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Re: I learned something interesting about making a living as an arti

Glistering Phaeton — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:06:15 GMT

Dear Deborah, Are the lips of the mugs glazed? I've thrown lidded mugs but always leave the very top of the lip unglazed so I can fire with the lid on. Some

Liz- She knows

tony clennell — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:06:14 GMT

Liz: I just fired a load of my jugs yesterday and I didn't want to take the chance of a late reduction so I went back to 012. I should have some pics tomorrow.

Re: Cone Viewing Tips?

David Finkelnburg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:05:57 GMT

Des, You will probably get a lot of responses to this. To add to what Lee wrote very correctly, any clear lens blocks "most" UV. It is relatively short

The Charlie Schulz Philosophy

Bill Merrill — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:05:48 GMT

The Charlie Schulz Philosophy The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip. You don't have to actually answer

blow ups

Rimas VisGirda — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:05:39 GMT

Quartz inversion doesn't result in explosions -my experience has been that pots, usually larger plates, crack into 2 or more parts. Way back I had a a bowl

glaze eutectic

Bill Merrill — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:05:27 GMT

Attached is a glaze I sent out recently to Clayart. Now that people are talking about melting points of materials, here is a glaze that you alter dramatically

Tallies, Fatties, Skinnies, Roundies, Shorties but no Dinkies

tony clennell — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:05:10 GMT

I just put up a wee ditty on my blog about this continued fascination with the jug form. I have an old photo of my aunt and uncle at their first craft show at

Re: Cone Viewing Tips?

Arnold Howard — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:05:05 GMT

From: "Sue Beach" ... Cones disappear as they bend if they are placed too close to a peephole. They also disappear if the top section

Re: Baiting

John Britt — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:05:04 GMT

Maurice, I did not know you posted this to clayart and so I replied privately. But since you posted it I will reply. I don't see any way May Luk could take

Re: tile batt problem

David Finkelnburg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:04:56 GMT

Jim, I use some red 6x6 quarry tile held in a plastic bat I cut out 10 years ago. I've found wetting the tile *somewhat, damp sponge to remove dust, *helps

melting point

Chaeli Sullivan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:04:54 GMT

Say -- does anyone know the melting point of burnt umber? I've been all over the web trying to find this. Plenty of descriptions of ingredients (clay, iron

Eutectics, glaze melting

David Finkelnburg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:04:49 GMT

Warning--this is technical, may provoke a sleep response! Lest someone read something that wasn't there into my response to Ivor, I have never suggested that a

Re: Tools

Jess McKenzie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:04:48 GMT

Tom We had problems with the web site. Finally made a call and found that these folks are out of business. They promised to eMail us the name and location of

Subject: Amaco velvet underglaze at c6

Rimas VisGirda — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:04:47 GMT

I use a number of AMACO Velvets to cone 3-4 and sometimes to cone 10. Some colors remain true, some change (usually for the worst). I have found that since

Re: Amaco velvet underglaze at c6

Carole Fox — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:34:23 GMT

I have used Amaco velvet underglazes at ^6 on various clay bodies, brown and white. As others have previously stated, some colors do fade out. I have never