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July 2014 Blog Posts (3)
A day in the life
Well a mixed day in all. This morning I tried to start a bisque firing but my kiln was totally unresponsive. So I called Rob Battey, who knows all (well all about kilns) at Northwest Potters Supply and discussed the symptoms with him. We decided that a new Board for the Controller was needed and so it is on its way. After this it was a lesson with Lola who is teaching me all of her china painting techniques and tricks, and after more than 30 years of china painting she knows a lot. So…
ContinueAdded by Joan Klotz on July 30, 2014 at 4:25pm — No Comments
Slow-cooling or fast?
There are many uses for changing the cooling speed of ceramic glass.
http://www.wired.com/2014/07/material-science-flexible-display/
In new PCM displays, the inner material is a substance made of silicon’s heavier chemical cousins, germanium, antimony, and tellurium. The two states of this material, known as GST, are actually two different phases of matter: one an ordered crystal and the other a…
Added by Norm Stuart on July 10, 2014 at 1:48pm — No Comments
The Wholesalecrafts.com
I cannot clutter this wonderful webpage with my pictures. So if anybody want to see more of them and at the same time i will share the place we sell the other half of our production. Look into the "Wholesalecrafts.com
Our ID# is 24939 the password is my wife's name "Karin".
Added by Leo Villaroman on July 7, 2014 at 8:31am — 1 Comment
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