Semi-OT: Potters who are also mystery lovers may enjoy "Uncommon Clay" by Margaret Maron, a mystery involving Judge Deborah Knott and a family of North Carolina potters that seems to be marked for death. The pottery aspects are presented fairly well, and the plot is pretty good. However, the...

Kudos to Wayne Seidl for his Bikextruder in Clay Times (Nov/Dec 2007, pg 64)! For those who didn't get this issue, the Bikextruder is made totally from parts scrounged after a hurricane came through his part of Florida. A vertical piece of PVC pipe has a slot in it where you insert a plug of...

Hello, all. Just thought I'd share a gem that I stumbled onto. I ordered a book called "Harmonograph - A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Nature" and it turned out to actually be a set of 3 books, the others being "Essential Elements - Atoms, Quarks, and the Periodic Table", and my favorite: ...

I just finished this book and thought the group might be interested. I got mine from Hamilton Books for $4.95. Here is the direct link: http://www.hamiltonbook.com/hamiltonbook.storefront/497072cd000df720271d424d36d60672/Export/products/7031599 The description (from the above link): "CLAY:...

Just starting out in pottery. So I'm at the point now that I need some tools. Anyone have any to sell? Also looking for a glass kiln, sm. new to this group. regards, bob

Can anyone direct me to a web site where I can obtain a ceramic Water Crock spigot (valve) replacement part? Thanks

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Does anyone know if I can get clay from Williamsburg Pottery Factory? We visited there in Summer '03, loved the place, and brought home a 25 lb brick. It didn't last long. Would love to get some more but need it shipped to Michigan. Any info would be appreciated!

Someone posed this in sci.materials NIST has recently published a free ebook on fractography. Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses (Special Publication 960-16) was written by George D. Quinn. It is modestly labeled a "practice guide" but actually is a 537-page book with lots of images. It can be...

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Can anyone give me any info on how to fire a decal on a sink. Thanks so much.

Free booklet tells how combining "obsolete" controls provides equally good results at a fraction of the cost of "high tech" solutions. Happiness and success in kiln firing means consistently achieving good results from low cost, easy to use equipment that operates reliably and efficiently. Too...

We have an electric Sno Kiln of unknown vintage that has been donated to our church. The local crafts store says parts are no longer available for these kilns. It needs at least one switch (there are 4) and the band around the lid needs hardware such as a new handle and what appears to be a...

The new videos (3 hours worth) for beginning wheel thrown potters are now available. You can read the details on my webpage at this link: http://sondahl.com/potterydvd.html There are also the two hours of DVD's for intermediate potters there. Brad Sondahl -- For my comics, pottery how-to videos,...

I just watched Unbroken Tradition a portrait of Jerry Brown, a ninth generation potter from Hamilton, Alabama. If you have broadband internet, you can watch it too for free at http://folkstreams.net/ It was filmed in 1985-6 but could have been made in the 1800's for the technology employed--hand...

I've changed servers, so a lot of my old pottery pages will have changed addresses. You can access them all at sondahl.com Brad Sondahl -- For original art, music, pottery, and literature, visit my homepage http://sondahl.com To reply to me directly, don't forget to take out the "garbage" from...

Although most people have been very positive about my instructional DVD's, about one in 10 of people that have gotten them have had trouble playing them on their DVD players. To add to that, last week my email program lost most of my emails, including a couple from people having trouble viewing...

Due to circumstances temporarily beyond my control, my website's been down for 24 hours or more, and will be for a couple days. I'll post again when it's back up. Brad Sondahl -- ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1...

Being always at the front of every battle (and occasionally cannon fodder), I've started issuing operating instructions for my pots, beginning with the mug. Wow! I bet you wished you thought of that! My mug sales are likely to skyrocket! Moo ahh hah hah! You can see my outstanding instructions,...