Mark C.

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Claer shiny glazes show it off best As mentioned it will wear off and should not be put in a dishwasher I think of lusters as not food safe but they are to some degree-they just wear off easy-think gold lines on china that wear thin fast with use. They are a top coat just barely fluxed I have some gold on a flask that wore off in my 20s pretty fast.

Its a opalescent luster sometimes called mother of pearl-and yes its still out there as an overglaze on a shiny glaze fires to cone 017

Its a machine not made any more so you will not find it.. At one time they where custom made for $500 from a guy in Oregon in the 90s. He is deceased and then machines have been off market for decades. They where great for glaze removal ,clay slip cast lines etc. Just a good old wet spong will do that job

Stamp the circle with whatever your image is. Make your own stamp or you can buy one. I have been around a zillion mugs with stuff on the sides either mine or others back in the day-My studio assistant made women bike mugs for years-I think a few photos are in my album if you look. We use a small needle bulb to apply the glaze (thes ecomes with a few micro tips) or colorant into just the indentations and spong off any extra (usually not needed). Then wax over it to freeze it or glaze it and wax it whatever system you are looking for in the outcome I have a power sponger if you are doing say 50 of them. My guess is thats what Deneen does as well Once you get it down its easy-just takes time lots. of time. I had a potter who supplied the local natiuona and state parks with logos of redwood trees with park name on each mug as I said seen a zillion of this type of work. You can order your stamp in metal ,wood or make your own in clay

Skutt kilns are sectional-this one looks to be a solid body Old cress for sure-have you called them?

I think the bailey should do 3/8 no issues-I'll try 3/8 and see myself. Is your canvas stiff or soft? and does your outfeed table fit tight against bottom roller? I have the Bailey 8 foot table is your home made ? as the outfeed is critical hieght and tightness

I am noticing some side cracks so maybe that clay is a bit to dry/hard? I just rolled a few 4 inch peter pugger pugs thru in one pass down to a 1/4 inch on my 30 inch Bailey electric -this is about standard for me in one pass-made some wall fish and fish plates and some oval platters today. The porcealin is pretty soft as well

I put about 1/2 a pug cut diagonally so it vee shaped with the long side catching the rollers. If its not vee shaped I piund it down so the thin edge grabs the rollers. I never use say a think slab-always a really thick pice or two of clay that rolls off as it squeezed . for me it canvaa on bottom and the smooth cardboard like slab matt brand on top (no canvas marks)

I slap 4 logs together and drop them onto my wedging table and shape them into a standard 25# pug then cut them into usual amounts to throw

Buff clays are very abuntant

What are top and bottom carriers? fabric or something else are you using a few pieces of clay or one piece? I just shot some pugs today thru my Baily 30 inch electric and ner get that on bottom?

I think B mix is the wrong clay for this. It does not slab well (staying flat) like to cracks as well and drys super uneven. I work in porcelain 95% when I need to do slab work I choose other white bodies I make larger press molded baking dishes -that body is white -its 1/2 porcealin and 1/2 wso called 1/2 and 1/2 the WC number is 382. Its made for slab torture. I suggest a body thats more up to the task any white body with finer white grog will work as well. I also will add as other below me on the waster slabs or sand or grog to allow the slab to move as it shrinks in the fire

looks like a cooling crack to me Also high fire body is not mature and a bit punky also amy be a factor ? The high fire clay, low fire glaze is not an issue with moisture weeping? can you explain the forming technique as this could be the factor ? Looks a bit like toilet lid-what is the size of the piece?

I think of these as old school machines-If your studio is huge and it can be forgotten in a corner and the price in super cheap than yes but really you will need to pug and deair the clay still which a modern tool does all in one step. For me its a waste of time and free would not do it but keep in mind I have moved up to way better equipment long ago.

Sure long ago (the 70s) mixed it in a tub added my slop -dryed it in huge plaster tubs-ran it thru my vertical Alpine pug mill (before most of your times-these maching stood 5 feet tall) came out rough -had air in it and was short-agged it for a few years still short.I was in my 20s and in the middle of the schooling of hard knocks which I got a degree in about 10 years after my art collage degree. You try every thing until it kills you-listen to know one except a bad back and sore body-I went for the advnaced hard knocks degree Gave up the whole darn deal. Never looked back-My time has always had value Nowday I have two peter pugges and still would not make clay . The only reason for me would be to make a body I could not buy one. Maybe a self throwing body if Glazenerd can devise one for me as that is the only body I cannot buy as of now.You would weigh the balls drop them on the wheel and step away as it throws itself.

Those cheap moving blankets over clay will also stabilize temps and slow down the drying

I mixed 3 tons once in a soldner mixer once darn near killed me unloading it all. Ran it thru a bluebird no airing pug mill.-clay was short for years. I learned my lesson-I commend you on going ahead with the school of hard knocks-I was 30 years old then-I hope you are in your 20s That soldner mixer is a back killer at least for me other may love it On the clay getting hard deal I have a master tip for you Use a small round 2-3 inch round throwing sponge (this is so you can ameasre the same amount every time but submerging it ino a bucket of water. Now unbox the clay and open the plastic bags-depending on how dry they are its one or two or three squeezes of that full sponge (two is usllay fine) retie the bag and drip them into the box and put a arrow on it.Fip the box everty day for 4 dasys to cover all sides of the longways pugs inside. Then store-this clay will now be even weteness once agin within a week . No to bother with underwater or wet towels. I have done tons this way of porcealin which is harder than most Bodies to rewet. I bought 12 tons for years once a year and some got hard. My clay is 13 hours away one way so your clay seem close but what do I know. Oldlady said it above -buy in bulk and store it in a cool dry place.The price breaks add up.

