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Family Portraits

Published: November 21, 2008 | Posted in My Artwork, Photography

Schwartz Photography strikes again!  My wife and I recently took a few photos of a family down the street.  We took the pictures a little further down the street on some different neighbor’s land.  It was overcast, a little damp, and a lot of the color was still in the trees.  So it was a good day [...]

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Engagement Photos

Published: November 19, 2008 | Posted in My Artwork, Photography

A few weeks ago my wife and I had the opportunity to take some more engagement photos.  They were taken at Bonneyville Mill part near sunset.  Here are a few samples:

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Small Clay Studio Upgrades

Published: November 17, 2008 | Posted in Clay, My Artwork, The Studio

Last weekend I was hard at work in the studio.  I not only made a few small clay pieces, I also improved the studio a little bit.  I got tired of walking all over to get a bat when I was ready to throw so I upgraded my wheel table to include a bat holder.  [...]

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I Love Free Stuff

Published: November 14, 2008 | Posted in Software

The previous two posts were created using Open Source software almost exclusively.  I have always loved the idea of Open Source, not only because most of it is free as in “no cost” but free as in “anyone can contribute or make changes”.  There are plenty of websites that can give a better description of [...]

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Wheel Thrown Clay Items (in progress)

Published: November 7, 2008 | Posted in Clay, My Artwork

Below you can see a pair of pictures showing a few items that I have recently thrown on the wheel.  There aren’t a lot of items but I hope to add a few more this weekend.  They are made out of Amaco clay: Warm Brown Stoneware (darker) and Buff Firing Stoneware (lighter).  The oval dish [...]


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Time To Vent (the kiln)

Published: November 6, 2008 | Posted in The Studio

This past weekend I spent most of Saturday installing a vent system for my kiln.  I attached the Vent Master to the wall and then put some metal tubes up through the ceiling of the garage, across the attic a few feet and then out the back of the house through the soffit.  The hardest [...]


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Random Happenings Of The Past Month

Published: November 5, 2008 | Posted in Personal

Well, here is my monthly post…  Apparently it’s already November.  The school year is flying by.  Cross country finished a few weeks ago so now I have a little “extra” time during the day.  I’ve been keeping myself busy though.  We had a new well dug at our home a few weeks ago which left [...]


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