Why can't one put glaze on Greenware? I don't understand... I think the glaze would just soke into the greenware and leave the color The glaze is just a glass sealer. What would happend if one glazed greenware? Does the greenware shrink in the kiln? Can someone explain? Thanks...

I have a new Paragon Electric Kiln with a digital controler. I program it for cone #5 with a 10 minute hold for my glazing. What slower cooling rate than the normal cool down should I use to allow crystal glazes to work and help keep Greenware from cracking?

I guess I'll just get some friends to start using this forum. I joined to see if anyone would critique my new web site. I'm building a little wood slab roller and selling it for $75.00. I thought I would get a lot of takers but I'm not having much luck. I thought someone here might go to my...

Hello All: I have a spinning tiger wheel that eats drive wheels very quickly, I get about 3 pots per wheel and then the black friction stuff comes lose from the metal center part of the drive. It has destroyed two of the drive wheels from Creative and at $25 a pop it is just too expensive to...

Just wondering if anybody is watching the list. Lee In Minneapolis

anybody know of a bulk supplier for borate? ive finished up my 50lb sack and my supplier cant get anymore/// tia, Moose, Moose Studios pottery

Hi everyone I have litterally only had about 3 lessons in Chemistry during my schooling, due to a change of systems late in high-school. And those 3 lessons were so far over my head, you wouldn't believe it. Now, especially considering the problems I am having using other peoples' glazes, I...

Hello, I'm an aquarist, and many fish like to live or breed in shelters, referred to as 'caves'. Normally shattered plant-pots or terracotta tubes are used, like this... http://www.planetcatfish.com/images/full/_misc/sw/hz/7.jpg ....but it would be very useful to be able to make 'custom' caves...

I would like to build my own kiln to use for Raku pottery. Would like to know if anyone out there has any plans for one??? Any suggestions would be appreciated...... Thanks....

I have aquired an old Skutt & Son Pottery Wheel Model B. Which I plan to return to life. If any of you are familiar with it, I would like to know how the rope switch was originally attached to the foot peddle and how it operates. Thanks, Pete

I have seen some intricate plans for black iron nozzles but I wonder if anyone knows of pages with any information about the -how- and -why- of propane nozzle design. I'm wondering if I could shape one directly into the firebrick.

I mainly make functional stoneware pieces fired to ^6 in an electric kiln. I want to experiment with some fun textering and embedding and was looking for ideas. For example, I know a potter who occasionally fires some pieces wrapped in gauze and has even done a couple of pieces where she wrapped...

I have posted this in the single firing group and no one seems home so I'm reposting here. I'm about to dive into single firing. The only issue I see is Oxidation has a rather flat and dull pallet in general. For color I'm currently using Pinnel's Green, Randy's Red, Honey, and Floating...

while cleaning out my pottery supply closet i found a shimpo motor that is for a rk2. i had bought it to put into my dying shimpo, but then decided to go out and buy a new shimpo-good sales that year!. so i now have this new motor which i bought from shimpo and i would like to sell it for $120...

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FAQ: Introduction to rec.crafts.pottery Welcome to the rec.crafts.pottery FAQ. This file is designed to give an introduction to the group and some resources to help you explore the world of pottery and ceramics. This newsgroup started in late 1995 so none of the questions have been asked all that...

Just curious how people are doing on coming up with glazes without Gertsley Borate. Does anyone have a favorite out of the "Mastering Cone 6 Glazes" book? All of the glazes we use in the studio I have worked in are based on the various Gertsley formulas. The glazes I like are the Randy's...

Well just posting has gotten me to the point of ordering ingredients. Now I'm stuck on which ones. Can anyone tell my why one over the other? Is the more expensive necessarily the better buy (or visa versa)? whiting Snocal 40 whiting Vicron 2511 Wollastonite W10 200M Wollastonite W20 352M

I purchased a manual kiln at an auction. It's a Skutt model 231-18 and is probably 35-40 years old. It's in excellent condition, in fact, it's in better condition than the electronic kilns I use at the contemporary pottery studio where I work. The person who owned the kiln before me no longer...

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...