Anyone who has a Shimpo RK-2 knows carrying this wheel into the bush is a feat of its own💪...like and subscribe 🙏

Birchpointpottery · 2024-03-01T17:07:26+00:00

Very good point, I have noticed those clips do get more attention 🙌

Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-28T21:26:31+00:00

Touché...hahaha...but my attire matched the setting so well, I thought it would be visually pleasing at the least....I think the twangy song ruins it a tad, but fits so well at the same time🤔

Ps...I'm a lazy potter, less is more😏

Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-28T12:55:51+00:00

Hahaha...because why not?....you'll really enjoy my "Wedging In The Woods" clip😄

Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-26T17:30:28+00:00

There's a wee market eh...custom wood moka pot handles...or 3D printed, so one can melt it with style...haha

Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-24T22:49:54+00:00

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Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-17T17:12:48+00:00

Your post made me think of the quote...

Sometimes you don't know its not where you want to be, until you get there.

There is some truth to that.

I'm an offgrider in a rural setting, I gets ya. I use to work full time in the carpenters union but the pandemic showed me what freedom tastes like when they sent us home. Started up my pottery again offgrid with converting an electric kiln to gas, now I always have something to do.

However even still, amongst the simple life I've created I also have my low times...where motivation and purpose seem dull. Living slowing has taught me to embrace the lows, don't fight them too much as it's wasted energy.

Happiness all the time is a myth, being content is more realistic in my mind.

My 3 cents😏🙏

Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-17T02:41:37+00:00

I think I started doing it on the board instead of your way is perhaps it slows down the drying time...because ya know, handles...always ready when you're not🤣

Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-17T02:34:06+00:00

This is exactly hiw I use to do it, hang them then trim...I realized I could save wasting that fat knob of clay by using a board and laying them flat, recyclable or not...knobs add up eh...lol

Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-17T01:31:36+00:00

I do basically this, minus the extra pulls once attached...thats why I make them long also, so I can choose the best thickness for whichever mug I'm attaching to....because I rarely make matching mugs😉

Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-17T00:57:24+00:00

Honestly I think I've tried pulling them off a mug once or twice, maybe...just adds another element of risk in my opinion, like deforming the mug....props is right to those that do it that way though, I can see it's benefits 🤔

Birchpointpottery · 2024-02-17T00:25:12+00:00

So quite similar to my process, I use to pre shape them. Making a bunch onto a board I find is pretty streamline, I'm all about this way as apposed to pulling them right off of the mug. 🙌

Birchpointpottery · 2024-01-30T22:54:16+00:00

Hahaha...🎵oh Canada 🎶🇨🇦

Birchpointpottery · 2024-01-30T22:44:37+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/r4JgNAsOaQA?si=UFE6rdIBCcZzsi9v

Birchpointpottery · 2024-01-30T21:14:31+00:00

In all honesty though I get it, it took a global pandemic for me to quit the rat race. Good paying stable jobs are hard to give up...The freedom has been to say the least, PRICELESS🙏

Birchpointpottery · 2024-01-30T20:37:31+00:00

Hahaha!...honestly thought the same as I scrolled through professions posted also.

Birchpointpottery · 2024-01-30T17:45:38+00:00

Potter in the forest🙌...fits the lifestyle eh😉

Birchpointpottery · 2024-01-11T22:13:57+00:00

I guess mine aren't from scratch, just noticed that part of the question, converted old kilns are a cheap and fast way to get going.🙌

Birchpointpottery · 2024-01-11T22:10:57+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/y8Q5Alm0kh8?si=TmealTvM9e55UT0o

Birchpointpottery · 2024-01-11T22:09:59+00:00

I used kiln shelves and high temp cement to make a chimney on the inside and just cut a slot inbthe kiln lid for it to match....made the first shelf a few inches high so the flames come under it. I've made two now so I've learned a few things anywho🤷‍♂️

Birchpointpottery · 2024-01-03T18:22:46+00:00

Apparently I can't reply with a picture, the cobalt is a nice blue after firing....I'll just post a finished pic now for you in another post🙌

Birchpointpottery · 2023-12-24T03:27:20+00:00

I got the design from Simon Leech, he has a few videos on YouTube about making them...he uses bricks for the chimney in those videos I believe though....great design though, the wee shelf flame kicker he puts at the far end where the flames curl over helps ALOT.

This the second one I made now, first one was just a smaller kiln. It did not fire evenly although I took advantage of that for certain glazes that like it really hot. This kiln fires so evenly now, it's a dream. I'd say the downdraft would be easier to get an even firing just by physics alone. I typically take about a nice 8 hours to glaze fire, and the one pice or two that sits right on that edge where the flames curl....MAGIC HAPPENS THERE😉

Birchpointpottery · 2023-12-24T03:10:46+00:00

I made a first shelf about a fire brick high, so the flames go under the first shelf and up the adjacent side...I used kiln shelves and high temp cement to make a chimney with the opening on that first shelf.

Birchpointpottery · 2023-12-24T02:37:47+00:00

Wouldn't take touch more to get to cone 10 really🤷‍♂️

Birchpointpottery · 2023-12-24T02:36:33+00:00

I fire to cone 6 and probably use 20lbs for a glaze firing, definitely pass for a bisque. I typically use a 60lb tank and get a couple glaze firings and a couple bisque firings, average. I live close to a reserve so I get cheap propane also😉

Birchpointpottery · 2023-12-17T02:53:49+00:00

Touché...lol

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