[Clayart] Clayart Digest, Vol 74, Issue 28
Janet Leatherwood
janet.leatherwood at gmail.com
Wed Jan 12 15:30:49 UTC 2022
Thanks for such a warm welcome!
As for surplus chemicals, perhaps you can donate them. Here on Long
Island, NY, we have established a local community clay studio which is a
not-for-profit organization. We benefit greatly from donations (and we mix
all our own glazes). If there is something similar where you live, they
might be very glad for your surplus, and the donations should be tax
deductible.
Best regards,
Janet Leatherwood
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> 1. Stand and cheer for Janet (mel jacobson)
> 2. the casino (mel jacobson)
> 3. Re: Night Sky Map for January 2022: The Brightest Night Sky
> of the Year | Almanac.com (Jan Mertens)
> 4. Re: Clayart Digest, Vol 74, Issue 26 (Terry Lazaroff)
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> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:04:58 +0100
> From: mel jacobson <melpots at mail.com>
> To: clay art <clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
> Subject: [Clayart] Stand and cheer for Janet
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> We all have our reasons for making things of clay.
> We get to do what we want, and spend what we want.
> The journey is different for each of us.
>
> We speak to a very large audience. It is the audience
> that decides what to do with clay. Their clay.
>
> I would have never believed ten years ago that I would
> be loving my small electric kiln and firing cone 6.
> It is a new world.
> enjoy every day of it..."and never tell Janet what to do
> with her clay."
> mel
> website: www.melpots.com
> www.melpots.com/CLAYART.HTML
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:20:44 +0100
> From: mel jacobson <melpots at mail.com>
> To: clay art <clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
> Subject: [Clayart] the casino
> Message-ID:
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> I told Sharlene, back in 83 when the Casino Opened
> seven miles from us at Turtle Lake.
> "We will go there, donate money to the Ojibway tribe,
> eat a good meal and laugh a great deal.
>
> My neighbor donates a great deal of money to the Ojibway
> community. As it should be.
>
> The very first Indian Gaming in the USA came from a kid from Burnsville, MN
> high school. Went to law school at the U, and started to sell
> cigarettes from an old rickety camper. He won his case, selling
> on the reservation, then he sold booze tax free, won that suit too, then
> Bingo, then
> came in the first "one armed bandit.". Now it is a billion $ industry.
> Nothing like going to law school and being a damn smart human.
> Mel
>
> website: www.melpots.com
> www.melpots.com/CLAYART.HTML
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:30:17 -0500
> From: Jan Mertens <janmertens41 at gmail.com>
> To: Clayart international pottery discussion forum
> <clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [Clayart] Night Sky Map for January 2022: The Brightest
> Night Sky of the Year | Almanac.com
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> Thank you
> Jan
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 4:08 PM Mike Gordon <clayart at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > FOR RAY? Mike Gordon
> > >
> >
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> > <
> >
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> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:57:15 -0500
> From: Terry Lazaroff <terrylazaroff at gmail.com>
> To: Clayart international pottery discussion forum
> <clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [Clayart] Clayart Digest, Vol 74, Issue 26
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> Well said Janet;
>
>
> Everyone finds their way, no two potters are the same.
> I have chemicals that I purchased back in 89, when I turned professional.
> I am now getting ready to downsize, and I am wondering how I will get rid
> of them. I can?t just throw them out because they make up my inventory
> and thus will hurt tax wise.
>
> I now use a limited glaze palette. I am now looking at ordering my glaze
> pre weighted. The Pottery Supply House in Oakville, near Toronto, will
> make up your glazes in any batch size you need. There is a nominal fee,
> but it is reasonable.
>
> So use what you need, and enjoy your creative moves.
>
> Terry
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jan 11, 2022, at 6:00 PM, Janet Leatherwood <
> janet.leatherwood at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ?Dear Clayart community,
> > I've been reading your posts for years now and they are always there
> when I
> > need a lift. Finally now I'll start adding my 2 cents.
> > Home-made vs. commercial glazes.
> > I started with a few pints of commercial glaze about 20 years ago.
