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Bigger jars for the top shelf
The next firing is probably a week away, with a bunch of mugs (and other pots) yet to be thrown in the next few days. Should have a group of the collaborative pots Kim Medeiros and I have been working on, as well as some tall jars from...Show More Summary
What's Coming Up
I have several important dates in rapid-fire in the next few weeks! Tomorrow I am firing my kiln, ^10, with work for Monkitree, On the Main, and Kennebec River Artisans, and some mugs for Phil at Bay View Company. A May Day firing, that's...Show More Summary
I'm not the only one apparently
I received an email today asking me to sign a petition at Change.org supporting hearings to have the EPA regulate RF emissions instead of the FCC. I have added a tab up top with my header, you can click on the tab and see the petition.PLEASE take a moment and READ the information, and SIGN the petition. Show More Summary
Haywood Student Craft Sale!! NC
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Haywood-Community-College-Professional-Crafts-Program/180736797699?ref=stream&hc_location=stream
Roseville Candlesticks
Candlesticks are some of the most collected items in American art pottery and Roseville has some of the most remarkable design elements and glazes. Many Roseville Pottery collectors say their collection began with just one pair of candlesticks. Most were hooked and knew they had to continue building their collection. Take a look at a [...]
Do You Hulu?
Forget Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, Blogger.I have found a time suck to end all time sucks.We downloaded Hulu through our XBOX, the thing where I usually sit for hours in a mind numbing game of Skyrim? Now it's mind numbing time watching...Show More Summary
Deadline for Open Studio Tour in Henderson County NC
May 15 DEADLINE for Henderson County potters to be a part of Sept 21-22 Open Studio Tour, building on the success of 2012. For registration and 2012 artist online Tour go to: www.OpenStudioTourHC.com Info available to be guest in other artist studios.
Check out Stephen Foehner tomorrow
https://www.facebook.com/events/364799903621370/?notif_t=plan_user_invited
FREE WORKSHOP WITH CHARLIE TEFFT
Charlie Tefft, from Guilford College, NC, will be teaching a 2 day workshop at Rockingham Community College May 4th and 5th. 9am to 4pm. It is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!(You have to google it yourself!!) http://www.ctpottery.com
Try going digital
Yo potters,Try going to a digital scale- for accuracy and speed. Believe me...it saves time and money and they are very accurate now! Hey --admit it--you have an I-pod, an I-pad, GPS, Facebook, twitter instagram, Kindle and.....WHY won't...Show More Summary
Libra seeking balance
It's been a lazy weekend around here, cooking good food, eating outside on Saturday, some healthy juicing, and sitting in the yard reading. This morning it's raining, cold. I'm having hot chocolate, more reading. Slovenly behavior. I picked up this book at the local thrift store for 50 cents. Show More Summary
Photos from the mill
Not long ago, I visited a small one-man sawmill on the mainland, about 45 minutes from this part of Cape Cod. These small mills are scattered across the country in rural and semi-rural areas, usually a part-time job for someone whose father or grandfather once milled logs for a living. Show More Summary
One Out, One In
This morning Malley and I unloaded the first ^6 soda test firing, which we had fired off on Thursday. There were a lot of promising surfaces in there! Most of my pieces were teabowls, with a couple of vases and little jars in the mix; the best teabowls I will send out as Kickstarter rewards. Show More Summary
And again . . .
Also for sale:One accurate 10 lb scale by Accu-weigh. Very accurate, great for measuring out sm. amts of clay.One accurate 25 lb scale by Correct Count (Santa Barbara) similar to above. $50.00 for both.Please call: 828-380-9596
Trying to get outa town
Equipment for sale:7.5" Shimpo banding wheel in new condition: $45.006 ' fiberglass tables: 4 @ $20.00 ea. (in good shape)4' ditto 4 @ $10.00large masonite bats: @3-4 freeExtras: Lexmark all-in-one ink jet printer: $20.00 (takes a $5.00 black ink cartridge; cheap to use, good quality) APC Line-R 1250VA voltage and amp filter. Show More Summary
New pots from the kiln this morning
This business of making pots can kick you in the ass sometimes. That happened to me this morning, when I realized that something blew up some time during yesterday's glaze firing. I knew it as soon as I opened the kiln door and began to look closely at the pots on the upper shelves. Show More Summary
Video of the Week: How to Make a Wheel-Thrown and Handbuilt Ladle
It's one thing to serve punch from a handmade ceramic punch bowl, but throw a handmade ceramic ladle in there, and you've reached a whole new level of cool. In today's post, an excerpt from her DVD Integrating Form and Surface with Porcelain, Lorna Meaden shares her method for making a wheel thrown and handbuilt ladle. Show More Summary
I sold pendants
This is the last of my Shakori posts. It was a great week, this has been a slow week back to the land of normal.I added up all of my sales, transferred money from propay to my account and while sales were ok and I had great fun, total sales would be bleak for someone trying to make a living doing this. Show More Summary
The First Official Test Firing
is now cooling.It was a loose stack, but not ridiculously so. We went into body reduction at 012, just as with a ^10 firing, then into a light climbing reduction until ^4 started to bend. We added the soda when ^5 was soft.When firing...Show More Summary
