Linda Mccaleb on sat 4 sep 10
=3DA0 I have been out of the loop for a week or longer, so when I saw every=
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dy =3D0Atalking bad about slipcasting, I can see how that can be no differe=
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than =3D0AWall-Mart, but I want to make something other than just the mold=
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=3D0A=3DA0 I do some slipcasting, or my husband does. I can't lift the buck=
et. =3D
Due to a =3D0Aphysical problem, I can't throw, I can hand build with rollin=
g =3D
with my feet. But =3D0Athe molds are my own work, and when they come=3DA0 o=
ut o=3D
f the mold, the work hasn't =3D0Astopped there to dunk in glaze and fire. I=
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lay with the piece, add, subtract or =3D0Ado an original painting on it. I =
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ke t carve intricate scrolling in =3D0Athem.=3DA0Everything that comes out =
of m=3D
y kiln in done by hand except for the hand =3D0Apouring. It's my work and I=
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ight never be able to throw again, I want to keep =3D0Athose molds!=3D0A=3D=
A0=3DA0=3D
=3DA0The other thing on the subject, I have broken a beautiful bowl in 2. I=
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s all =3D0Aof you if you have a 'cure' for this? It is a special bowl, that=
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lot of work =3D0Awent into to make, both in the throwing and the mold maki=
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. I really want to =3D0Asave it since I will never be able to replace it. I=
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now that they won't last =3D0Aforever, but for now, I want to make some of =
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em. Well really all of them, =3D0Asince I will be out of the pottery busine=
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, just when I was going to start =3D0Ateaching, =3D0A=3D0A=3DA0 I had to re=
fund the=3D
ir money. Well they got some information for free. Now I =3D0Ahave wheels I=
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on't know what to do with. I have one in the room, waiting until =3D0AI'm s=
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ong enough to throw again, the others are in storage wasting away their =3D=
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warranty.=3D0A=3DA0 Please don't throw this aside and forget about it, if y=
ou c=3D
an help, I REALLY =3D0AAPPRECIATE YOUR HELP!=3D0A=3DA0 You all are great!=
=3D0A=3DA0 T=3D
hanks a lot folks!=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A
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