"Hello,
How is everything with you, my name is Venessa Herbert, I picked interest in you after going through your short profile and demanding it be necessary to write to you immediately. I have something very important to disclose to you concerning…"
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Denice E. Demuth commented on Helen Sparrow's photo
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"Did you do your bubbles on purpose or by accident. I had white bubbles pop up on colored overglaze one time, it turned out to be bad clay. Denice"
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"Hi everyone, thank you for accepting me into the group. I look forward to hearing from you all and learning and contributing hopefully."
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- What is your experience with ceramics in general. (Long answer encouraged)
- I have been potting for 40 years, My gas kiln died and now I have an electric kiln. Looking to reduce firing to cone 6. Slowly getting there
- What is your current involvement with electric fired ceramics? (long answer encouraged)
- I fire my work in an electric kiln. It is very different to a gas kiln and reduction, but beginning to get the results I want. I mainly make functional ware on the wheel.
- All our content is viewable by the public. Why do you want to be a member, when you can already see everything as a non-member?
- it is nice to be able to talk to other people and also encourage, ask questions.
- Where do you work on your ceramics projects?
- home studio
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- At 11:46pm on August 26, 2024,
Vanessa Herbert said…
Hello,
How is everything with you, my name is Venessa Herbert, I picked interest in you after going through your short profile and demanding it be necessary to write to you immediately. I have something very important to disclose to you concerning your surname that's to say your last name .since it's a public site.Could you please get back to me on: (
vanessaherbert1872@gmail.com
) for more details.
Regards.
Venessa.
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