My fav The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. Not the usual Stephen King read. It's like Stephen King meets Larry McMurtry. Roland is a mix of Call, Gus and...
Vicki Hardin
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Jul 1, 2006 7:21 am
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Pat ..they say about 60 days, but it varies . Even here on the coast I can keep it 3-4 months, while I have difficulty keeping # 1 pottery plaster for longer...
Stephani Stephenson
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Jul 1, 2006 7:22 am
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Tony, You've given me some information about Bizen ware that has depressed me! I had some hope of trying to emulate Bizen bonsai pots if I could hie myself to...
Linda Ferzoco
apollonia103-ca@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:22 am
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Currently reading "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" which someone loaned me, not a light read, the book must weigh a couple of pounds! Next would like to read...
Connie Christensen
connie@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:22 am
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Hi Alistair, I have a very nice clear lead bisilicate glaze, cone 04 recipe, which colours well and is in UK ingredients, if you would like it....It doesn't...
Ama Menec
amamenec@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:25 am
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Tom, I got your mug in a clayart mug exchange years ago. I met you in the flesh last year. Your endorsement of the merger is good. I guess I support it. Both...
Marcia Selsor
selsor@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:28 am
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Hello, I terrific potter to contact for teapots is Evan Jones of Dania Beach, Florida. I've worked with him personally on several occassions, he's the best....
Alan Hagel
raku6@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:40 am
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Not sure if the what I read in clayart #176 is making sense of not. Perhaps the first thing to do is to distinguish between "Density" and "Viscosity". Density...
Ivor and Olive Lewis
iandol@...
Jul 1, 2006 11:10 am
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Thanks Alan, I'll check his site out, but I think I know who you're speaking of. He is pretty remarkable. Kim ... http://www.houstonpotters.com ...
Overall's
rkoverall@...
Jul 1, 2006 11:13 am
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I am wondering, after everything is settled and done, if Axners will be carrying all of the Laguna Clay as well as the "old" Axner clay bodies or will they...
Ingeborg Foco
ingeborg@...
Jul 1, 2006 12:51 pm
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How to preserve glazes containing high boron frits. By Smart.Conseil : http://perso.orange.fr/smart2000/borate_de_calcium.htm ...
Edouard Bastarache Inc.
edouardb@...
Jul 1, 2006 12:55 pm
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Hi Linda, Here's some more information that may be more welcome. Those Bizen pots from Japan are normally fired at lower temperatures, like cone 8 or 9. Firing...
Paul Herman
potterpaul@...
Jul 1, 2006 1:17 pm
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I have a recipe for kilnwash I do not like. It is crumbly and flakey, hard to put on the shelves. In addition it doesn't really help to successfully remove any...
marianne kuiper milks
travelartnmusic@...
Jul 1, 2006 1:38 pm
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i am sure not an expert on bizen. but, paul is on the right road i think. those kilns fire for many days. there is a great deal of manipulation with the ash...
mel jacobson
melpots2@...
Jul 1, 2006 1:39 pm
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"Born of Clay: Ceramics From the National Museum of the American Indian" runs through May 30, 2007, at the National Museum of the American Indian, at the...
Linda Ferzoco
apollonia103-ca@...
Jul 1, 2006 2:53 pm
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... Linda, they really don't make true bizen up at Kanayama. I own a piece from there and the clay is totally different. It is very coarse. It might be...
Lee Love
togeika@...
Jul 1, 2006 2:58 pm
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Does this mean that Axner will begin to carry Laguna clays? I live near Axner, and I am a big fan, but I prefer using Frost porcelain over Axner's porcelains....
Carly Gibran
carly@...
Jul 1, 2006 3:02 pm
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Thanks for the encouragement Paul. I recently purchased some Chinese pots, imported by a California potter and bonsai artist, Jim Gremel, and they have a ...
Linda Ferzoco
apollonia103-ca@...
Jul 1, 2006 3:05 pm
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I'd like to mention that sciatic pain can accompany undiagnosed and untreated celiac disease. I know, having recently being diagnosed with celiac disease late...
C. A. Sanger
shardrockclay@...
Jul 1, 2006 4:05 pm
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Hi Frank! I got the recipe out of the Raku: A Practical Approach 2nd edition. I'm wondering if I should write them to inform them of a possible misprint? ...
Kitty
crazykitty@...
Jul 1, 2006 4:07 pm
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Hi John! I had the pot sitting in a shelf shard since it was a test, now I know why that's done! The shard is completely coated, but the kiln shelf got ...
Kitty
crazykitty@...
Jul 1, 2006 4:15 pm
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Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm ordering a pyrometer within the week. With what's been suggested, I'm starting to be glad I got the kiln sitter model...
Kitty
crazykitty@...
Jul 1, 2006 4:20 pm
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Marianne, Does it have to be a glaze? I have used a recipe from a Lana Wilson workshop, I think John Conrad, but not sure without going out to the studio to...
Lynne Antone
bvrcrkarts@...
Jul 1, 2006 6:52 pm
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Hello Lynne, Thank you for replying. It indeed does not have to be a glaze. I have worked with stains/engobes only once and actually didn't think in that...
marianne kuiper milks
travelartnmusic@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:12 pm
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Sour Cherry Pottery ... Linda: Oopss, I've been misunderstood. Ryogi uses a Bizen type high iron clay and does do bizen ware. This work from his multi...
clennell
clennell@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:15 pm
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... I'm pretty sure the bonsai pots we buy at the big bonsai shows like Kokufu-ten, are real Bizen pots, but I could be fooled. The guinomi was fired ... This...
Linda Ferzoco
apollonia103-ca@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:16 pm
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Isn't the restored Ishtar gate from Babylon in Berlin? I'd love to see that. Have a great trip. p. ... From: "Russel Fouts" <Russel.Fouts@...> To:...
Patricia Harden
Pharden@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:17 pm
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Happy Canada Day to all :-) Sam Cuttell Maid O'Mud Pottery RR 1 Melbourne, Ontario N0L 1T0 CANADA "First, the clay told me what to do. Then, I told the clay...
Maid O'Mud
scuttell@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:17 pm
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and still, alas, no answer. Sam Cuttell Maid O'Mud Pottery RR 1 Melbourne, Ontario N0L 1T0 CANADA "First, the clay told me what to do. Then, I told the clay...
Maid O'Mud
scuttell@...
Jul 1, 2006 7:27 pm
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Truck drivers eat sunflower seeds to stay awake. I do the graveyard shift on the train and it means trying to stay awake from midnight to 6 when Sheila brings...
