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August 2015 Blog Posts (3)
Pricing of pots
Added by Robert spicer on August 20, 2015 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments
Simon Leach
So Simon was in town last night, well, actually for a few nights but he gave a demo at our local supplier, Capital Ceramics. It was quite interesting & it was fun to meet him. Learned a few tricks even though I don't do much small stuff. A good time was had by all!!! jhp
Added by Jeff Poulter on August 18, 2015 at 9:34am — 1 Comment
My First Attempt at Spraying Glaze
I have been a hobby potter for about 18 years. For 10 of those years I have been visually impaired. Making things didn’t suffer much when I lost my good sight, but glazing became a recurring nightmare. I tried brushing glaze and couldn’t tell how thick I was applying glaze or see brush marks in the glaze. Dipping pots is OK, but everything looks commercial if a pot is dunked in a single glaze and I cannot tell when I’ve missed a place when I glaze. Also, I like making big pots and it…
ContinueAdded by Rodney Allen Roe on August 3, 2015 at 8:23am — 8 Comments
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