> Working
> > full time, 2 small kids, then 4 kids, and those glazes were worth every
> > penny. I had no idea what a glaze could do or even how to fire my manual
> > kiln. But I enjoyed the clay so much and gradually learned more and more
> > about the glazes. Now my garage is full of EPK and FF3134 and
> > wollastonite, etc., and my basement is full of buckets of this and that,
> > and I still use some of the commercial glazes together with my own. I
> > don't think I have saved money by making my own glazes, but it is a
> > wonderful journey. I'm like the winner of $300, I sell a few pots but
> my
> > clay costs far more than what I bring in. I imagine the casino winner
> > (thanks to her winnings) spent $200 for a wonderful
> > vacation/entertainment. Likewise, making beautiful things brings me
> great
> > joy, and I consider the net cost a good deal indeed.
> >
> > Thank you all for posts through the years,
> > Janet Leatherwood
> >
> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 1:27 PM <clayart-request at lists.clayartworld.com
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> >> Today's Topics:
> >>
> >> 1. Re: paul lewing is back (Sharon Wetherby)
> >> 2. cost of materials (mel jacobson)
> >> 3. Re: cost of materials (kathi at lesueurclaywork.com)
> >> 4. Re: cost of materials (Robert Harris)
> >>
> >>
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> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 21:34:01 -0600
> >> From: Sharon Wetherby <wetherby.ss at gmail.com>
> >> To: Clayart international pottery discussion forum
> >> <clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Clayart] paul lewing is back
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> >>
> >> Hi, Antoinette,
> >> I loved Paul's class. It was just what I needed. My husband has
> >> Hungtington's Disease and lately has started to decline. I've bought a
> >> bunch of China paints from eBay and can paint away at my kitchen table
> w/o
> >> leaving hubby alone. It's great fun and lifts my spirit. I'll send you
> some
> >> pictures tomorrow if I don't forget.
> >>
> >> Cheers for the new year.
> >> Sharon
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 11:58 AM Antoinette Badenhorst <
> >> porcelainbyantoinette at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Sharon how did you experience his online class?
> >>>
> >>> Best wishes,
> >>> Antoinette Badenhorst
> >>>
> >>> PorcelainByAntoinette
> >>> TeachinArt
> >>> International Academy of Ceramics
> >>> Mississippi Arts Commission
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Jan 10, 2022, at 11:24 AM, Sharon Wetherby <wetherby.ss at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> ?Ditto, Mel.
> >>>> Paul's book is text book quality.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sharon
> >>>> Fort Worth, TX
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 6:04 PM mel jacobson <melpots at mail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> just as a historical note.
> >>>>> Paul was given a stipend from the
> >>>>> clayart fund to be able to finish
> >>>>> his book. The Museum in Seattle
> >>>>> charged him to copy slides from their
> >>>>> collection. highway robbery.
> >>>>> but, we got it all worked out.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> the book is fantastic.
> >>>>> mel
> >>>>>
> >>>>> website: www.melpots.com
> >>>>> www.melpots.com/CLAYART.com
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> >> Message: 2
> >> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:18:16 +0100
> >> From: mel jacobson <melpots at mail.com>
> >> To: clay art <clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
> >> Subject: [Clayart] cost of materials
> >> Message-ID:
> >>
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> >> I totally agree...a few pounds of lithium would last me
> >> ten years.
> >>
> >> If you produce your own glazes, re/cycle clay, run a
> >> studio that you control....the cost of materials can be very low.
> >> In the scheme of things, almost a non-factor. I have glaze materials
> >> for at least three more years. I have beans and rice here at the
> >> farm for at least two years. I saw 15 deer on the hill last week.
> >> hmmm, one would last me a year if i smoked the meat.
> >>
> >> My major thought was for those that buy all ready made. A pint of glaze
> >> for $35. My base glazes/ I can make 20 gallons for a few dollars.
> >> I have two Walker pug mills.
> >>
> >> Just that simple thought is how I was able to have six classes a day
> >> making pots..at the top end...180 kids.
> >>
> >> Remember the story. 50 gallon garbage can on wheels. two bags of
> >> volcanic ash, two bags of gertsely. add some zircopax and that made
> >> 50 gallons of base glaze. cone 4. at the time it was like 40 bucks.
> >> We named the glaze Mount St. Helen's. (Volcano)
> >>
> >> When I left, the new teacher said `that much glaze is silly and hard
> >> to make. she bought pint jars.`
> >>
> >> If you order 50,000 lbs of clay for your school program, it may not get
> >> filled.
