I was wondering how your back surgery went. I hope all is well. I am hoping for warm weather so that I can get back out in my studio. I have plans for testing a lot of stains this year.
At 6:27am on February 17, 2013, Kathy Ransom said…
Sorry George, it wasn't criticism but just something I had noticed as sites like Pinterest generate so much activity because they are in your face all the time. My settings email me about almost everything on this network so it's all good.
At 8:28am on February 13, 2013, Kathy Ransom said…
Just a comment George but there is so much distraction on the internet (for me anyway!) that I find myself just going to sites like fb, pinterest, and ceramic arts daily because I get regular email from them that gives me links to their sites that I just have to follow. Especially ceramic arts daily because the links take me to interesting things I need to check out. Have you thought of a newsletter cone 6 members can opt in/out of that goes to their email and contains links? Once I get into cone 6 I always find more to look at and if you want to encourage activity that may be one way to do it?
At 8:59pm on December 10, 2012, Tobla Howell said…
Hi George..here is the project.
The Accidental Glaze Project
“Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.”
Mark Twain
Has this happened to you? Out of the kiln comes a new set of glaze tests. One of the tests is incredibly beautiful!! It’s a blood red at cone 6 or a green glaze with only cobalt as a colorant or maybe it’s just the best glaze you’ve seen. You want to share it with the world! But then you realize:
a) That was the test you tossed in 10 grams of… (oh gosh what was that) just to see what would happen.
b) It’s the garbage (scrap) glaze
c) You know what’s in it then try to reproduce it and it doesn’t work. It could be the firing cycle but you can’t be sure.
d) You were sure you would remember that formulation
Usually when we design glazes we do just that. There is a huge amount of information out there to help you guide your testing process. What we don’t do often enough is go outside those guidelines. Over 30% of great discoveries are accidental. Scrap or garbage glazes are a perfect example, rarely are they just 5 or 6 ingredients in intelligent well thought out proportions. Likely you will have upwards of 15 different ingredients. This large number of variables can have the most amazing results. Remember how hard it was to reproduce “Albany Slip”?
Enter “The Accidental Glaze Project”
Project goals:
The goal of this project is to gather a very large number of accidental glazes (any glaze with an accidental component to them). Through the efficiencies of numbers and the donations of volunteers (testing and administration) we reduce the cost of a full spectrum mineralogical analysis from $100 USD to less than $15 USD (The goal is $10 USD)
From this we make a publication and you or your studio can get full credit for its discovery.
PS (This is a green project encouraging potters to keep their cast away glazes instead of discarding them.)
There are many roles to take in this project. You can be a partner, participant or something in between. If you are interested in finding out what your accidental glaze is, or you want to be published or you just can’t wait to see what everyone’s accidental glaze contains, or you’re a glaze intellectual and want to see what new discoveries this project can uncover.
Let me know if you would like to participate and what role you would like to play. This is definitely a group project.
Please send me the information I need to access Insight. I promise, promise, promise I will put it where I can keep up with it. Thank you for all you do. Pretty sure I have sent money for this year, but if you don't see it, I'll glad pay now. Thank you, Elaine
george - could you send me the login info to the group recipe database. and i don't have or forgot my user ID and password. this is embarrassing but not the first time i have forgotten this sort of information.
Hi George,
Thank you for all your hard work. You will be in my prayers as you recover. The resources you offer have really helped my pottery improve. I would like to see some articles on the art of displays for greater sales. Or hints from potters who set up and show a lot at festivals.
Thank you!
Desiree
Good Shepherd Pottery
At 3:19pm on September 21, 2012, Marla Stroup said…
The meeting burner thing sounds very interesting. Please let me know when the second activity gets scheduled. I'd like to learn how to use the technology.
Hi Joanna,
I'm not George but I have a few ideas. I use the ultimate edger to put a rounded foot on each piece I throw. I spray my glazes so you can get just the right amount clear down to the foot and I stilt everything in the glaze firing. I use Roselli stilts and just clip the little metal prongs off as they will deform at cone 5/6 and your pot could tip over(learned that the hard way!) Hope these ideas help. jhp
I just joined last week and I put a check in the mail to you today, I hope that is fast enough. Thank you for creating this great potters resource! I love it.
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
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
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.
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I live right next to there off Lamberth! Thanks for the add. I am not trying to bug anyone just trying to learn what I can!
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is this one of our best current firing schedules. Going to try once fire. cp
I was wondering how your back surgery went. I hope all is well. I am hoping for warm weather so that I can get back out in my studio. I have plans for testing a lot of stains this year.
