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Morter and pestal? by Bubbles
Hi everyone :-) I am typing from Switzerland and have been "potterying around" for about 3 years now. I am making good progress and have an old (cheap) used wheel here at home on the terrace that I can use when the weather is nice. I also go take classes once a week and will be renting that...
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June 24th 04 08:58 PM
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Onion- and garlic-crock by Bubbles
Hi guys I have now started on a garlic crock that looks like a garlic, and an onion crock that looks like an onion.... shapewise now, hopefully finished color also. Shape and all are fine - and making the tops into lids is not an issue... but what do I do after the shapes are finished, so that...
November 2nd 05 01:43 AM
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Nights by Bubbles
I am now going down to spend a little time in my workshop before bed. Spoiled as I am, I have a stereo system and a teeny tiny (6") TV down there. I sit and fiddle with my clay and watch dvd's and my soul rests and breathes. Quietness is wonderful. Marianne
November 7th 05 06:08 PM
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Preserving paperclay? by Bubbles
Hi guys Got the recipe for paperclay from my teacher on Friday and mended my low-fired pot with it tonight. But I have lots of leftovers. She told me that paperclay goes "off" pretty quickly, but if I dry it out, would it then be preserved until the next time I wet it - and the next? Marianne
November 22nd 05 10:56 PM
by steve [email protected] Go to last post
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Pot lids that end up not fitting :-( by Bubbles
Hi everyone, and Happy New Year!!! I have been off the computer since before Christmas (it was sitting on the dining room table!), and am glad to be back! My problem is this: I make globe-shapes that I fashion into "something" (eg. an onion) and then cut around the top to separate the bottom and...
February 21st 06 11:14 AM
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Bottoms becoming rounded in firing by Bubbles
Hi all! Been away for a while, but now I am back! I got a kiln for my birthday - just a little, used one, but it works a treat! I make these round little things http://ceramics.nsen.ch/slides/20060101-j-12.html http://ceramics.nsen.ch/slides/20060101-j-13.html and am having trouble with the...
February 23rd 06 01:03 PM
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My first home-firing! by Bubbles
Hi everyone! I got a little top-loading kiln for my birthday (spoiled, I am!) and did my first firing to 1050 degrees C this weekend. It was a mixed bisque and glaze firing and went very well. I have a couple of questions, though: One of my pots was making little "crackling" sounds hours after...
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March 6th 06 08:12 PM
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paper-clay? by Bubbles
Hi! I got a recipe and ingredients to make paper clay from my teacher, but it doesn't work - it always loosens after firing! If it is just thin places, can I "just" add some clay, dry and refire to bisque? What makes the paper-clay adhere properly to the bisqued clay? Any smart recipes without a...
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March 19th 06 01:13 AM
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Cracks already when nearing bone dry? help! by Bubbles
I have a piece I have spent hours on. It is now almost bone dry, though I am holding it back. It is showing small cracks at the bone dry stage. What should I do so the cracks don't make trouble for me??? Marianne
March 12th 06 02:30 AM
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What to make for my niece? by Bubbles
Hi again! My niece is being Christened soon, and I will be one of her godmothers. Thus, I would like to give her a very special gift, but am at a bit of a quandry as to what to make. I thought an angel that could hang on the wall over her bed (or at least in her room) would be nice. I have some...
September 15th 05 01:59 PM
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Mechanical help mixing recycled clay? by Bubbles
Hi folks! Up until now, I have been recycling my clay manually, but this is holding me back when it comes to doing repetitive exercises on my wheel, as I think about all that clay I will then have to moosh and dry and wet and dry and knead. We have spent quite a bit on equipment for the workshop...
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August 31st 05 06:00 PM
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Reclaiming clay - with or without lumps? by Bubbles
Hi folks! Full of questions tonight! I have just started my first time trying to reclaim my used clay. I have 3 different types in 3 different buckets. Seems I got the water/clay ratio a bit wrong in one or two, but evaporation (or adding a bit more water) should fix that, right? My "problem"...
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June 24th 04 02:25 AM
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Why #112? by Bubbles
Hi again - again! Hehe! Last question for tonight! I have been reading through the group, and find that many of you have problems with clay #112, still several of you still insist on using it. I'm not being fresh, here, mind you - I am just very curious as to why such a problematic clay still...
June 26th 04 03:06 AM
by sandi Go to last post
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Weird lip when pulling up by Bubbles
Hi folks :-) Being just a beginner when it comes to turning, I need to get rid of bad habits before they lock on. One that I have notice now is that I somehow pull some of the clay too far up, so that I get an extra loose lip at the top. My only guess is that I was turning with long fingernails -...
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July 22nd 04 02:43 AM
by Deborah M Riel Go to last post
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Breakthrough! by Bubbles
"D Kat" wrote in message ... I love those moments. I actually keep having them. Something that I never thought of as being difficult suddenly is just "natural" or "in the zone".... The sweet spots in life! Nice to hear that you got...
July 30th 04 12:33 AM
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Biggest blunders? by Bubbles
Hi guys! You are being so quiet these days and I love to read from you - so starting a topic I am pretty sure most of you will have input to! What have been your biggest blunders? Either technical or practical - I don't care - I just want to know what big mistakes you have made (potterywise) and...
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September 17th 04 08:17 AM
by annemarie Go to last post
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Mist/fogger fountain? by Bubbles
Hi everyone! I just love those mist/fogger fountains and found a mist unit (with colors that I can choose/change) that I can put in one. As opposed to a "nomal" fountain, the mist fountains have this mist that should move. Should I design it so that the mist slips out onto the table, or maybe...
October 23rd 04 08:21 AM
by Slgraber Go to last post
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How do you get into "the zone"? by Bubbles
Hi again! Okay - frustration has set in, and is not doing me any good. Centering is NOT like riding a bike! After months away from my wheel, centering has me completely bamboozled again. Not being able to center, is throwing me off center, if you know what I mean. The "right" music seems to help....
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August 12th 05 01:25 AM
by Jim Aberle Go to last post
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Grip to bring the rim in? by Bubbles
Me again! Nag, nag, nag! HEhe! I know the 3-4-finger "grip" to bring in the sides of a pot, but there is a special grip used to bring in the top! I just don't have it described or displayed in any of my 10-12 books that describe throwing!!! ARGH!!! Could someone describe the grip, or, even...
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August 18th 05 02:36 AM
by steve [email protected] Go to last post
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Reduction firing? by Bubbles
Is it very complicated? I have a "normal" electric kiln now, and not very much space for anything new, unless it were put outside. I am very much into using non-poisonous stuff (especially since my workspace is small and my cats share it with me). Do reduction glazes contain poisons as a...
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May 17th 06 01:43 AM
by Lee In Mashiko, Japan Go to last post
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