> >> And that price may triple, if they deliver. The folks at both Minnesota
> >> clay
> >> and continental are very worried. What happens if the ball clay mine
> shuts
> >> down.??
> >> As was said yesterday..."potters get the left overs."
> >>
> >> No one ever tells us what happens to all those huge car batteries. They
> >> die you know.
> >> And, you pay cash for a new one. 10 grand.?? re/cycle. ??? I think
> >> Canada takes them.
> >> It is far from Nirvana. Oh, and there is a plane that runs on a
> >> battery. Flies for
> >> 8 minutes. The battery is heavier than the plane. As the joke years
> back.
> >> "We have an
> >> electric plane. 85,000 Dollars. $5000 for the plane, $80,000 for the
> >> extension cord.
> >> Mel
> >> It is like the neighbor, She says she won $300 at the casino last month,
> >> She only spent
> >> $500 to get it. Simple math you know.
> >>
> >> website: www.melpots.com
> >> www.melpots.com/CLAYART.HTML
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 3
> >> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 09:35:54 -0500
> >> From: "kathi at lesueurclaywork.com" <kathi at lesueurclaywork.com>
> >> To: Clayart international pottery discussion forum
> >> <clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Clayart] cost of materials
> >> Message-ID: <ED29AD67-CF74-4AF0-ABB6-DF89ED3AF410 at lesueurclaywork.com>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> >>
> >> I had never realized how much those jars of glaze cost until I was at a
> >> local supplier and saw a five gallon bucket of ?dipping? glaze for
> $290. A
> >> shiny cone 6 blue. I came how and calculated what my most expensive
> glaze
> >> is to make. A black with cobalt, manganese, and iron. $22. When I asked
> on
> >> a clay forum why someone would buy that bucket as opposed to making
> their
> >> own I was attacked for asking the question. Others must have a lot more
> >> money than me. I just finished my best year ever, by far. Most went in a
> >> box from online sales. A studio sale, one art fair, and customers
> >> contacting me through my website all contributed. My cost are extremely
> >> low. All of my equipment is paid for. And, the cost of clay and glaze is
> >> very low. Living in a city that take recycling seriously I spend very
> >> little on packing materials. I can get all of the peanuts and bubble
> that I
> >> want free. And, a local manufacturer is thrilled to give me the flat
> >> styrofoam that I line my boxes with. How those people bu
> >> ying little jars of glaze and decals can make a profit is a mystery to
> >> me.
> >>
> >> Kathi LeSueur
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>>> On Jan 11, 2022, at 8:21 AM, mel jacobson <melpots at mail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ?I totally agree...a few pounds of lithium would last me
> >>> ten years.
> >>>
> >>> If you produce your own glazes, re/cycle clay, run a
> >>> studio that you control....the cost of materials can be very low.
> >>> In the scheme of things, almost a non-factor. I have glaze materials
> >>> for at least three more years. I have beans and rice here at the
> >>> farm for at least two years. I saw 15 deer on the hill last week.
> >>> hmmm, one would last me a year if i smoked the meat.
> >>>
> >>> My major thought was for those that buy all ready made. A pint of glaze
> >>> for $35. My base glazes/ I can make 20 gallons for a few dollars.
> >>> I have two Walker pug mills.
> >>>
> >>> Just that simple thought is how I was able to have six classes a day
> >>> making pots..at the top end...180 kids.
> >>>
> >>> Remember the story. 50 gallon garbage can on wheels. two bags of
> >>> volcanic ash, two bags of gertsely. add some zircopax and that made
> >>> 50 gallons of base glaze. cone 4. at the time it was like 40 bucks.
> >>> We named the glaze Mount St. Helen's. (Volcano)
> >>>
> >>> When I left, the new teacher said `that much glaze is silly and hard
> >>> to make. she bought pint jars.`
> >>>
> >>> If you order 50,000 lbs of clay for your school program, it may not get
> >> filled.
> >>> And that price may triple, if they deliver. The folks at both
> Minnesota
> >> clay
> >>> and continental are very worried. What happens if the ball clay mine
> >> shuts down.??
> >>> As was said yesterday..."potters get the left overs."
> >>>
> >>> No one ever tells us what happens to all those huge car batteries. They
> >> die you know.
