Hello my name is Craig, I am a Craft Software programmer and I have recently developed a Craft Internet Networking program for download. It's a software application that allows Crafters and Hobbiest from over 80 different groups to advertise their work through jpeg image files and through text...

Hello Everyone, I've washed my woodstove ashes 3 times, sieved them and tied a piece of cloth over a bucket and dumped the ashes on the cloth and let them suspend over the bucket a few days but now I think I need to lay them out flat and break up the clumps but I don't know what to put them on that...

Can anybody tell me what chemistry is involved in ash glazes? Chemical reactions involved, atoms or molecules involved, etc.? I am a biologist devloping a "Biology Through Art" course and would like to incorporate ceramics in some way, thinking perhaps ash glaze since it involves wood (plant...

Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help with a 'not so sticky' problem I've recently encountered: I've used ash glazes a few times in the past and decided to have another go at them as I now have access to a higher firing kiln than my own small (cone six) kiln. I've started with a very simple fifty...

does anyone have any advice concerning ash glazes? The particular problem I am encountering is when applying the glaze to the bisc, having it retract and crack up, this can (not always) make for bare patches. The problem seems to be mosre so when superposing (in this case on a tenmokou). Any advice...

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My wife and I will be doing a trip in Australia in December. Will be in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. Can any body suggest any potteries or craft shops shops where Austalian studio pottery can be viewed and bought. We will be in Melbourne for three days and will be able to travel out of town if...

Hi Folks, I ordered10 plate setters from Axner. Three of them broke in the first shipment and two of the three replacement setters broke in the second. Anyone else have this kind of trouble with them? Best, Sue

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Am looking for the following back issues of Lapidary Journal - these issues contain articles on raku beads and techniques: October 1995 September 1999 March 2000 August 2001 March 2002 I'll gladly reimburse for copies or scans of the articles in question

I'm in desperate need of a slab roller - of course the one I really want is out of my price range, but I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the Bailey Mini-Might? It's in my price range, but I'm afraid it might be too wimpy to bother with. Thanks for...

Hi all I am thinking of purchasing a Bailey Wheel and was wondering if anyone has had any experience with them? Thanks Aaron

I've searched the google rec.crafts.pottery for advice on Bailey wheels. It all seems to be positive, but most of the entries are a year or two old. Does anyone care to put there two cents in on the subject again? I'm thinking of the ST100 or ST200 - I'm not sure if I need 100 lb capacity, but I...

How do you make a baking stones? I read it is a quarry tile (unglazed clay). I suspect they are susceptable to breaking if they're not made properly. Does anyone know a reliable method or should I give up and buy one?

Hi I have a dumb question. I have been playing with a sawdust fire kiln. It seems to a well know fact that banana peels provides interesting patterns on sawdust fired kiln products. (I have not tried it). Anyway, I have a banana plant in the back yard what about using the banana plant...

I have an electric hobbycraft kiln with a basic program controller. I can't seem to find any information about the correct timings/temperature increases for glaze firings. For example, firing to cone 06 - how quickly should the kiln reach its top temperature, how long should it stay there, etc. ...