Callie I started in 1972 so the fairs/wholesale was the deal for a long long time. Heck I have not done a new fair since the early 90s In my carreer I have had zero reason ever to go online but its all about timing-its a different world out there now.I would hate to be starting out. I have left many large long time shows in past 20 years especially since my slow down plan kicked in. I gave up Denver on Labor Day-Seattle on Memorial day-those two shows right there gave me 14 days back. Then Tempe twice a years for 25 years straight. Most of my fairs have over 50% return customers with some way higher To some degree its about drive-I have been driven in clay for so long I only know one speed. Many cannot handle the business aspects and they can be tough-rejection from shows (took 10 years for me to get into Half Moon Bay Pumpkin show for example ) lots of rejection and untold application fees. After 25 years I walked away from that show (15K show) about 7 years ago because I just felt like it during dinner at show Sat. night. Leaving huge successful markets at this phase is pretty easy. So glad I have not had to spend time promoting myself in the social world-as that would take away making time which for me has been the key element-Heck I just loaded two kilns today recovering from some serious bronchitis I have gotten to the point long ago that I learned from another potter-many the pots get them to the customers then its thier issue-for example my visa card reader crapped out on a huge money day afew years ago. Just stuffed the pots into bag with a card saying the amout they owed me to send later via mail. Those customers are now for life as trust is long gone in life for most.They cannot belive you will trust them. They are now like bulldog about your wares in the future they never let go. Etsy could never do this for me. No matter how much time I spend online. Make the pots and lots of them then get them in front of humans the rest is easy.

Pres you need to be using Pirate ship-its a super deal with UPS and USPS rates-The best deal I have worked with by far. Anyone can sign up-you just need a printer and a scale and a ruler

I cannot image selling 10,000$ in a day like I had once recently on Etsy so you must be refering to small slow amount of sales. To do a big art show you to have lots of wares. For me etsy is a one off deal or a small slow burn on sales. My etsy friends tell me now its full of more clay than years past and that pie is cut into many more slices . Art show potters are usually not a small table affair but a huge booth of wares with backstock. They come for big sales and there are now very few of them. The etsy deal is not at all the same folks like for example like to feel my plates before buy the dinnerware set -same with a mug-The net is far away from that personal experience . Yes etsy and other Venuses sell works no doubt but customers like to touch and any venue that afords that potters with thrive better . I have some aged out professional potters selling thier left overs on etsy and thay say it will take a decade vs one show-that a huge difference in time and sales Intsead of etsy how about having a shop sell it less hassle The etsy is good venue for hobby start ups or a line that does not require touch of for someone who wants to work at home . The potters I'm refering to who are not applying to shows these days are those who never did etsy. The volume is to great. For a professional like me I want to go gather a bunch of $$ in 2-3 days and they get back to work .Etsy will never do that for me. I have a current costumer mail order for 200$ to 250$ and stopping to sort and pack and ship slows me down from my usual work. That sounds flippant I know but its the truth.

I gave that up long long long ago (hard deadline where I’m beholden to someone ) its all on my timeline and schedule-been that way since I can recall. I have made a life my way and never have bent well to others demands-been that way since youth As a potter you get to pick and choose thats the beauty of it I'm in the drivers seat and have been for many many many decades . The only fixed dates are shows and now there are only two and one I pick the dates. Now with no options for store galleries or shops in terms of new potters. You are really in control. I had some customers in Wa state last week take a gallery road trip on the Oragon coast to buy ceramics -the whole trip they said was a bust -no more potttery in the galleries. Not sure whats going on back east or up North of the border but out west we are te last of the Mohicans I just raised prices again when I got home on some items and dropped them off in the shops last Sunday

I suggest unless you have power mixing equipment say like a peter pugger you forget the whole dry thing. The factor you never spoke about (gas .travel, dry vs wet costs) was your time and a quaility clay product at the end of your labors . Clay makers mix the clay ,take the air out of the clay and pug and bag and box your clay-you cannot even ever come close to doing this yourself and think you are saving a thing. Especially money now if you have a lot of power equipment for clay making and tons of FREE time then lets talk more Now its it dry slip casting clay thats another story but you never mentioned slip. PS I have bought dry clay in 50# sacks to add to anothrer clay body (custom blend) and what a pain-I donated most of that dry clay to an art center as a tax write off decades later

Just make sure the generator puts out clean power like a Honda which puts the output thru an inverter. The amout of amps that a model A needs is very small

One thing I never whant to be is a potter making pots for unknown customers only. That is no shows or cointact with customers. That contact which started in 1972 selling pots to real people direct is one of the reasons I'm still in it today. Making wholesale pots was something I avoided for 2/3 of my career . Wholesale is something I came to late and slowly. Now I could only do wholesale if I liked that. I still need some customer contact.