> >>> And, you pay cash for a new one. 10 grand.?? re/cycle. ??? I think
> >> Canada takes them.
> >>> It is far from Nirvana. Oh, and there is a plane that runs on a
> >> battery. Flies for
> >>> 8 minutes. The battery is heavier than the plane. As the joke years
> >> back. "We have an
> >>> electric plane. 85,000 Dollars. $5000 for the plane, $80,000 for the
> >> extension cord.
> >>> Mel
> >>> It is like the neighbor, She says she won $300 at the casino last
> month,
> >> She only spent
> >>> $500 to get it. Simple math you know.
> >>>
> >>> website: www.melpots.com
> >>> www.melpots.com/CLAYART.HTML
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 4
> >> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:52:09 -0700
> >> From: Robert Harris <robertgharris at gmail.com>
> >> To: Clayart international pottery discussion forum
> >> <clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Clayart] cost of materials
> >> Message-ID:
> >> <
> >> CAL12t+gA8w85OJLPVTEHsdMo_D7JahFLXX3krzwoXLKJxy8b3A at mail.gmail.com>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >>
> >> I don't think people buying pints of glaze are trying to make a living,
> or
> >> a profit, anyway. What they're far more interested in is bulletproof!
> >>
> >> The local rec centers here charge between $20 and $40 for a class, often
> >> taught by a 20 something with close to zero experience, but who is
> cheap,
> >> cheap, cheap (the one center with $45 classes is taught by people who
> >> really know what they're doing and they make their own glazes).
> >> The rec centers use the ready made glazes because the people teaching
> the
> >> class don't have any experience themselves.
> >>
> >> It's the old story, pay peanuts and you get monkeys.
> >>
> >> Not to mention that in most rec centers they don't teach you anything
> >> besides making a pot and slapping a glaze on it. Nothing about firing,
> >> nothing about troubleshooting bad glazes or bad firings, not even how to
> >> mix up glazes.
> >>
> >> WHen you look at the cost of classes, those expensive glazes are cheap.
> And
> >> to be fair to Amaco and Coyote, some of them are really pretty nice and
> >> they can take a lot of abuse (i.e. large firing range, thickness is less
> >> critical etc.). And with the lack of expertise at rec centres someone in
> >> that situation probably doesn't have much of a clue where to start. And
> if
> >> you only have a few hours a day or a week to work on something that is a
> >> hobby, then Amaco glazes are probably worth the price.
> >>
> >> (And there are plenty of people on this list who have posted about how
> even
> >> many colleges have degraded the craftsmanship and technical knowledge
> >> portion of ceramics in favour of pushing artistic boundaries).
> >>
> >> Are there people selling pots with expensive purchased glazes?
> Absolutely.
> >> But they're probably not trying to make a living.
> >>
> >> There are lots and lots of downsides to making your own glazes.
> >>
> >> 1. The really bulletproof homemade glazes are pretty boring. Things like
> >> floating blues take a while to get the hang of.
> >> 2. Even a fairly modest glaze kitchen takes a fair bit of storage
> space. A
> >> hobbyist in a small garage (let alone in a city where space is
> precious) is
> >> already feeling pretty cramped with a wheel and kiln and table (or two).
> >> Add in a few glaze buckets, then where do you put those bags of Custer,
> and
> >> silica and whiting and Gerstley, oh and this glaze calls for dolomite,
> and
> >> this one needs NephSy ...
> >> 3. And when you're just starting out, who wants to fire a kiln just for
> >> tests. And we all know that if you make up an untested glaze and put it
> on
> >> your precious pots, it's NEVER going to end well! So where do you start
> >> ...?
> >>
> >> Considering the difficulties inherent in glazing, we should be a lot
> more
> >> understanding of the difficulties rather than just sitting in snobby
> >> judgement of people using easy, bulletproof commercial glazes.
> >> If you look at the archives, when this list was truly active there was
> >> probably a request every 3-6 months for a truly clear, craze free glaze.
> >> And of course that's going to depend massviley on the clay body. And we
> all
> >> know that "Cone 6-10" bodies (clay companies should be burned at the
> stake
> >> for that one!) don't really vitrify very well at Cone 6 ... which leads
> to
> >> crazing problems. Honestly when you think about it, it's absolutely
> amazing
> >> that anyone that comes from a rec center, or a dumbed down college
> class,
> >> gets started at all!
