hi george just gordon from chichester england i think you are doing a great job for potters working at cone6 thank you

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

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

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

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.

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?

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. 

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.

and good evening

 Reply by George Lewter on November 16, 2011 at 7:43pm in single fire interest group

is this one of our best current firing schedules.  Going to try once fire. cp

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!

You're welcome. thanks for the introduction. The Splendid Surfaces Conference was pretty hectic but fun having one group after another. Just wanted to chime in to see what's a happening over here.

Hi George-

Thanks for the welcome!  When you mentioned browsing pictures did you mean pictures of the glaze recipes on the Sankey glaze database or pictures of other potters works?  I don't see any pix with the database and a keyword search just leads me to a conversation about my topic not to a recipe.  Speaking of which there are no recipes on the data base.  I would think the database would start with the recipe and then add technical commentary.  Sorry, I know I'm rambling but as a newbie it's hard to find the specific information I'm looking for.  Ann E. V.

thanks for the clarification, George.  I'm not sure I would live long enough to organize the whole data base.  Must be some computer way to sort it out!  Keep makin' pots, its the only way we learn!

Ann E, V.

George, which iron oxide did  you settle on for your C Harris Temoku ?  ie which gave you good results ?

Hello George!  You drove right by Pepper Creek Pottery on the way to the Freezer.  If you can swing by on your way north please call ahead to make sure were there.  Usually open from noon to 5pm but earlier or later as the clay requires.  

352 293 7756, would be great to meet you and give you the tour.  You can also check us out on FaceBook, Pepper Creek Pottery.

Hi George.  Happy to be a 'test tile' so to speak.   I did find the questions somewhat probing and perhaps just encouraging details responses is less useful than asking specific questions.   One of the areas that would be good to ask is where we feel our strengths and weaknesses are - so that we can help and be helped by others.   And the questionnaire doesnt address how we feel about our chosen medium and how we are either making a living, just making some money or what we do with our wares.  Hope this helps and Im looking forward to connecting with this group.  My town is sort of thin on ceramics so outreach to others is key for me.   Kind regards,  Laura

It just hit me that you could gain a great deal of space at the top of our main page if you did away with the large buttons for what the member can do and simply add the functionality on the right side as small choices along with the existing login,  mail etc...That would allow for large image and less scrolling. 

My only sesquis are silicates.

Can't loginto INsight? did we lose it?

I just logged on to the Insight-Live glaze database and added a piece of Juli Long's work to the Maggie Moo recipe.

Perhaps it was offline for a short while.

HI.  Yes. I was in the same class with Cyndy Shorter in TN this past June.  I have been struggling wiht glazes for years and also only had a low fire kiln for ages so I love the watercolor runs in SH glazes/// hope to branch out and find other glazes soon as I am tired of making everything have a big catch "foot".

Thank you for your kind comment George.

best,

Preston

can we get a link to John Britt's new book via amazon?  Its great!!!

juli long

Hi George, I have been following Electric cone 6 for quite a while.  I have two questions that might help we out with my  spraying process. Can you give me a hint of the spray applications that you use on your pots. ie the sequence. And is it possible to contact Cindy Shorter to find out her sequence of spraying.  Thanks for any assistance.

Love all the work your doing.

Ron

Thanks George

george - you mentioned the TCP brand HVLP spray gun from amazon.  what compressor would recommend to go with that.  i have a few extra $'s and am interested in buying a compressor that is recommended by someone who uses an like it.

thanks for all the info.

eleanor a.

Hi George, I did forget to ask you, where is your spary set up.  Outside or in your basement.

Ron

Hi George, I would to thank the group for all the information on spraying glazes, spray booths etc., I now have some reading to do.  Again thanks everyone for the info.  I would like to pass along some information the Crickett spray guns users.  There factor is located about 15 minutes from where I live here in Ontario, Canada.  One of my spray guns stoped working, I contacted the company but I never heard back.  So I went to LeeValley, the only problem, they did not carry all the spare parts.  Just an fyi.

Ron

Thanks George for the compliment. Wayne

Hi George, Haven't talked to you for a while,  I had and idea about increasing the membership but I didn't know if it is proper etiquette on a forum.  I am on CM daily forum often and find a lot of people with C6 glaze questions.  Most of the people on the CM forum are gas or wood high fire potters and ignore the C6 questions.  I am not able to answer a lot of the questions but I know that someone on this forum could.  I was wondering if it is proper to send someone to this forum.    Denice

Hi George,

I forgot my insight password.  If you have some time could you reset it?

Thanks!

Denise

thank you George, Susan

TY George;

Looking forward to picking brains, and exploring the boundaries. Have gone through many of the topics; looks like my cup of tea.

Tom

George, I'm technologically challenged so bear with me.  Although I am a member I don't understand how to make a donation or pay my membership dues.  When I click on the prompt in the last newsletter Paypal pops up - who do I make the payment to?  Sorry for being such a dodo, Joan Klotz

Love the Urban Platter.  I may have posted a comment about it - don't know for sure because I'm such an ignoramus about how to do such things.  Anyway it projects such a feeling of life, lots of activity in those buildings with all of those illuminated windows.

Hi George:

Thought you might like to know that I have been discussing with Ron Roy; the possibility of republishing his book, along with John Hesselberth. Lots of hurdles to jump, but we are looking into it. I asked him if he could add some new recipes, and add a section on diagnosing and fixing glaze issues. My wife owns part of a publishing company: so we are hopeful to get this done. Not sure about the feasibility, but I think its worth taking a look at.

Tom

How do I pay my $9.00

The link is at the top left of the webpage. Click on Members, then Supporting Members. Then the button Click to Become a Supporting Member Now.

Hi George ,thank you for like I m very  glad to be in this group now .Greetings from Turkey .

Hello George,  I used your Turquoise Matte recipe on a totem of mine...it looks fantastic.  Thank you so much.  Would like to leave a pic but don't know how to.  Thank you, Colleen O'Reilly.

Hi George:

thought perhaps you might have some thoughts and opinions. Trying to figure out somewhere to put all my clay research and articles. I thought a website might do the trick, but not sure they are big enough. Ceramics Monthly has published three of my clay chemistry articles this year: one or two more yet to come. Looks like I am a regular all of the sudden: although Dave Finklenberg has been too busy these days. Any ideas?

tom

Hello George!

I was having some difficulty reactivating my former membership profile, so I created a new one.  I also thought it would be better to use a masked email in case the site was ever hacked...all too common these days, unfortunately.  In the coming week, I'll go through my photos and re-post some images of my work.  All of it is at least several years old, but I look forward to being able to add new work at some point.

I've truly missed being away from clay, and I tried to minimize the feelings of loss by staying away--letting subscriptions and memberships slide.  But it's time to reconnect.  I won't be able to work extensively with clay for several more years, but I might be able to dabble at some point this year.  And I may well need to change the way I work to fit any lingering limitations.  But that's what we creative people are really good at--working with what we have!  Necessity is truly the mother of invention, and it can lead to some really interesting and awesome creations.  :)

I hope you and your loved ones have a safe and wonderful holiday!

Liz

Dangit...I really let this bookmark fall to the floor. May be some email alerts would have helped but that may have been something on my end. I will miss this great resource, but I  can understand. It is a load that I surely could never have handled. Thank you!! stay in touch some how and let us know how!!