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14 hours ago, Pres said:
Bought one of those for the HS I worked at. Great wheel, solid, good motor and controller. For most potters it would do well, but for the HS with 50 min. periods and clean up at the end, better to have the other version with the removable splash pans. Next 3 were those.
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Pres
So true, that giant molded non-removable splash pan would suck in a class environment unless you connected a drain hose to the hole and literally hosed it out after class, they are a pain to clean when really messy. They do keep the mess pretty well contained though, which I really like. Anyway it was not what I would have chosen, the cost made the choice for me.
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Bailey pro 50r wheel and Skutt KM818, both for a thousand bucks, I've spent more on classes.
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Mine is really loud as well and I was really bummed about how loud it was, but as far as bothering the neighbors, i would say there is NO way someone could complain about that level, our HVAC is WAY louder than that and it runs all the time.
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1 hour ago, neilestrick said:
7# base slab with a 1" tall wall, then stack two 12.5# cylinders (all while wet) and pull and shape. After it stiffens up a little bit, I add another 12.5# cylinder to finish it off. So 45 pounds total.
LOL! I thought I was doing pretty good now that I can get up to around 16 lbs...
2 bags of clay, that is heavy duty man.
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My wife is very sensitive to mold and I have a studio in our bathroom. It's not the clay, it's your local studio. I NEVER smell mold in my studio space, except sometimes when I first open a bag of clay. Cheese never bothers me either. Like Liam, I get a little anaerobic bacteria from the iron in our well water and that's the worst offender.
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Waxed and ready to glaze
1 bottle, 1 vase, 1 bowl, 10 mugs, 11 berry bows
and 4 plates that are our 15yr anniversary/test design for shape, weight, durability since it was last week's class subject, feeling pretty firmly in the intermediary category now, gettin there. It will be so awesome when I'm not throwing "a" bowl, I'm throwing "MY" bowl, another thousand pounds or so maybe, hopefully, lol.
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Those are super cool!
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I started a new topic so we don't derail this one any further:
https://community.ceramicartsdaily.org/topic/21553-glazing-big-bowlslarge-objects/
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I DESPISE making big bowls, the throwing part is great, the glaze failure rate for me is heartbreaking. I can fit 24 mugs in my little 818, if 1 or 2 fail, no biggie. The kiln will only hold 2 big bowls and at least one always fails, they don't fit in the glaze bucket, I suck at the pouring method, crawling, pinholes, too thin, drips if I try to mix colors, it's always something. We did sell a bunch during the holidays and I am down to 2 left, and I have 2 bisqued that haven't been glazed because I dread the failure.
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I only have like 9 tools, there is no need for organization, lol.
Sponge, wire, needle, rib, trimming stick, then after the wet part I just have a 2nds mug with a knife, paintbrush, scratchy tool, trimming tool, and a needle tool that stays out of the wet stuff. I have some more 2nds mugs with other tools but I rarely use them. I have a plastic bin or 2 with tons of stuff I never use.
I'm down to only making mugs and spoon rests though, I stopped making anything that doesn't sell, and gave up on trimming the bottoms of the mugs as people don't seem to care.
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On 1/16/2020 at 1:15 PM, Hulk said:
Hot and cold, large laundry/utility sink is next door to the studio, hence water in the studio is by bucket. Settled throwing water is separated - slop to slop bucket, clear water back to throwing bucket. Settled cleanup water is separated - slop to landscape watering, clear water back to cleanup. When either get all nasty, when a fresh load of water is in order - to the landscape!
Almost the same for me, I have the utility sink outside connected to the garden hose with a large plastic container underneath acting as a trap. I do have a sink inside where I throw but I don't use it, not sure what clay/glaze would do to a septic system but I'm sure it ain't good.
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2 feet of snow... ya'll are crazy!
Feels good to have something on the bench, life's been busy, wife sold her store, we opened a new one in a nearby small town and I've actually sold a few things there already, tried a booth at a local shop that rents booths but it's not done much better than the rent. We had to practice like 30 hours for a gig at a friend's party, that was awesome, made people cry, felt good to nail it for a change.
Anyway, uggg, you don't throw for a while and for me anyway, let's just say the first few mugs will have carving around the bottoms, a couple might not make it due to thin bottoms, and I felt a bit rusty, lol. Sure does feel good to spin some mud though, nothin' like it.
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Sponge holders and berry bowls, just loaded the kiln with these and some 6 lb bowls.
- Min, GEP, Callie Beller Diesel and 3 others
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3 hours ago, LeeU said:
I want to say something about language. It is essentially ingrained & inherited from how and where and with whom we grew up and hung out with. When someone like me (old school NY street life) says things like "look, pal", or a southern waitress calls me "sweetie or dearie", we are not name-calling. It is just habitual expressiveness that has not been willfully changed. I used to say "F- this and F-that, you M'rFk'r (which is now more commonly expressed as mofo--go figure!) repeatedly, every sentence, non-stop. And I could not stop--had no reason to, and then when I did have a reason to, it was rough. I had to be taught how to change my world view, my stance in the world, and my mouth. I had to--painfully, I might add--practice, practice, practice, literally for years until I could speak like a decent mainstream person in a variety of settings and communities.
Ha! My first experience with a real New York city native was very close to this, wildly offensive and aggressive, ill mannered guy we all thought hated us, until, near the end of our interaction, said "You guys want a F*ing beer?" At that point we realized we had misinterpreted his intent the entire time, he was actually a nice guy.
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Organic and dirty vs. clean and clinical, they both serve a purpose I think.
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I like the yellow throwing water drips! (Bowls are cool too...)
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On 3/13/2019 at 10:36 PM, Mark C. said:
They should sell better than the imports and they should sell for more. make this clear for the next go around that if they sell well they will cost more next time.
Thanks Mark, I hope you are correct! I will let him know when I drop of this batch.
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He has chinese ones for $20, so I made the deal for 12 each, that's a 60/40 split in my favor. He's gonna buy the original 30 pots and ask 20 for them, set up in a separate space inside with a sign designating them as locally made by a potter to see if people will buy them. He thinks we can up the price a bit if they sell.
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QotW: How do you organize/hang/store your ceramic tools in the shop when using them or storing them?
in Int'l Ceramic Artists Network (ICAN) Operations and Benefits
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I only use like 12 tools so they are not that hard to find when I need them. Throwing tools and sponges live on the wheel and trim/handling live on a small table behind the wheel. Wax and tongs, drill/mixer live on the glaze table, kiln stuff by the kiln
Having said that, I do have a ton of duplicates, and other tools I rarely (or never) use, most of them live in a clear plastic gallon bucket and if I need one I can see it, and one other plastic bin filled with useless crap I will never use, but I might, maybe, but I won't, but I might find a use for it.... bah! Need to Marie Kando that ...