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cone viewing and kiln loading-a bit of fun

updated mon 27 sep 04

 

Gene and Dolita Dohrman on sat 25 sep 04


How grateful can a girl be?! With trepidation, I decided to post my =
little experience with viewing cones and within 24 hours Mel has =
designed a viewing helmet. The man is a genius I tell ya. While he is =
creating glazes, making history, throwing pots, firing so they have =
little drippy things on them; he still has time to be a fashion =
designer. The only flaw I could find is that he made it green...will =
never do in that color. It has to match my eyes. Easy fix though. I =
am in Kentucky Blue country. Plenty of blue football helmets! =20
Then lo and behold, right behind comes a design for a kiln loader just =
for me from an anonymous friend. Now, 'psci_kw' must be trying to avoid =
any liability he/she may incur as a result of publishing this design, as =
he/she used an address heretofore unknown to Clayart and....as many of =
you may have noted, did not sign the email. Now this mystery person has =
some inside info about feather boas (to include knowledge of the correct =
color for Baltimore) so I may be able to narrow it down. However, I =
have gathered all the tools necessary including weak mind (me) and =
strong back (husband). My main concern is the last little bit of =
avoiding ending up in the kiln with the pots. If you don't hear from me =
again, you know I ended up in the kiln and was fired to a beautiful =
'Mother-in-law blue'.
Dolita =20

dohrman@insightbb.com
Louisville, KY