups of everything, extra full sets of elements..etc)
Studio tools cleaned after each issue. A bit of a cleaning fanatic as you can tell..

[What's On Your Kitchen Table?]

I don't have a photo, but there's a 5L wine box.
And bills. 

[QotW:What studio habits do you have that others have warned against?]

Eating and drinking. I still sand the occasional couple of pots without proper protection and never fail to put pots in the kiln before they're properly dry...

[QotW is What, How or When did you become interested enough in ceramics to decide that you would be making pieces some way the rest of your life?]

I went to basically a trade school for my college education in commercial arts. I used to walk home from school to save money  everyday and happened to walk by a ceramic studio.
Had taken plenty of pottery classes in high school and had a passing interest in it. For old time sake I thought and signed up for a class at the art studio on a whim. 
Within 2 weeks I was going to the studio after school around 7pm and walking out at 5am to the sounds of birds chirping (and unfortunately missed more than a couple of classes) 
You know that saying "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why"? Well, not to be too dramatic but ceramics just checked all the boxes for me.. What was mysterious turned into acquired knowledge, what was technically impossible became possibilities as I progressed. And progression led to ability to envision new ideas. And I still can't bear to go a day without clay on my hands..