i FINALLY designed & am producing my own texture tools! after many years of using found items like pastry cutters, cement & saw blades, toy truck tires, etc, i designed my own! while these were fun to use, they would clog up quickly & leave less texture marks. so i made mine with deep...

i FIANLLY got the big beast filled & fired up! got great colors. lots of cool pots. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stevegraber/album?.dir=/53f1scd&.src=ph see ya steve

we just had another raku party last night. too bad most everyone on this site is too far away to have been there... maybe one day? http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stevegraber/album?.dir=/570f&.src=ph see ya steve

anyone started messing with the yahoo-flickr picture thing? if you upload pictures, you can pass people links, or on yahoo webpages show them easily. i was looking around & if you add a key word *tag* to your photos, they can be found by other people in general. i found this batch of some 4450...

i know this gang will like this link. it has MANY folded shapes, and even the flat page showing creases. you're on your own though to figure out just what order to do the folds... http://www.langorigami.com/ see ya steve

i was passed an idea on how to make self watering devices for larger planters. we all have seen self watering devices, little figures made in bisque, stabbed into a potted plant. hold maybe 2 ounces of water... this idea is to make a LARGER bisque bottle, and burry the bottle in the LARGE pot. ...

a while back someone mentioned the FLICR feature of yahoo for posting pictures. i went to yahoo & saw their "360" feature which is a pretty easy website scheme that enables posting of many photo sets. it'd be neat if everyone here was to post their work. obviously we can finally see each others...

check out that gallery to see their style of displays, but also see others. depending on your style of work, simply throwing a colored cloth over an area with various elevated boxes might work. or straw or sand or dried leaves... or, the classic pillar. see ya

slightly off topic but i came across an interesting history of glass making in today's newspaper. see ya steve

i was wondering how i might use my kiln to roast a pig. anyone done this before? obviously it'll fit, but getting the beast in & out might be tricky. see ya steve

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...

the past few months i've done some serious searching for images useful for pottery, or images related to what i like to look at or possibly make. here's a short list of links & key words i've used to stumble onto cool images. dive in! http://www.thejadedragon.net/

i was passed a fun project idea from my wife - something she saw in a mail order catalog. the idea is to make face parts to put on a tree. make the eyes, nose, and mouth. all separates. they come together when they hang on the tree. the tree makes up the head. make sure there are holes in the...

i finailly got a webpage put up! by someone on the internet i never met but just yack with once in a while. http://www.dataflo.net/~mpurintun/sg_pottery_mugs.htm so instead of e-mailing pictures of textured pots & tools & basic ideas i can now recommend a site to just go to. it's a low budget...

i was talking off line with another potter, and thought some comments should be posted here as well. getting too old to crank out regular ware? what other ways are there to shift gears & yet elevate ourselves to better pottery? one concept of mine was/is to make semi-custom fountains. ...

well my old carrier, AOL, dropped the newsgroup so i joined up thru google. it looks different but i'm sure i'll get used to it. ~ haven't done much lately besides raku. i have a stash of bisqueware that'll be used up in a raku party one of these days. ~ i'm STILL slowly loading my big kiln. ...

He was the Mad Potter of Biloxi. There are a few books on his work and style ..The Web has many sites that touch on his work but I believe the books will tell and show you more . Steve Whirling Pot Studio

Hi, I was reminded of a couple of tips I wanted to share whilst working on some tankards this week. Firstly on how useful second hand dental tools can be particularly V shaped ones in cutting groves in greenware with relatively smooth edges. They seem to be easily available at cheap market tool...

Hi, I'm looking for a specific ARABIA 3 cup (small) teapot that looks like this: http://sdf1.org/curiosity/arabia/ I am also interested in other in the Valencia series and if anyone has items available for sale, please contact me directly via martians at freeshell org Thank you

Has anybody here played with PMC (precious metal clay ) yet? I just got a kit for Christmas and have been reading through all the literature. I opted not to get an expensive mini kiln just yet, but got what they call a "hot pot." Cute little pot, like 2 bisque flower pots (sort of) lined with...