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a few more variegated over bmix is bluer teal blue Lakeside Pottery clear blue really shows thickness differences - I've got some work to do here Aardvark light blue gloss variegated over red is greener faux celedon

Unloaded second glaze firing Sunday last, looking forward to th' third! From top left, clockwise Some bmix bowls, teal blue, light blue gloss, variegated glazes; chattering highlighted with underglaze and/or glaze, clear over. Clear glazes crazed on every bmix piece except one, ; the other glazes behaved well, except the light blue crazed some over bmix Some red clay pieces, teal blue, variegated, white, faux celadon and clear glazes, chattering highlighted with underglazes bmix bowls, light gloss blue over bmix Closeup of variegated over red clay; looks bluer over white clay. I love this one - from Bill van Gilder's book (the blue teal is from his book as well*) Closeup of faux celadon over bmix, same highlighted chattering; this is variation of Marcia's recipe The lessons, so far, fairly typical sieve them glazes adjust sg and jellyness of glazes to hit thickness without running and dripping cone pack on each level be able to see the cones when approaching target temp be careful loading and unloading toss flawed pieces into recycle pile - don't let them take up time, nor space don' expect glaze that fits this clay ok to also fit that clay :| test test, learn learn, repeat *I'll post recipes if anyone's interested

Tools, that a good'n, e.g. banding wheel - which was just thinkin' (uh-oh) yesterday has moved from someday to need it now* - which most all can be done on the wheelhead, but anywhere one wishes to move the banding wheel to, e.g. at eye level. I'd like to try a Giffin (or Bailey's version? discuss?); that said, my nerves/damage don't do tap centering, however, line up visual, then turn/scribe, move, repeat is gettin' faster for me, typically one or two moves does it. *now that I'm glazing/waxing dozens of pots at a go instead of a few at a time...

You gonna like dat'n! ...err, you prob'ly a'ready do; your foot's gonna like't too! ,) My experience, Skutt honors the warrantee from time of shipment to retailer; they can tell you the date, should you wish to ring'm up. Should you ever get clockwise, it can be done simply enough - reverse'n' wires.

Just startin' out, so there ain' much throughout to gaze back on; that said, mostly two forms have made I - bowl, mug. A few others pop in here an' there, e.g. lidded jar, utensil holder, tortilla warmer, pitcher, however, I'm mostly stayin' focused on just the two for now. Although interested in plates, they take up some room inna kiln, hence I'm looking at the other end of the spectrum - the spaces between larger pieces - for nexts, as in small vases, soap and lotion dispensers, clock faces... ...an' I only have four shelves (eight halves)

Silly* studio details/thing(s) overlooked - how did I not see't? ...bought a cheap-ish 2000g digi scale last July, just noticed that it was miscalibrated to display 1/2 grams! Either I never calibrated it, or (more likely) used one of the two 200g weights to calibrate it last July. It does what it's told to do. For test batches of glaze, it's proportions that count, so no harm there. What jumped out at me this week: at first, thought the cheap-ish 100 ml graduated cylinder I bought was wrong, haha, as 100 ml of water weighs 200g? No matter, weight of glaze/weight of water for same volume yields specific gravity, but why is scale "wrong," hmm? The good news bein' all them balls of clay weighed out these last eight months were half the weight me "thought" - hence why my pots so small for the weight of clay concerns evaporated like morning mists ...hrmm, mebbe the foot tall three poun' cylinder club me can join sooner over (much much) later? *Silly as in obvious and outcome mostly harmless; that said, should members wish to recount drastic/tragic scenarios, go to it - if any tragedy could be averted, it'd be worth't

oops, cater corner from Trinidad Elementary on Trinity Street, yep. My brother and I spent summer '70 there, an' several weeks every summer thereafter until grandpa passed; I don' remember being there in 60-61 when gramps got hurt - I was little, err, young.

We have two plain ol' Toto units - water savers, easy clean. Side side note, Gran'ma an' Gran'pa lived cater corner across from Trinity elementary ...looks like 463 Trinity St on google map, was a clothing store last time we were there, ~2005

Just startin' out here, not likely to run out of glaze questions, ever; ah don' even have the rainbow dialed yet - no yellow, orange or true violet. Mark, you gonna love your toto.

^ good question dh Thinkin' 'bout Mark's question raises (for me): What type of mentor/mentee (wow, "mentee" actually dictionary word*) experiences have you had in wheel? From how long to learn to how. Wheel instruction in the two classes I've had consisted of brief demonstrations, then go to it. Students who had questions or were obviously struggling got one on one and/or small group instruction. I'm not complainin' - I'd rather toodle and stumble along than get instruction that don't fit me; that said, perhaps timely and appropriate mentorship may have helped? May help in future? Any road, my mentor is a motley of visual (realtime and video), print, stills. In the other direction - I'm no one's mentor in wheel! *a manatee learning from another would be a manatee mentee, and same who'd ordered tea would be a manatee mentee who meant tea, and...

