Can anybody tell me what chemistry is involved in ash glazes? Chemical reactions involved, atoms or molecules involved, etc.? I am a biologist devloping a "Biology Through Art" course and would like to incorporate ceramics in some way, thinking perhaps ash glaze since it involves wood (plant...

Hi everyone, How do the Shmpo VL Whisper Creative Industry Big Boss or the new smaller Brent compare for maintenance issues and for throwing ability? I am a hobbiest and can't imagine ever centering over 10 lbs of clay. The Shimpo is is expensive but looks like a terrific wheel that does not...

Sometimes I will catch one of my 6 cats (it's the same cat each time) trying to eat my clay. Usually it's when it's leather hard. Especially when I am trimming he will jump up on the table of the wheel and steal a ribbon of clay as I trim it off the pot. Will it hurt him if he eats it? I take...

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I have consistently noticed upon entering pottery stores not only in the USA but also in Europe, that many of their offerings are pretty much the same: low-quality, non-artistic highfire garbage. The stuff they produce is badly proportioned, oddly shaped, devised apparently not to aid actual use in...

Hello my name is Craig, I am a Craft Software programmer and I have recently developed a Craft Internet Networking program for download. It's a software application that allows Crafters and Hobbiest from over 80 different groups to advertise their work through jpeg image files and through text...

I'm a potter from northern michigan, specializing in making unique one of a kind ceramic instruments, including (African style hand drums)Djembes, Doumbeks, Udus, Ocarinas(circle flute), flutes, shakers and marimbas... I work in mostly high fire stoneware but i do have a line of drums and ocarinas...

I am dissatisfied with the results I am getting from "Duncan" glazes as far as blending colors in their underglaze products. I suspect that to get what I really want, I will have to learn a lot more about glazes. Where should I start?

I've talked to one kiln dealer who doesn't sell them simply because he hasn't had requests for them, but earlier today I found one online for 675.00 and that's with furniture and shipping. I went ahead and placed my order for it, however I'm wondering if anyone has any experience or opinion on it....

Lindsay MacArthur wrote in : I am trying to make a 14"-16" diameter shallow stoneware serving bowl but I have not had any success. Each of my bowls had cracked while drying. What am I doing wrong? Since the bowls...

Are there any people interested in ceramics / pottery in the Lima, OH area. Japanese pottery is my interest...pleasee write if you share similar interests. I've noticed lots of junk post on this discussion group.

I am living in Lima, OH. Wondering if anyone is interested in pottery, etc etc etc....

So I had just about decided to set aside a little bit more money than I really should spend, and buy a slightly larger kiln. But I found that I probably won't have the electrical outlet I need unless I either hire an electrician or supplant my dryer. So alternatives are the cheaper kiln and an...

Hello everyone, I'm making toad houses and I was wondering whether or not to glaze the whole thing or just the inside or just the outside. Toads like a moist environment so if I don't glaze they will get that but to make it easier to keep clean maybe I should glaze. I' firing to cone 6 so it...

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I want to look at some thrown vase like pots with paired handles that I have always called "urns", but apparently, that word has been taken over by the cremation folk. Does anyone have links or galleries with such things? TIA

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