Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics
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SH video is great, recipes firing schedule, Stephen Hill explaining it all...just received the Stephen Hill Video, wonderful presentation of his method and work. If you purchase the video he sends an updated PDF of… Started by Tom Waggle in Glazes - Recipe Exchange |
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Mar 21, 2012 Reply by Jan Wallace |
Cone 6 firing stuck topHi all, I fired this at cone 6. The glaze is firebrick over seaweed sprayed. The problem is the top is stuck on. The glaze is barely touch… Started by Randy Clay in Continuing Education |
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Mar 6, 2012 Reply by Donna Ferrara |
Floating BlueI got this recipe from the art center I go to. This does run some. and it is figured out in grams for a pretty large batch. I will try… Started by Carl Ross in Glazes - Recipe Exchange |
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Feb 29, 2012 Reply by Barbara Hanselman |
Accounting class IntroductionThis class was offered in the Spring of 2012 and completed in early May. It will be offered again, if there is sufficient interest. There w… Started by George Lewter in Continuing Education |
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Feb 20, 2012 Reply by Beverly Beu Haas |
TRANSFER PRINTING FROM PHOTO COPIES TO THE CLAY SURFACEUPDATED Transfer Print-to-pot Musings… Some of you are already aware that you can use grease pencils or Crayola crayons to make designs or… Started by Barbara Hanselman in Altering and Decorating Forms |
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Why Are We Here? What This Network Is, and What It Could Be.Almost two year ago, I started the cone6pots network, as I started getting back into pottery in a serious way. I could have been satisfied… Started by George Lewter in Network User Guide |
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Feb 13, 2012 Reply by Jan Wallace |
How to turn your pottery knowledge into a businessLakeside Pottery is a ceramic art teaching facility in Stamford, CT with over 4,500 enrolments in the past 7 1/2 years. We have experianced… Started by Morty Bachar in Marketing & Business Savvy |
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Feb 3, 2012 Reply by Benjamin Coffman |
Jan Wallace Cone 6 Test ResultsBelow are the results from my first batch of Cone 6 tests. I collected a number of glaze recipes, alot from this site and from other source… Started by Jan Wallace in Glazes - Testing and Reporting |
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Feb 1, 2012 Reply by Benjamin Coffman |
Underglazes can go on leather up to bone dry?fI see no-one has started a thread in this section yet, so I'll make my very first post as a novice. I'm most interested in sgraffito techn… Started by Rebekah Ross in Altering and Decorating Forms |
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Feb 1, 2012 Reply by Patricia |
The Dec.2011 Glaze Database and Education SurveyThere were 209 responses to the Survey and the results are in. I never expected such a great response and particularly the number of people… Started by George Lewter in Continuing Education |
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Jan 28, 2012 Reply by George Lewter |
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