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The Square Peg: January 2010
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010. I made a couple of these simple bird feeders for Christmas gifts. Just a doughnut really, with a hole at the top for the hanger and one in the bottom for draining. I left the inner ring area bare both so I could fire them flat (and probably stacked - I put this one around the center kiln post) and also so the birds have something to hold onto. Its about 10" across and maybe 4" wide. I did hang this one and fill it to see if the birds would actually use it and they sure did!
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The Square Peg: More Skeletal Fun!
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Monday, June 6, 2011. Crap photos, I know - my new camera arrives Tomorrow! I'm getting lots of positive feedback on the Dia de los Muertos themed plates, and have had a lot of requests for the motif on more functional ware. I was reluctant. First, I feel these pieces should tell a story, not just be plastered on whatever. Second, well, I'm not sure how I feel about such bulky ornamentation on functional ware. But sometimes ya just gotta jump in right? Http:/ www.facebook.com/media/set/?
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The Square Peg: February 2010
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Thursday, February 4, 2010. Well, yesterday I did my first single-fire glaze firing. I think I'm a fan. After getting a better tank from the propane company, I was finally able to reach cone 9 1/2, which was great. I was getting really discouraged. To begin with, I just used my current compliment of glazes to see how they would work (well for the most part). I glazed bone dry ware and let everything dry for several days before firing. My wood ash was mostly pine, with some oak. Redart .33.3. I'm still in...
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The Square Peg: Supporting Arts Education
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011. I received the following email from a student at our local high school and, with her permission, I'm posting it in hopes there are some other artists out there who might be willing to pitch in. I think its a great senior project, and while its an absolute shame that the school has lost its arts funding, its wonderful that this kid understands how important they are. Please contact Kaylee directly if you would like to donate. Thank you and love. Kaylee Sedler : )". Where I Am now.
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The Square Peg: July 2010
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Monday, July 19, 2010. Its Been a While - Deadlines! Geeze - haven't updated in some time! The heat has really drained me of any artistic gumption at all, but I do have some looming deadlines, so I must get crackin'. I'm working on an address post mosaic for my brother and sister-in-law. Their birthdays are next week, so I gotta get this done! Its not as large as the last one i made, but I'm using much smaller pieces of tile, so its more labor intensive. Not sure whether to use a dark grout or a light one.
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The Square Peg: June 2011
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Monday, June 6, 2011. Crap photos, I know - my new camera arrives Tomorrow! I'm getting lots of positive feedback on the Dia de los Muertos themed plates, and have had a lot of requests for the motif on more functional ware. I was reluctant. First, I feel these pieces should tell a story, not just be plastered on whatever. Second, well, I'm not sure how I feel about such bulky ornamentation on functional ware. But sometimes ya just gotta jump in right? Http:/ www.facebook.com/media/set/? Earlier this yea...
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The Square Peg: Where I Am now
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Monday, August 1, 2011. Where I Am now. This post is for my mentor, David Beumee. I went through many images of pots past in the last couple days, and it was pretty revealing. I've decided to start about a year back and show you where I was then, where I am at this point, and what I have going into the kiln over the next 3 weeks or so. A year ago, this was my best piece. I was (and still am) enamored of tea bowls. This one was accepted into the Kansas City Clay Guild Tea Bowl National in 2010. I don't ex...
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The Square Peg: August 2010
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010. With a bit more care, some great advice and a change in glazing method, I'm pretty happy with yesterday's glaze firing. I think its helping me to fill in the dead spaces around my ware with kiln posts to create and hold more heat and I think it maybe creates little micro-atmospheres in the kiln in reduction. So that's what I've taken to doing. Lastly, I cleaned up an old sprayer and had a go at spraying glazes. So I bought a gravity feed sprayer from Harbor Freight. Its a whit...
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The Square Peg: October 2010
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Sunday, October 24, 2010. No test tiles in this firing. I stuck to 4 glazes - the matte black from. From the March/April 2010 issue of. Lasse Ostman's Green Crackle. I used 2 clay bodies, both from Quyle Kilns. The iron rich Sandstone Buff and the Silverstone white body. Single-fired all, and I can see I need to work on my glaze (spraying) application. A bit thin I think. Click on any image to see it enlarged. Please to enjoy and comment as you see fit. A beer mug for Craig. Child's Cup and Bowl. I did s...
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The Square Peg: January 2011
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011. A Big Step Forward. I gotta say, I'm pretty excited. Did a rather methodical ware firing Jan 24th and reached several milestones. First, I completely cleaned and washed my kiln and shelves - ground the shelves down to bare shelf, vacuumed out the kiln, ground all the posts clean and level. I worked with 2 main forms - yunomi and 3-sided bowls - and 5 glazes:. Copper OX 1.5. Red Iron Ox 10. Red Iron Oxide 10. Wood Ash (unwashed) 3. One other thing.I'm playing with photogra...
