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I think it's counter productive to think looking at pots is counter productive. That's the mindset I stay in. Sorce

Wire type matters too. Something braided or like the Mudtools Squiggly wire will create a better gap to lift off. A thin smooth wire will just keep it stuck. Sorce

Sweep and ....... You ever hear the Bill Burr when he uses that voice and says, "oh, it's pesto"... That's the voice I hear taking about wood ash, "it's caustic, it's caustic". I don't even like that word! Sorce

I had a Potter Friend pass this year. 102 and used to drill through asbestos kiln lids. Fear Nothing! Sorce

A phase? Sorce

Hey @liambesawdon't know why I read that oval kiln post this go round...but...I would consider Rectangle shelves and utilizing the empty space of the oval for tall things like that birdbath stem. I got a 27inch tall space right next to my upward burner, stuck a 16in vase there the other day, came out like 4 tone, fading up in melt. Really dope. @Mark C. There won't be any "filling the shop" with these! Lol! They call big Bonsai trees 2 man or 4 hand trees, I call this "Four Hand Barbie". Sorce

I'm scheduled for a move or not in spring too. 2021 ...in the black ....jack! Sorce

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You could send me down to the river and I wouldn't even need the van! Find a spot where the erosion already carved out most of a kiln in the bank, supreme to find an old dead hollow tree in the back to dig through as a chimney. Light a fire, dig the clay right there, paddle em up, and toss em in! Sorce

My first thought was, anything you can't find in the woods is "technology". However, a depression in the earth to turn a round pot and an anvil and paddle were once new technology. So I believe a "History of Pottery Tech" would be more wholly encompassing and easier to.... Not argue about? Lol! Sorce

Nanobot tech that walks clay particles into place. Sorce

Lol! I thought you meant reduction of teaching/learning rates! @neilestrickI forgot to mention that customer of yours.....that's CRAZY! How awfully backwards! Sorce

Of course, especially when it is from your children! Sorce

They left the pyramids, and we are going to leave cheesy 3d printed garbage that you can buy at that store in the mall that sells hookas and 3 ft tall leopard statues for the house! For me, electricity is finite. It's not that I won't introduce technology, but I love the fact that you need absolutely nothing but things easily found in nature to make pots. You can paint with earth pigments and, in the right cave, maybe have it last forever, but nothing has the potential to last as long as pottery. If we respect this, old, natural art that is part of our evolution as humans, we can introduce technologies to our studios. If we don't respect this, it's not that we can't introduce technologies, but when the electricity goes out, those of us who do are stealing your customers! Hell with "copy and paste" "art". Technology is Finite. Sorce