> >>
> >> (Please note: I have a tendency to make gross generalisations and use
> >> plenty of hyperbole to make a point. I'm sure YOUR local rec center is a
> >> paragon of virtue ;) )
> >>
> >> Robert
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 at 08:22, kathi at lesueurclaywork.com <
> >> kathi at lesueurclaywork.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I had never realized how much those jars of glaze cost until I was at a
> >>> local supplier and saw a five gallon bucket of ?dipping? glaze for
> $290.
> >> A
> >>> shiny cone 6 blue. I came how and calculated what my most expensive
> glaze
> >>> is to make. A black with cobalt, manganese, and iron. $22. When I asked
> >> on
> >>> a clay forum why someone would buy that bucket as opposed to making
> their
> >>> own I was attacked for asking the question. Others must have a lot more
> >>> money than me. I just finished my best year ever, by far. Most went in
> a
> >>> box from online sales. A studio sale, one art fair, and customers
> >>> contacting me through my website all contributed. My cost are extremely
> >>> low. All of my equipment is paid for. And, the cost of clay and glaze
> is
> >>> very low. Living in a city that take recycling seriously I spend very
> >>> little on packing materials. I can get all of the peanuts and bubble
> >> that I
> >>> want free. And, a local manufacturer is thrilled to give me the flat
> >>> styrofoam that I line my boxes with. How those people buying little
> jars
> >>> of glaze and decals can make a profit is a mystery to me.
> >>>
> >>> Kathi LeSueur
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>
> >>>> On Jan 11, 2022, at 8:21 AM, mel jacobson <melpots at mail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> ?I totally agree...a few pounds of lithium would last me
> >>>> ten years.
> >>>>
> >>>> If you produce your own glazes, re/cycle clay, run a
> >>>> studio that you control....the cost of materials can be very low.
> >>>> In the scheme of things, almost a non-factor. I have glaze materials
> >>>> for at least three more years. I have beans and rice here at the
> >>>> farm for at least two years. I saw 15 deer on the hill last week.
> >>>> hmmm, one would last me a year if i smoked the meat.
> >>>>
> >>>> My major thought was for those that buy all ready made. A pint of
> glaze
> >>>> for $35. My base glazes/ I can make 20 gallons for a few dollars.
> >>>> I have two Walker pug mills.
> >>>>
> >>>> Just that simple thought is how I was able to have six classes a day
> >>>> making pots..at the top end...180 kids.
> >>>>
> >>>> Remember the story. 50 gallon garbage can on wheels. two bags of
> >>>> volcanic ash, two bags of gertsely. add some zircopax and that made
> >>>> 50 gallons of base glaze. cone 4. at the time it was like 40 bucks.
> >>>> We named the glaze Mount St. Helen's. (Volcano)
> >>>>
> >>>> When I left, the new teacher said `that much glaze is silly and hard
> >>>> to make. she bought pint jars.`
> >>>>
> >>>> If you order 50,000 lbs of clay for your school program, it may not
> get
> >>> filled.
> >>>> And that price may triple, if they deliver. The folks at both
> >> Minnesota
> >>> clay
> >>>> and continental are very worried. What happens if the ball clay mine
> >>> shuts down.??
> >>>> As was said yesterday..."potters get the left overs."
> >>>>
> >>>> No one ever tells us what happens to all those huge car batteries.
> They
> >>> die you know.
> >>>> And, you pay cash for a new one. 10 grand.?? re/cycle. ??? I think
> >>> Canada takes them.
> >>>> It is far from Nirvana. Oh, and there is a plane that runs on a
> >>> battery. Flies for
> >>>> 8 minutes. The battery is heavier than the plane. As the joke years
> >>> back. "We have an
> >>>> electric plane. 85,000 Dollars. $5000 for the plane, $80,000 for the
> >>> extension cord.
> >>>> Mel
> >>>> It is like the neighbor, She says she won $300 at the casino last
> >> month,
> >>> She only spent
> >>>> $500 to get it. Simple math you know.
> >>>>
> >>>> website: www.melpots.com
> >>>> www.melpots.com/CLAYART.HTML
> >>>>
> >>>
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