Happy New Year and many more of them...... May pots flow from your fingers like water after rain May your wheel never run dry May your clay never freeze May your kiln never get stuck May the world be good to you All the days of your life....... Hugs Eddie
Same back to you! (I'm still trying to figure out though what happened to the year.... Shouldn't it still be early spring?)
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May you learn to see the beauty in your pots that did not come out the way your minds eye had planned!
May you learn something new about yourself and/or your pots!
May give yourself many pats on the back for a job well done!
Donna
And may your glazes do everything you want them to do, and more!
I am reminded of the comment by an excellent Potter I worked with this October named Euan Craig, who said: " I find the difference between a good pot and a bad pot is about a week!!"
Take care all.
Steve
Great hugs and many wishes to you and everyone else of the lovelies on this group! They know who they are :-)
Marianne - Switzerland
LOL. That was good to read.
What happens if your clay does freeze ?
The problem is going to be that it loses it's water and layering. They clay particles themselves would have to be too small to 'damaged' by the ice crystals but the nice layers you get from wedging would be shot to hell. I assume if it does not become dehydrated that you can simply rewedge it - otherwise you would have to completely dry it out, break it up, add it to water then either drain it in a sack or on a plasterboard to wedging consistency. I have never had clay freeze so I am mostly BSing here. Donna
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