Hello, I have seen hollow porcelain objects created from pouring slip into a mold, but I am wondering what the process is for creating a solid object? Thanks, Jon

Hi Everyone, I've been invited to sell my pots at a wine festival in June. I make stoneware pots but I wanted to make some wine cooler pots for this event and I was wondering if stoneware will work as a wine cooler. All my glazes are cone 6. If I just bisque them, will that work? I want to at...

i mixed up some clay two weeks back - 50-50 of clay & saw dust chips. all cone 10 clays, a variety from porcelain to toothy sculpture clay body. i kept adding saw dust to the pug mill until the clay looked like wet cow pies. ~ then i stopped. i threw several pieces last weekend and while it...

Hi Everyone, Often I use a speckled clay (Standard 112) which I fire to cone 6. Recently another potter said it was not microwavable due to the manganese content which makes the speckles. I was wondering if anyone else knows this to be true. Thank you for your help, Sandi

I recently read on the back of a bag of grout that we should be spritzing it with water so that it cures at a slower rate. Does the same stand true for drying clay bodies? If I figure out the fastest way to get a piece of clay to greenware without it cracking or warping, will the bisque...

See it on Ebay he http://tinyurl.com/33jpf9 Starting Cheap, no reserve! Exquisite copper red (Shinsha) guinomi/sake cup. Shimaoka Sensei is a National Living Treasure. The piece is approximately 2 and 7/8th" in diameter and 2 and

Hello,group!I am using local red clay as an insulator when hardening and quenching steel,attempting to achieve a "differential temper".Raw clay,applied to bare steel,when heated flakes off and seems to be to fragile.I've mixed up a mixture of red clay/hydrated lime,and applied it in a liquid...

Sorry if this is the wrong group, but does anyone have any information regarding where a person can go to get an honest evaluation and value of authentic, Incan pottery that is approximately 800 years old? Thanks

i thought i could fill up some areas in my kiln with granite rocks to help distribute heat around several larger bowls. i didn't have extra pots for this and was using up all my kiln posts. a "full" kiln usually does a better job firing with stronger colors. the rocks melted! i guess granite...

From the "Send a Potter to NCECA" Scholarship Selection Committee Exciting news! After careful consideration, this year's nominee being sent to NCECA Louisville (2007) has been selected. As you read this,

Hello everyone, Is there such a thing as candleing or preheating your pots in the kiln for too long a period? Like is it ok to preheat at 150 F. for 24 hours or longer? I have a few pieces I want to dry really dry before I bisque (in the past I have had some pieces explode in bisque...

Is Tenmoku and Temmoku the same glaze and just a translation difference or what? Pete

Only that someone replied on Clayart that she was no longer "potting". I miss her website, too.

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...

I am looking for opinions from users of the Clay Boss wheels. It seems they are the most reasonably priced but are they good for the money?

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Any interest in these items? http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.beaman/index/pbleicester/pottery.htm Pete

Hi, I have for sale ceramic moulds, (x 32), all in excellent condition, Gare, Duncan, Yozie etc., many used only once. Book price over £1,100, accept £295. Wirral, Merseyside area, UK. Please e-mail back for any further info. Many thanks! Terri

Mother Earth Clay Art Center, a new ceramics studio, will begin operations in Sunnyvale, California, with a Grand Opening party on July 23. The modern, 10,000 square foot facility will offer studio memberships, classes, workshops, retail sales of tools and materials, and a gallery of members' work...

I have been intending to buy one of the Stow Potters wheels, the 'Whispering giant', for some time and when checking their website I find it won't work. Does anyone know if they are still in business? I Hope so. Paul f