Lynnette Lukay

Female

Stony Plain, Alberta

Canada

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What is your experience with ceramics in general. (Long answer encouraged)

I have been doing pottery since 1997 and joined a guild in 1999. Since then I have taken alot of classes ( guild instructors ) and been to one Robin Hopper workshop. I love pottery I started out as a painter and because of that my brain goes backwards when it comes to glaze. Red and blue do not make purple for me. I am anxious and eager to learn more. I would like to purchase a Geil Kiln and do cone 10 gas because that is what I am familiar with at the guild. At home I have a small kiln from a treasured friend and potter that has since passed and I would like to get more brave with the chemicals and testing. I still feel I need someone to hold my hand. I mainly do functional work as that is what sells and I want to buy a kiln (makes sense) I can pretty much do anything with clay. I am not sure why but it just came natural to me.

What is your current involvement with electric fired ceramics? (long answer encouraged)

I have fired at least 20 times with my electric kiln. The frustration comes from testing and trying and testing and trying and feeling like I am not getting anywhere. The first 3 months were just trying to get a clear that wouldn't craze. The silly thing is after all of my clay/glaze fit tests the one that worked for me ever since has all the same amount of ingredients in it (perfect for me) unfortunately unless I get a bigger kiln it won't be worth much of my time as it is a small kiln and cools really quickly. Short of me pulling an all nighter and turning the kiln down slowly that won't work. So I am looking a t a gas kiln and a bigger electric kiln that I can take to cone 8 or 10 ish as I love the glazes and am familiar with a few at cone 10. Learning every day though.

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If glazes don't work for me by try three I always go back to coloring my slips, painting them on and clear over top. This works great but seems to bright for my functional customers.

Where do you work on your ceramics projects?

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