Lee Love on thu 1 mar 07
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From: Lee Love
Date: Mar 1, 2007 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: heating studio
To: mickey.dan@excite.com
I have a kerosene heater in the studio that back ups the wood stove.
I used to use water bottles to keep my unshoed feet warm, but now,
I have a kotatsu heater under the seat of my throwing platform.
Keeps the inside of the platform warm.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
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Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
sacredclay on fri 2 mar 07
Sorry about the first posting. Misfired on that one. Question is, I've
always thought Japan was pretty wamr with rarely cold weather. Remember
reading long time ago about a woman that visited Britain and having
never saw snow before, went outside and soon went into a shock form the
cold. Someone rescued her. so the image kind of stuck in my mind. Stop
laughing and correnct my distorted views, please. Thanks you. Warmly,
Kathryn ---
to keep my unshoed feet warm, but now,
> I have a kotatsu heater under the seat of my throwing platform.
> Keeps the inside of the platform warm.
>
> --
> Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Rudy Tucker on fri 2 mar 07
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From: "sacredclay"
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Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: heating studio
>always thought Japan was pretty wamr with rarely cold weather. <
Apparently Japan has quite a wide range in it's climate from north to south.
It is like from Maine to northern Florida and extends about the same number
of degrees longitude. Do a google and check out "Sapporo Snow Festival",
which is on Japan's northern most island. Very cool!
Rudy
in a rainy and foggy 48 degree Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
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sacredclay on fri 2 mar 07
Lee,John, what is a kotatau? It sounds like a space heater to me.
Warmly, Kathryn in NC
I ware a beanie but have to take it off when my feet are being
> warmed by the kotatsu :).
> John
>
John Dellow on fri 2 mar 07
>
> I have a kotatsu heater under the seat of my throwing platform.
> Keeps the inside of the platform warm.
>
>Lee we have one of those under a low table in front of the television
set. If you feet are warm it will keep the rest of ones body warm.In
winter I ware a beanie but have to take it off when my feet are being
warmed by the kotatsu :).
John
John Dellow "the flower pot man"
From the land down under
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Vince Pitelka on fri 2 mar 07
>always thought Japan was pretty wamr with rarely cold weather. <
That's the kind of assumption people make about California, where the
winters are often warm and sunny in San Diego, and very cold, foggy, and
rainy up in Humboldt County. It all has to do with ocean currents, and the
weather in northwestern California is pretty much like Puget Sound - no
similarity whatsovever to the weather in Southern Calilfornia. It keeps the
riff-raff out. No offense intended. I lived in Humboldt County for 17
years and loved it, but it's too far from too much.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
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http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
Lee Love on sat 3 mar 07
On 3/2/07, sacredclay wrote:
> Sorry about the first posting. Misfired on that one. Question is, I've
> always thought Japan was pretty wamr with rarely cold weather.
I think this is the first year we haven't had snow. The climate
in Japan varies to a great degree. Hokkaido is a lot like
Minnesota. I think of Shikoku as being "Florida with mountains."
Here in Mashiko, we are about parallel with Washington D.C., but we
are as far inland as you can get, so the ocean does not moderate our
weather as much.
We have no central heating. So, although it is colder than
Minnesota, it is harder to stay warm inside in the winter in Mashiko.
The first two years I insulated half of the ceiling and that made a
big difference.
Traditionally the kotatsu is a charcoal heater. But modern ones
are little electric heater that fasten to the bottom of a low table.
A sort of quilt is put over the frame but under the table top, and
you get your legs warm by putting them under the table.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Lee Love on sat 3 mar 07
On 3/3/07, Lee Love wrote:
> We have no central heating. So, although it is colder than
This should read "colder IN Minnesota in the winter."
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
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