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Tackling Teapots
So it’s been FAR TO LONG since the last time I made teapots. I’ve put them off. And put them off. But I figure it was finally time to tackle teapots. So here we go… the beginnings of six teapots. I...
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My “Official” Pinterest Boards
Okay, so now I have “official” Fire When Ready Pottery Pinterest boards you can follow. Yes, I’ve been snowed in and uploading all day. Five different Pinterest boards full of my pottery images for you...
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Keep Calm.
While the whole “Keep Calm…” trend is wearing thin, this one struck a chord with me! And now I’m apparently very “calm” now… after making a batch of new stamps!
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A Night of Stamping
Tonight I stamped… and stamped… and stamped some more! My cylinders were still a little squishier than I would like them to be, yet I persevered. It was a synchronized rotation of unwrapping some,...
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Guess who is playing with iMovie???… and might just have something fun to share later this evening???
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Anyone?… Anyone?… Bueller?… Bueller?…
Anyone out there want to see how this class demo platter went from plain to fully stamped??? You’ve been asking… there’s a “very good chance” that there may be a video in the works?! And the stamps...
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Tall Flower Pots
I think it might have been the hint of Spring yesterday that “inspired” me to make flower pots. So I spent the day in the studio throwing tall flower pots. I decided to make them in two pieces, instead...
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My Second Video : Bowl Stamping Demo
I just posted my SECOND pottery video on YouTube!!! Whoo-hoo!!! And let me just say for the record, this one went a LOT faster in iMovie… and I remembered to shoot the footage in landscape mode so it...
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Wednesday : 5 x 5 Challenge #1
It’s Day Three of my Facebook Portfolio Challenge. So far we’ve had Mugshot Monday, Texture Tuesday… and now I’m calling it “Working Wednesday.” Photos of work in progress. And today I nominate...
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Another Stamped Platter
Well, it’s been awhile now… and time for another VIDEO on YouTube!!! What with the Academy Awards coming in two weeks and all… This time I tackled a softer platter than I’m accustomed to. I threw the...
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And I Quote…“Oodles & Oodles of Stamping”
One of my students was playing on YouTube and ran across this pottery video. Click here for the video. It’s kind of long… about an hour and 19 minutes. But if you jump to about the 1:03 mark that’s...
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Stamping Mug Batch #2
The second batch of mugs I’m working on is made out of reclaim clay. I’m thinking that they will still go into the soda kiln, but will look smoother & more evenly finished after the firing. Last...
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My Little Stamping Prodigies
My summer campers are doing great this week… and it looks like I have a few stamping prodigies in the group!!! And a beautifully stamped surprise in the bottom of Helene’s bowl… so proud!
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Stamping Mug : Making Good Impressions
So I spent the evening doing a bit of stamping. I had a few cylinders that were on the wetter-side of leatherhard… perfect for stamping! So here’s a quick tour of the cylinder before & after AND...
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Too Plain. Too Long.
Got some plain cylinders that can’t stay like that way for long. Time to do a little stamping!!!
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Stamp. Stamping. Stamped.
It’s been a long morning of stamping cylinders. One step closer to making another batch of mugs. This time I made a few different shapes of cylinders… kinda hoping to find a new one that intrigues me....
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Summer Camp : Trimming, Stamping, Detailing
It’s the third day for my Summer Campers and today they had to “finish up” their stoneware pots. So we did some trimming, some stamping, some adding of handles and colored slip detailing. Never too...
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Stamping Bowls
Time to do a bit of detailing on the latest batch of bowls. They’ve set-up a bit and are now a “wet-leatherhard” stage. Not quite dry enough for trimming, but stiff enough to hold it’s shape during the...
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Patterned Platter
Last night before teaching class, I had just enough time to stamp another platter… actually the demo platter I threw for class last week. I started stamping with one stamp pressed in one… by one… by...
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