Here's a little lidded jar I made.
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The lid was stuck on this one tight when it came out of the kiln. My teacher had me stick it in the freezer for 30 minutes, then pour hot water around the sides of the pot. It worked!
I'm at a frustrating point where I can make very nice things, but I have no consistency. I might then go three weeks without making anything worth keeping.
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I'm at a frustrating point where I can make very nice things, but I have no consistency. I might then go three weeks without making anything worth keeping.
I'm sure it's a matter of time in the studio -- it's hard to get out there often enough to put in the time to get more consistent. (It involves a 10-mile bike ride, which is not always doable.)
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@APBBlue gorgeous shape and glaze!
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@APBBlue gorgeous shape and glaze!
@pixel Thank you!
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@APBBlue I love it
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@APBBlue I love it
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The lid was stuck on this one tight when it came out of the kiln. My teacher had me stick it in the freezer for 30 minutes, then pour hot water around the sides of the pot. It worked!
@APBBlue I found that sharply rapping the edge of the pot with a stick often frees stuck lids. But if that doesn't work, thermal expansion is a great tool.
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@APBBlue I found that sharply rapping the edge of the pot with a stick often frees stuck lids. But if that doesn't work, thermal expansion is a great tool.
@raven Yeah, I was trying that, but it wasn't doing the trick. This led to a very satisfying "POP!"
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@raven Me too! Sadly, this is the last of the Reitz Green. Apparently it contains an ingredient that literally is no longer commercially available -- it's been mined out of existence.
@APBBlue Bummer. This is one of the fun things about pottery, even in commercial glazes... it all depends on mined materials that have specific compositions. And you get things like Gerstley Borate where it comes from one mine, and the composition changes as the mine gets deeper, then the mine runs out and the mixing-my-own-glaze people collectively freak out.
(Gerstley Borate was a terrible material anyway. Formulated replacements are more balanced.) -
@APBBlue Bummer. This is one of the fun things about pottery, even in commercial glazes... it all depends on mined materials that have specific compositions. And you get things like Gerstley Borate where it comes from one mine, and the composition changes as the mine gets deeper, then the mine runs out and the mixing-my-own-glaze people collectively freak out.
(Gerstley Borate was a terrible material anyway. Formulated replacements are more balanced.)@raven Yeah, I'm hoping they come up with a substitute recipe that's similar, because I love this glaze.
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Lovely!
Sister has recently taken it up too, and is addicted. She has this technique where she swirls two different types if clay to interesting effect.
Her house is full of attempts that come up short, but she does get some good ones.
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Lovely!
Sister has recently taken it up too, and is addicted. She has this technique where she swirls two different types if clay to interesting effect.
Her house is full of attempts that come up short, but she does get some good ones.
@mastodonmigration That's super cool! I tried it once but messed with it too long and just ended up with a muddled mess.
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@APBBlue that's really pretty! I love that glaze. It looks kind of like the reitz green i was playing with last semester
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@APBBlue that's gorgeous
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@APBBlue
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