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Looking for a used pottery's wheel
My wife is taking her 2nd set of classes in pottery & I'd like to find a used wheel for her to use at home. Can anyone suggest a good source for such equipment, either via mail order (especially with...
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Wood & Sons
I recently found two plates in my loft with the below information on them. My mother can date these back to at least 1900. The plates have a crown on them, with the below written underneath the crown:...
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HEAT RETENTIVE PLATES in Google
Hello, I invite everybody to type "heat retentive plates" in Google to learn about a plate that you preheat for just one minute and stays HOT for 1/2 hour while the rim remains cool for easy handling....
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Fire Clay?
My local brickyard has bags of something called "Fire clay" which they instruct me to mix with portland cement to make a fire brick. I suspect that this is wrong (or useful only for fireplaces). My...
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HEAT RETENTIVE PLATES
Hello, I have invented a new type of ceramic "heat retentive plate" that you preheat in a microwave oven for just one minute, it stays HOT for 1/2 HOUR and the rim remains cool for easy handling....
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high fire with no bisque firing?????
We're going to fire some hand-made tiles to cone 4 or 5, but intend that they should be unglazed. Is there any reason to go through the usual cycle of bisque-firing, cool down, and then high fire if...
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carving wax formulas
Hello, can someone please send me carving wax formulas? tnx.
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Test Kiln?
In my process of trying to test out the wild clay I spoke about earlier, I have built a small test kiln. It has changed shape several times in two days, but the basic premise is a two inch cube of...
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Wild clay?
I have found some clay near my home, but it is sandy and grey. Is it of any use and/or is there a way to clean it up somewhat? TIA
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Pottery and potters on postcards
Due to the number of offerings, our illustrated pricelist for pottery and potters on post cards now has its own webpage at you are a first-time visitor, please be sure to have a look at theinformation...
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Sustainable Birdhouses
Consider birdhouses made from reused materials.
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Shimaoka and Munakata on Ebay
Please check out my ebay listings. The pot is one of the last Shimaokas I will be putting up: Munakata catalog: in Mashiko, Japan http://tinyurl.com/ffkbcand...
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Anyone ever embed wire mesh in the clay for support?
I'm thinking of creating a guitar body in clay and wonder if anyone has ever used wire screening inside of the clay for structural support. I fire to cone 7 and assume that the wire would likely melt...
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Sealent for clay pieces
Hi, I am doing a "cave painting" clay piece with air dry clay and I want to paint on it. Could you tell me what kind of sealent I should use that would give me a clear, matte finish? Also, should I...
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Collectible vintage tea cups
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