Pottery Crafts

All dried up...

Dear all, It is the height of summer here in Athens. I am the newbie who posted a few days ago with firing questions. I...

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posted by goatskin_spamtrap

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Re: Glaze retouching

I did a similar thing once...glazed a teapot and held on to the teapot's handle while glazing the body. The teapot was...

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posted by nospam

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Horse hair

I was just in North Carolina and came across some "horse hair" pots. They were in white, blue and green with black vein...

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posted by lawsonjr

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Giffen Grip Question

I would like everyone's opinions on using a Giffen Grip for trimming. Thanks!

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posted by gaseku

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Where can I sell a pugmill??

Hi, I'll stress to begin with that I'm not expert in pottery, but my old man has a pugmill, in full working order. I be...

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posted by gjstoneman

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Bisque firing temp?

Is there a general rule about what temp (cone) to fire to the bisque stage? For example, is it usually one cone under w...

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posted by gaseku

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taking health risks seriously , silicosis

After potting for nearly 20 years and not taking enough care with my old gas kiln, I have inhaled rather allot of silic...

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posted by fuchsiacottage

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Re: glue to repair clay wine cooler (wine brique)

> Hello -- > > I have a porous clay pot which is used to keep a bottle of wine cool, > once the pot is soaked in water...

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posted by spamout.Liz

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New crafts group

Everyone welcome at this brand new group for crafts - discussions, patterns, hints, tips etc.. Come and take a peek. htt...

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posted by onebigheartmama

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Re: Pottery Books...again.

>Hate to be a pest here...but...not many of my wonderful pottery books >sold...so... > >...Let's sweeten the pot. > >Li...

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posted by nospam

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Calculating shrinkage

Is there a fairly simple, but most importantly, very accurate way to figure shrinkage? I would love to know how to be s...

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posted by gaseku

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Historic pottery receipts

The Household Cyclopedia of 1881 has a chapter on pottery: http://www.mspong.org/cyclopedia/pottery.htmlIt contains the...

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posted by elric

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Re: Fire

You could try the local 6th form college/FE centre, see if they've got a ceramics/pottery dept and ask the technician n...

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posted by eddie.daughton

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Pottery equipement for sale?

I live in Belgium and I wanted to know if there is anyone nearby (Belgium- Germany-Netherlands- Luxemburg)who want to s...

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posted by johan.fransens

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Crystaline glaze "problem?"

Hi All, I just did my first crystalline glaze firing (glaze formula and firing schedule below) and for the most part I...

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posted by larry_kruzan

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