Someone gave me a massive kiln. It stands about 4' high and is about 4' square. It has a kiln-sitter control. The outside is metal with a hinged lid mechanism. I have no idea how to use it. Please direct me to a website or something for instructions. I thought about selling it and buying a...

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Hi, I design and produce a line of unique mini glass molds to use with glass frit or powdered glass. They have an open design which allows them to heat up and cool off very evenly. They're very easy to use and the results are very professional looking. If you'd like to see the full line I offer,...

Are ceramic wine coolers glazed both inside and out? Most of the terra cotta ones I've seen aren't glazed at all. I've recently seen several in ads hat appear to be glazed both inside and out but wonder how they would chill the wine. I'm thinking about glazing only the top 1-2 inches of...

The last Clayart omnibus edition that I have received was dated the 24th December. Is this correct, please, or has something gone wrong with my mail system? -- David Hewitt Web:- http://www.dhpot.demon.co.uk

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:58:32 +0000, Susan wrote: A friend wants some bricks for surrounding an outdoor fire, and he wants to be sure they'll withstand fire and ice, and anything else the universe can throw at them. He wants specific relief images on one side of each, so...

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I have been lurking for awhile now and was hoping to post with ya'll, if'n ya don't mind. I'm a novice to pottery, have a wheel, a kiln and 500 pounds of clay. What I don't have is all the experience ya'll have, okay, I have NO experience... yet. But I'm game for anything. I see you advise...

Pottery in the Making by Dora Lunn ARCA Dryad Press VGC Great old book on pottery,sections on the histiry as well as instructional,very well illustrated with photos,diagrams etc. Some headings:- Handmade pottery/ Slabwork ,bricks,tiles / Throwing / Firing-biscuit / Kiln maintenance / Firing -...

After reading lots and lots about the many s-r s out there, I've narrowed my pics to Northstar vs Bailey -- 24", standard models. Can't find any real user notes about the Northstar with its nylon gears. This equipment will not be my main worker and I'm not going into great production, so the...

I'd like to get started making pottery at home. I enjoyed my class on pottery when I was in high school, but they never taught us the ins and outs of finding electric wheels, kilns, the different types of clays and glazes, and where to find all the supplies for making it at home. If anybody can be...

About 15 months ago I had to put away my pottery tools and wheel and as the new year arrives the time has come to start again and I'm finding that my wheel is not as smoothe as it use to be. I have a four year old Brent C. It has been in my unheated/ unairconditioned garage most of that time. I...

i was passed an idea on how to make self watering devices for larger planters. we all have seen self watering devices, little figures made in bisque, stabbed into a potted plant. hold maybe 2 ounces of water... this idea is to make a LARGER bisque bottle, and burry the bottle in the LARGE pot. ...

Hello, Just thought I'd introduce myself as I have just joined the group. I found google groups today and was pleasantly surprised to find one dedicated to my passion! I work out of a corner of my garage. When I was in school (I've recently graduated) I high fired, either reduction or salt/soda...

I am trying to do a test where I put down a layer of black glaze or underglaze and then put a layer of white on top of it and have it appear as if the black weren't there at all. This is the most extreme case of a completely opaque glaze covering something below it. I am doing all my tests with a...

Has anybody here played with PMC (precious metal clay ) yet? I just got a kit for Christmas and have been reading through all the literature. I opted not to get an expensive mini kiln just yet, but got what they call a "hot pot." Cute little pot, like 2 bisque flower pots (sort of) lined with...

Hello, all, I'm not a potter - rather a librarian doing a research question. My patron has a mold that he has made himself for a ceramic mug. He lives in South Florida. He's looking for a place where he can pour the (whatever it's called) into the mold, fire it, glaze it, etc. As I said, I...

I have some pieces that were meant for a pit fire. They have been burnished so if I fire them with my regular bisque (which I generally fire to cone 06) then they are going to lose their shine. What do you all think of bisque firing everything at the lower cone 010 (or even try pushing it to...

I've been looking at the roller posts and saw that some of you use 30" slab rollers which makes me wonder, how thick a slab do you roll out? I've been rolling thin slabs for hand building, from 1/8" to 1/4" using home made shims, with a thick 2" dowel, I've been doing all my rolling by hand. Am I...

I am having trouble sourcing C4 glazes. They are to go on quite textured non functional pieces, usually in conjunction with oxides (parts with glaze and parts with oxide, not necessarily oxide under the glaze) so while they need to provide good coverage, I dont want them to obliterate the...