mdeadmon on sat 3 oct 09
Regarding Etsy;=3D0D
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I sell on etsy, but I mostly do custom orders, where people will see
something they like and then convo me to see if IC can make it in another
color..=3D0D
I also have a couple galleries I sell in, but right now the economy is st=
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stagnant, and until people get the Christmas bug, I think it will stay th=
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way.....I still make things every day, send out flyers, talk about my pot=
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to anyone who will listen, and do craft shows but only in the 3 months
before Christmas..one is today, so hopefully it will go well..=3D0D
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S-Cracks=3D3D=3D3D=3D3Dany white clay is very tempermental and will most li=
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clay that does the s-crack thing...I love buncombe white, but my loss rat=
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to s-cracks is about 35%, so I am wedging it with 259 or any other color
clay that has some strength to it, and now no s-cracks...plus a little bi=
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of marbling in it too...I never use porcelain, I know I will get breakage
with it not matter what I do, so not even going there.=3D0D
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Made my first 2 lamps, will post pics later today once I get a good pictu=
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the bottoms need work, have to find something that will cover the bottom
(since it has to be open to get your hands in there) that looks nicer tha=
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what I came up with , but heck for my first 2 they are great if I say so
myself..=3D0D
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Have 3 more cooling in bisque fire, so will need to figure out bottom
detailing in a day or two....issue is diameter of bottom is 5 inches usua=
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I like the jug and ginger jar type lamps mostly so those bottoms are bigg=
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any suggestions?=3D0D
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Custom Orders; LOVE them.....will always do them....they keep my creativ=
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juices going...=3D0D
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And lastly, North Carolina with all of its pottery sucks for workshops fo=
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potters who are still in there under 5 year mark....they are mostly for
sculpural, which does not sell in my area at all, and for handbuilding,
which I just can't get into..I want glaze ideas, (not mixing my own tho,
except for the ones that are premixed..) I want design ideas, I want new
piece ideas, I want how to make your pot belly out like a pot belly pig, =
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no I do not want You tube, tho I do watch in the middle of the nite)..I w=
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something close to Charlotte or to the Myrtle Beach area, *anything that
will give me an opportunity to go to the beach works for me!)....=3D0D
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Hope that is not too long of a post....thanks for listening...=3D0D
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Margaret=3D0D
BlackDachshundPottery=3D0D
PS...only have a few items listed on etsy, the rest of my 300 pots are ou=
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in the big world (at least where people can see them, lol)=3D0D
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Fred Parker on sun 4 oct 09
Well, with all due respect, that's just plain wrong! Start here:
http://www.highwaterclays.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=3D3Dpage.display&pag=3D
e_id=3D3D30
Also, check with NC potters like John Britt, Judith Duff et al. North
Carolina is the land of milk and honey for a potter seeking instruction!
Fred Parker
P.S. I don't live in NC...
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SNIP
>And lastly, North Carolina with all of its pottery sucks for workshops f=
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>potters who are still in there under 5 year mark...
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