"Don't get me started on the disrespect of educators." to or from? :| jk! ,) ...add coaches, custodians (aka cleaners, sweepers, janitors), an' …"old" people. Back to leavin't'alone for a while (gestation), that so true! Is it the subconscious mind? ...I think so; for bigger problems, a night's sleep can really help as well. Makes sense to me, as my conscious mind ain' much. The ten or fifteen minutes of hot tub after a hard swim has been a magical time for me (goin' back many years) for visualization of solutions, also a sit down before turning for home when out onna bike. Looks like dry roads today, whee!

What's a realistic amount of time to spend... Time at the wheel vs. calendar time, yep; "quality" focused time, yep on that as well. ...to produce quality thrown forms... I'll add consistent in thar, in terms of the keep to slake ratio high and repeat forms as well. From there, I'll echo idk, as I'm not yet peddling; I believe some of my pieces are plenty good enough, however, the keep to slake ratio is low and I'm not repeating very well. Furthermore, I'm tweaking the shapes and styles. When I see* where a groups of pots can go on a shelf together, then I'll put'm out there. From what I've seen over the last year*, range appears to be never to a many months of focused regular practice, most somewhere in between. Never - just that; some of us will never learn to swim well either. "Several" months - where some pieces are good; the keep to slake ratio may be low, but there's a few good'n's every once't while, really. I'm basing this on what I've seen, not my own work, ahem. I'm feeling lucky to have spent two semesters in a fully appointed lab ~eight hours week - there's no substitute for being with others, imo. Whilst there is lots of good info in books, magazines, utube, etc., they don't depict how mistakes are made very well (haha, which in Wheel I we're all doing - one can learn a lot from mistakes), also real life examples of sound skills (each does things just a bit differently, right?) besides many other dynamics. Any road, I'm not seeing where it would be easy to find a throwing teacher around here - there's the wheel, do this, go. What type of experiences have others had mentor/mentee (wow, actually dictionary word) in wheel? Else has in person "influence by others" been mostly by watchin'? I'm a gonna go throw for a while. :| * "see" in the sense that things we've become interested in are alla sudden seen differently, and that seeing evolves, perhaps quickly at first, as our interest/knowledge/skill/taste... evolves.

Online (folks' websites, e.g. Tony Hansen; utube vids; this forum) first, then books an' magazines, then real live peoples - that order due to the volume o' time/material/info each. That said, I miss visiting the local JC ceramic lab every week , there's no substitute (imo) for seeing evolving work in real life, and interacting with others in real time. There's alway something new/different to see - e.g. th' way Liam rakes his right hand fingers up the cone when centering, and how he's using the inside of his left thumb on the rim. ...two buckets o' water, hmm, like it, goin't'try it now.

,) haha! my take was e'body burpin' and "yeeaah boaah" in unison at pizza night.

Pop said catawampus (an' a few other things, ahem). Nice pot! Also cattywampus. Origin of catawampus 1830–40 for earlier sense “utterly”; cata- diagonally (see cater-cornered) + -wampus, perhaps akin to wampish Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

I haven't given counter clockwise much of a chance (flipped that switch right away) - only when demo-ing for a counter-clocker; hence, clockwise is important. Also important, true (not wobbly, or not a lot wobbly...) wheel head and (agreein' w'Mark and several others here) smooth gas pedal. I like my Skutt, however, also liked the Brents and Baileys I've had a chance to drive. Other important stuff include well prepared clay that be behavin', not cold and/or smelly water, clean-ish work area, an' that I'm actually ready to rock. That last bit seems to make rather a big difference - comfortable, relaxed, not cold, hungry, tired, distracted, impatient. Also agreein' with Mark that almost always music or a radio show me like. I just added more light. There is a large window behind, garage door windows on the left, and shop lights above and to the right, however, depending on the time of day, I'm flipping on lamps that shine from behind (over shoulders), right and left; doesn't take much eyestrain to drain mah poor lil' brain. Add the few tools that I like and use, ready to go - each in they place an' not encrusted w' filth. ...oh yeah, decent bats, an' tool to lever'm off with.

Over th'wheel, that's a great idea! I'm looking at repurposing a small workbench to a wheeled cart (a set of 2" casters on Amaz-ing is ~sixteen bucks) - will it fit over my wheel? hmmm

That table looks new; you build't?

Aaah, memories! Our first home had a low crawlspace - get between joists to roll from front to back. The word "swell" reminds me - suggest long shirtsleeves and pants, both secured with rubber bands (plural), and pants tucked in socks, collar fully buttoned up, and look look look before entering. I find both black widows an' fiddlers (brown recluse) in the oddest places, e.g. in the garage/studio, right where I'd put my hand; tucked up in the garbage can hand hold; outside the front door, between knee and forehead level.

I've used countersink on small holes - the angle is steeper, hence I prefer a larger drill bit to chamfer larger holes...

I'm using drill bits for holes - drains, and particularly, hollowing out knobs; I like the clay spiraling out! ...if the clay is a bit damp, then the chips stick in the flutes, hence a hole may take a few steps... from there, a larger bit makes a nice chamfer. I'll start with pilot hole, then move up to a larger bit... Cutting fluid, that's a good idea Chilly!