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Potters & Sculptors - Making Rock from Mud
Bud Vase
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Comment by Joe Shaw on July 17, 2011 at 9:08pm
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George,
I started doing this the last of March, First part of April. I gleaned a lot of information from this website as well as Steven Hill's. I was lucky enough to find his firing schedule posted in an Oregon Potters Association Newsletter from last February. The closest I got to Steven Hill was a slide presentation he and Matt Long made at Allen Hancock College in Santa Maria, CA in the early 2000's. He was doing just the cone 10 work at that time. Since I was firing cone 6 electric, I just kind of blew him off. Things change and so did I! I need to use this website more and participate more often. I see it as a very valuable learning and resource tool. Thanks for putting it up!
I'm always glad to share what information I have. I want others to see the results I get and have an idea of the combinations I use. That's how we learn. I think Steven Hill is very generous with his knowledge and techniques and I'm certainly thankful for that as well as the many others who share their knowledge and ideas selflessly.
Robert (Joe) Shaw
Have a look at Shaw Pottery on Facebook if you like.
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Thanks for sharing your glazes for this piece. I wish everyone else would do the same. I am always amazed at the variety and creativity that comes from clay.
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Comment by George Lewter on July 16, 2011 at 10:30pm
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Robert,
Have you been using these glazes long? Taken a Steven Hill workshop? Learn about them here? I'm just curious to find out if people are putting into use things they learn about on our network.
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