Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics
Potters & Sculptors - Making Rock from Mud
December 2016 Newsletter
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Cone 6 Pots wishes you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season enjoying the traditions of your community.
May your clay remain free of pin tools
and your kiln burn true and bright all through the night.
GOT GIFTS?
Wondering what to get that special clay-head in your life for the holidays?
Check out the links on our home page under "Use These Links to Support Us."
There's plenty of tools and toys listed there for that favorite potter in your life.
WHERE WE'VE BEEN ~ WHERE WE'RE GOING
The end of the year seems like a natural time to look back.
In this thread posted five years ago, the founder of Cone 6 Pots explains how the network came to be and where he sees it going.
It's a good reminder of why our network is important.
TIMELY TIP
Want to make your own Christmas tree decorations?
Here are a few suggestions for firing your creations with jump rings
(those metal hoops usually seen on Christmas tree decorations).
IT'S NOT QUITE CONE 6...
...but we all remember those ceramic Christmas trees. Happy holidays!
This month’s header image is by network member, Teresa Wooden.
If you have comments or complaints about this newsletter,
or if you’d like to include something in an upcoming issue, please message Erik through the network.
Feedback is always welcome.
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Use These Links to Support Us
Low cost flat lapping disc can be used on you potters wheel if you, drill bat pin holes in it, and provide a trickle of water to cool it. At amazon.com, 120 grit for aggressive material removal. Click the image to purchase
Members have had great things to say about John Britt's new book, Mid-Range Glazes. Click the image to buy from Amazon.com
Purchase Glazes Cone 6 by Michael Bailey, The Potters Book of Glaze Recipes by Emmanuel Cooper, or Making Marks by Robin Hopper, all available at amazon.com. Mastering Cone 6 Glazes by John Hesselberth & Ron Roy is now out of print.
Harbor Freight is a great place to find unbeatable prices for better HVLP spray guns with stainless steel parts and serviceable economy models, as well as detail guns, all tested by our members for spraying glazes, as well as compressors to power the guns. As yet no one has tested and commented on the remarkably inexpensive air brushes at harbor freight.
The critter siphon gun is a spray alternative that is well liked by some of our members, and is available at amazon.
Amazon is also a competitive source for photo light tents for shooting professional quality pictures of your work. They also have the EZ Cube brand favored by several of our members. You might also want to purchase the book Photographing Arts, Crafts and Collectibles . . .
If you are up to creating videos of your work or techniques you might want to invest in a flip video camera
Following are a few scales useful for potters. Ohaus Triple Pro Mechanical Triple Beam Balance, 2610g x 0.1g, with Tare $169.00
And finally a low cost clone of the OHaus. The Adam Equipment TBB2610T Triple Beam Mechanical Balance With Tare Beam $99.62
ebay is a great alternative for many tools and the equipment used in the ceramics studio - kilns, wheels, extruders, slab rollers are often listed there both new and used.
Tips for Members
If you just want to spout off, it is best accomplished as a blog posting. If you want to get more guidance and ideas from other members, ask a question as a new discussion topic. In the upper right corner of the lists for both types of posting, you will find an "+Add " button. Clicking it will open an editor where you create your posting. 4/16/2014
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