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Fermenting Crock
I just received three 100 year old Fermenting Crocks. They are 10-1/8" high, 6" in diameter, 1/2" thick sides, and weigh 5 lbs. It does not appear that they have been used in the last 40 years so...
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Reference for paperclay
Hello -- Does anyone know of a good reference book for paperclay? Your help is much appreciated!
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paper-clay?
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...
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soak?
"I bisque to cone 06 and glaze to cone 5 or 6. I soak for 30 minutes in both cases." what do you mean by soak? dana
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reduction?
I am new to the group and relativly new to pottery. Could you explain what is meant by "reduction glazes". Does it have something to do with the shrinkage? dana
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My first home-firing!
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...
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Bottoms becoming rounded in firing
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 am having trouble with the bottoms.I...
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Tool question for newbie ....
Hi I am new to this group and pottery I am wondering if there is any tool available to form clay in the shape of ceramic tiles seen on roofs. this is for buidling a small clay house. Please email the...
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POTS WITH QUILT GEOMETRICS?
This is to share the beginning of a new webpage: ANTIQUE GEOMETRIC QUILT DESIGNS & PATCHWORK BLOCKS Line Drawings Blocks Patched with Sample Fabrics Grid Sizing Full Quilt Tiling Free Download A...
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Copper Question
Hello -- I'm fairly new to the group and I am enjoying it inmensly. I know Copper Oxides added to a base and fired in reduction will often result in reds. I was wondering whether or not just applying...
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Newbie Adventure Report
Thanks to some great advice from this newsgroup -- and to a touch of blind luck -- my bisque firing succeeded! We opened th kiln yesterday afternoon. I had a dozen or so items appx 16" tall plus many...
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moulds
Thank you to everyone, for your excellent advice on moulds.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SAM.
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Happy St. Valentine's Day Y'all
What a cool holiday! You can make all the romantic gestures your heart desires with no fears of a sexual harrasment lawsuit. And there's chocolate! So have at it and fulfill your secret urges and fill...
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Mushroom house?
Does anyone know where I can find this plaster mushroom house? Here is the photo, very cute: Southern California's largest selection of plastercraft, ceramics, magnets, ornaments, paint and more....
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Question about mold casting
A friend of mine inherited a huge cache of plaster molds from an aunt who was much into casting all kinds of doo-dahs in them, then firing them and glazing them. He also inherited an automatic...
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