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Troy Bungart
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Troy Bungart Dec 12, 2013. 7 Replies 0 Likes
I would like to know what others recommend for their choice in a pyrometer and why. I don't have one yet and there seems to be a lot of options with little information.Continue
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- What is your experience with ceramics in general. (Long answer encouraged)
- amateur
- What is your current involvement with electric fired ceramics? (long answer encouraged)
- I can't get enough of clay and the people that enjoy it.
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- I am looking for people that are interested in glazes and how to work with them to get different results with a combination of glazes.
- Where do you work on your ceramics projects?
- home studio
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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
Purchase Glazes Cone 6 by Michael Bailey, The Potters Book of Glaze Recipes by Emmanuel Cooper, or Making Marks by Robin Hopper, all available at amazon.com. Mastering Cone 6 Glazes by John Hesselberth & Ron Roy is now out of print.
Harbor Freight is a great place to find unbeatable prices for better HVLP spray guns with stainless steel parts and serviceable economy models, as well as detail guns, all tested by our members for spraying glazes, as well as compressors to power the guns. As yet no one has tested and commented on the remarkably inexpensive air brushes at harbor freight.
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
Following are a few scales useful for potters. Ohaus Triple Pro Mechanical Triple Beam Balance, 2610g x 0.1g, with Tare $169.00
And finally a low cost clone of the OHaus. The Adam Equipment TBB2610T Triple Beam Mechanical Balance With Tare Beam $99.62
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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Beloved,
I am Mrs. Angela from the United States but live in France. I saw your profile and I decided to contact you immediately. Can you get back to me on my email (anglbria01@gmail.com) for full details
Be blessed.
Injoyed your slide show. Your craftmanship is impeccable and shines through in every medium you work with. In my opinion, cone 10 reduction is the gold standard that cone 6 electric work is striving to duplicate. I am assuming that these cups are cone 6. The glazes are magnificant. If they are cone 10 then they magnificant still. I like doing both and have yet to inprove my glazing knowledge enough to get this result at cone 6. thanks
I've spent a lot of time in Three Rivers. My wife's parents had a place on Fisher Lake up until about a month ago (They moved into a retirement community in Jackson). Your story of coming back to pottery after a long hiatus sounds pretty familiar.
Our more active members are quite open with their techniques and information. Others are a bit more . . . retentive? . . . elusive? . . . totally noncommunicative?
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