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Raw Materials for Glazes

Published: February 25, 2011 | Also posted in Clay Studio, Supplies |

I ordered some raw materials for mixing glazes. US Pigment and Seattle Pottery Supply were both great to work with…

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Triple Beam Dreams

Published: February 21, 2011 | Also posted in Clay Studio |

I’ve always wanted to experiment with glaze recipes and mix my own glazes some day. A couple months ago I got a step closer to making that happen in my very own studio when I purchased a triple beam scale.

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New Shelves in the Clay Studio

Published: February 5, 2011 | Also posted in Clay Studio |

Two new shelves in the clay studio for better organization.

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Pottery Photo Backdrop

Published: August 22, 2010 | Also posted in Clay Studio, Photo Gear |

An improved backdrop for the Collapsible Photo Booth for Photographing Pottery

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Mixing Ceramics Glaze – Pam’s Blue

Published: June 21, 2010 | Also posted in Clay |

My first attempt to mix a glaze from a dry powder here at Art By Fuzzy Industries.

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New Ceramic Supplies

Published: April 8, 2010 | Also posted in Supplies |

I ordered some glazes and other pottery supplies and have been working on a few things in the clay studio.

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Drying Boards for the Pottery Studio

Published: August 5, 2009 | Posted in The Studio

I love summer break!  One small project that I finished recently was to make some drying boards for my clay studio.  I only have about 6 bats so I often need to remove a thrown pot from the bat so I can use the bat to throw something else.  Usually I just set the freshly [...]

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Summer Pottery: Mugs, Bowls, and More

Published: July 23, 2009 | Also posted in Clay, My Artwork |

As you can tell by the picture, I’ve been pretty busy in the clay studio lately.  The past couple weeks I’ve been cranking out some wheel thrown items when I haven’t been in class or on the computer.  I worked on a bunch of different mug forms for a week or two and recently I’ve [...]

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The “SuperChuck” beta testing complete

Published: July 21, 2009 | Also posted in Clay, My Artwork |

It works!  In my last post I described how I made a version of the SuperChuck.  A couple days ago I got to try it for the first time.  I threw a nice vase form and it turned out to be the perfect candidate to trim in the chuck.  The black shelf liner material I [...]

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The SuperChuck (for trimming pots)

Published: June 19, 2009 | Also posted in Clay, My Artwork |

A while ago I got an email from one of the ceramics newsletters that I’ve subscribed to and it had a video of the “Superchuck”.  In a nutshell, the device is attached to the wheel and used to trim the bottom of vessels with narrow openings or delicate rims (which would prevent them from setting [...]

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