tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270318.post4170287353261122902..comments2024-02-29T03:31:23.301-05:00Comments on Jen Mecca's Pottery Blog: AHHHHH...the glazingJen Meccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12745394371787335162noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270318.post-5618809927756950822008-10-09T21:58:00.000-04:002008-10-09T21:58:00.000-04:00Al, Thanks for the great post! I like the part ab...Al,<BR/> Thanks for the great post! I like the part about the cocoon. I never thought about it that way.<BR/><BR/>I'll try that with my shop vac. The older I get the more weary I am about all that dust and stuff.<BR/><BR/>And you are so right about Ron!<BR/>JenJen Meccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745394371787335162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270318.post-90624363081619927972008-10-09T21:14:00.000-04:002008-10-09T21:14:00.000-04:00Jen, keep wearing the mask. If you have a shop va...Jen, keep wearing the mask. If you have a shop vac try turning it on and running the exhaust hose outside. That can keep the dust down especially if you put a bag inside of it. I do this when I am wood working. Can you try mixing with a lid on the glaze bucket (or whatever you do) to keep the dust down? Just some thoughts.<BR/><BR/>I'm no potter but to me the glaze is that cocoon phase, sort of, from what I've been reading. It is more than a thrown pot but not a finished pot. It enables the pot to become what you really see when you begin with the clay.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that pots are less about the clay and more about the potter, what and how he/she does what he/she does.<BR/><BR/>Take Ron's dogged determination to mix his own glaze that does not crackle (or whatever the term). That is way about him and his style than it is about the clay.<BR/><BR/>I don't need to tell you this 'cause you already know it. I just get to sit on the side and watch you guys make awesome stuff out of nothing!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for letting me watch!Big Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887994096130987891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26270318.post-86090125887475647432008-10-08T19:51:00.000-04:002008-10-08T19:51:00.000-04:00I've got my fingers crossed for good weather &...I've got my fingers crossed for good weather & am looking forward to seeing you Saturday. Sorry I missed you at the Lark & Key.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188867617559128555noreply@blogger.com