Sorry George, it wasn't criticism but just something I had noticed as sites like Pinterest generate so much activity because they are in your face all the time. My settings email me about almost everything on this network so it's all good.
Just a comment George but there is so much distraction on the internet (for me anyway!) that I find myself just going to sites like fb, pinterest, and ceramic arts daily because I get regular email from them that gives me links to their sites that I just have to follow. Especially ceramic arts daily because the links take me to interesting things I need to check out. Have you thought of a newsletter cone 6 members can opt in/out of that goes to their email and contains links? Once I get into cone 6 I always find more to look at and if you want to encourage activity that may be one way to do it?
Hi George..here is the project.
The Accidental Glaze Project
“Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.”
Mark Twain
Has this happened to you? Out of the kiln comes a new set of glaze tests. One of the tests is incredibly beautiful!! It’s a blood red at cone 6 or a green glaze with only cobalt as a colorant or maybe it’s just the best glaze you’ve seen. You want to share it with the world! But then you realize:
a) That was the test you tossed in 10 grams of… (oh gosh what was that) just to see what would happen.
b) It’s the garbage (scrap) glaze
c) You know what’s in it then try to reproduce it and it doesn’t work. It could be the firing cycle but you can’t be sure.
d) You were sure you would remember that formulation
Usually when we design glazes we do just that. There is a huge amount of information out there to help you guide your testing process. What we don’t do often enough is go outside those guidelines. Over 30% of great discoveries are accidental. Scrap or garbage glazes are a perfect example, rarely are they just 5 or 6 ingredients in intelligent well thought out proportions. Likely you will have upwards of 15 different ingredients. This large number of variables can have the most amazing results. Remember how hard it was to reproduce “Albany Slip”?
Enter “The Accidental Glaze Project”
Project goals:
The goal of this project is to gather a very large number of accidental glazes (any glaze with an accidental component to them). Through the efficiencies of numbers and the donations of volunteers (testing and administration) we reduce the cost of a full spectrum mineralogical analysis from $100 USD to less than $15 USD (The goal is $10 USD)
From this we make a publication and you or your studio can get full credit for its discovery.
PS (This is a green project encouraging potters to keep their cast away glazes instead of discarding them.)
There are many roles to take in this project. You can be a partner, participant or something in between. If you are interested in finding out what your accidental glaze is, or you want to be published or you just can’t wait to see what everyone’s accidental glaze contains, or you’re a glaze intellectual and want to see what new discoveries this project can uncover.
Let me know if you would like to participate and what role you would like to play. This is definitely a group project.
george - could you send me the login info to the group recipe database. and i don't have or forgot my user ID and password. this is embarrassing but not the first time i have forgotten this sort of information.
thanks,
eleanor a
Thank you for all your hard work. You will be in my prayers as you recover. The resources you offer have really helped my pottery improve. I would like to see some articles on the art of displays for greater sales. Or hints from potters who set up and show a lot at festivals.
Thank you!
Desiree
Good Shepherd Pottery
The meeting burner thing sounds very interesting. Please let me know when the second activity gets scheduled. I'd like to learn how to use the technology.
thanks, Marla Stroup
Hi George
can you please send me a temp id and password
my computer crashed and the other details don't work anymore
apologies for the inconvienience
Hope you make a speedy recovery and back to normal quickly
Cheers Ivan Watts
hi george just gordon from chichester england i think you are doing a great job for potters working at cone6 thank you
Good topic. Please reply to the new discussion http://cone6pots.ning.com/forum/topics/glazing-the-foot-from-joanna-turnbull
I'm not George but I have a few ideas. I use the ultimate edger to put a rounded foot on each piece I throw. I spray my glazes so you can get just the right amount clear down to the foot and I stilt everything in the glaze firing. I use Roselli stilts and just clip the little metal prongs off as they will deform at cone 5/6 and your pot could tip over(learned that the hard way!) Hope these ideas help. jhp
I hope that you are feelign better. I am desperate to get an answer to my spray glaze question. If you see this would you mind sending me an answer.
Nadine
Thank you George, I figure that when one finds such an excellent resource than it is a responsibility to suppport it fully.
That should be "were/are"
I thought we already friends!
George,
I just joined last week and I put a check in the mail to you today, I hope that is fast enough. Thank you for creating this great potters resource! I love it.
Nadine Mercader
I like Potters Beat Disability better than the title I had George!
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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