Hulk Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 ...very handy when formed into a sphere, then fastballed at your scheming brother as he sprints crossways, then expertly ducks such that said fastball slams into brother in law's f head. ahem, carry on. Callie Beller Diesel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted October 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 @Callie Beller DieselI really like the box form with the resist design. . . .works really well on the dark clay with the snowy glaze. I love making the boxes, and when I was doing them I could sell as many boxes as I could mugs. Time involved is about the same, but the finished effect looks more valuable for lots of people. I would display them with bath beads or salts, paper clips or other things. They work really well in bathrooms when you have toothbrush holders, soap dishes and other things for the bathroom. Some people even talked about using them for salt as salt pigs were not lidded. As far as cold, snow, ice, and all that comes with it. . .these aged bones are not up to it . keep it! best. pres Benzine and Callie Beller Diesel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 @Pres I’ve only just started making them, but I think the wax resist designs have a lot of potential for play. And the snow won’t last at this point. It’s supposed to go back up around freezing next week. (Also Pres, did you read the latest Dresden yet?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 17 hours ago, Callie Beller Diesel said: It's snowing here now. Snow? Yeah, heard of that, think I saw some in the sky, was it this decade or last? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted October 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 @Callie Beller Diesel(last Dresden. . . still finishing, sad about Murphy, scary) Working with boxes can be really addictive, I did a run of potpourri burners in the 80's, tower with a ball shaped box on top, lid was carved with pierced decoration to allow the potpourri fumes to escape from the votive candle burning in the chimney base. So many variations of the same form can create some really neat pots. best, Pres Benzine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Pres said: @Callie Beller DieselI really like the box form with the resist design. . . .works really well on the dark clay with the snowy glaze. Ditto! In regards to weather, we had a couple inches of snow Sunday early morning, which is not normal for us. So then of course the next day we got several inches of snow to really accentuate that point... Funny thing is, it happened while we were at School, so all we could do was watch. Luckily, it didn't impact the roads at all. Callie Beller Diesel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 I mean, you don't live in Canada without learning how to drive in the winter. We'd be at home too much otherwise. I was thinking the boxes would be ideal for butter, as it comes in 1 lb bricks here. These are of a size that they should be able to hold half a pound easily. ( @Pres, yeah Mr. Butcher and I were friends off for a few minutes over that one! There's more than a few bombshells in this one.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 OK, you two. are you talking about an author? i have been through so many of them this year that my library is searching for some to keep me busy. spill it, please. best so far Cup of Light. by nicole mones. (porcelain) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted October 23, 2020 Report Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) @oldlady Jim Butcher is an urban fantasy author who's largest and most ongoing series is the 15-book-and-counting Dresden Files. They follow the adventures of Harry Dresden, Chicago's resident wizard. Pres and I discovered we were both reading him in the "what are you listening to in your studio" thread earlier this year. If you'd like more details I'd be happy to share them in dm, but I should probably stop hijacking the thread here. Edited October 23, 2020 by Callie Beller Diesel edited out redundancies and bad grammar Pres, blackthorn and oldlady 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 for a while now, Alice Hoffman rediscovered, David Gerrold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Two bisque loads to be glazes today and two glaze kilns loaded. Fire on Tuesday.Holiday sales have started liambesaw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Not able to work in my studio, hand doctor appointment Thursday. We also got some of the snow, broke a record from 1888, I hope this isn't a sign of the winter to come. The forecasters said it was going to be a mild dry winter. Denice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 This thread hasn't gotten much love recently. Right now on my workbench is a small load of "sailing mugs", old school travelers. Also been doing some water etching on porcelain with shellac. Just finished some Christmas orders, still have more to do unfortunately, and I need to replace my elements of course, something always happens when it's crunch time. Benzine, Rae Reich, Hulk and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) need to be able to use more "likes" at the same time. BTW, liam, you are also using bat inserts. i have tried for 3 days to get my photo of bat and inserts onto my post re versa bats. Edited December 2, 2020 by oldlady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, oldlady said: need to be able to use more "likes" at the same time. BTW, liam, you are also using bat inserts. i have tried for 3 days to get my photo of bat and inserts onto my post re versa bats. I love my bat inserts, I have 60 of the inserts and I know the old schoolers see them as a crutch, but I have never enjoyed removing things from the wheelhead and don't have space for 60 full size bats or plaster bats (though I do have quite a few of each). They also take up the same amount of space on a ware board as cutting off the wheel so worth the investment to me! Callie Beller Diesel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Hey your "sailing mugs", old school travelers. are what we call Motion mugs or Trucker mugs or Travel mugs.I still make and sell them. I attach a neoprene rubber bottom on them so they also make them no skid. I can pm you a source if you want them Rae Reich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Mark C. said: Hey your "sailing mugs", old school travelers. are what we call Motion mugs or Trucker mugs or Travel mugs.I still make and sell them. I attach a neoprene rubber bottom on them so they also make them no skid. I can pm you a source if you want them Ooo nice! I call them old school travel mugs just because I remember my grandpa having them in the RV back before cup holders were standard in cars lol. I had someone ask me if I've ever heard of sailing mugs before and thought it would be a fun project to make a couple dozen, as soon as I googled sailing mug I recognized it immediately. My grandpa switched to the flying J nylon travel mugs shortly after that, and I think I still have one of those too, hah. The neoprene sounds like a good idea for these if people are really gonna use them in a moving vehicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 As to the workbench I'm overloaded with demand currently. I open my booth on the 11th -build it on the 10th same day I unload two glaze fires. Every outlet is selling like crazy -one gallery sent a email today as they sold all the tumblers today to one customer (48 of them) . I called them back and said more on the 12th. My organic markets are outselling last year by a bunch. This years xmas season is nuts and since it my 40th something season thats saying something. To top it all off covid is on the rise now even here behind the redwood curtain. Rae Reich, liambesaw, Hulk and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 liner glazin' Callie Beller Diesel, Min, oldlady and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronfire Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Needed a change of pace and had lots of pieces ready for my wife to paint so I made this, to bad the board cracked but it adds character. liambesaw, Min, Pres and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 2 hours ago, ronfire said: Needed a change of pace and had lots of pieces ready for my wife to paint so I made this, to bad the board cracked but it adds character. That's dang nice looking, especially with the crack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronfire Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 I thought the crack added to it, here is another pic that shows the board better. Hulk and liambesaw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 2:33 AM, Mark C. said: covid is on the rise now even here behind the redwood curtain. Seems like it's rising everywhere. We've just had another 4 weeks lockdown. Now my county is on tier 2, but looking at another local lockdown as my nearest town has rising cases. Too cold for pottery, concentrating on spinning and knitting. Babs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 It’s photo editing day! LeeU, oldlady, Hulk and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted December 13, 2020 Report Share Posted December 13, 2020 Changing elements in the big girl today. Last cone 6 firing took 13 hours, but it was pretty packed. No more Err1 for me for a while. Bill Kielb, Callie Beller Diesel and Hulk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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