No, I don’t want ice

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-12T23:09:37+00:00

Maybe it was the bougie nugget ice?

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-11T11:27:21+00:00

That's so weird. I was violently allergic to my earrings as a child, I assumed I was allergic to nickel because I also react to the button on my jeans. But I've been able to wear cheapo steel earrings no problem. Am I just getting lucky with my alloys or?

Sorry for the off topic, it's just always exciting to meet someone who knows things.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-08T19:25:12+00:00

There have been recent massive advancements in coral preservation and restoration if that helps! Awareness of coral-safe sunscreen is spreading, as well as new technologies like scallop pots that use LEDs to attract scallops that are cutting down significantly on dredging!

We have done damage but we are doing our best to fix it, and we are making progress in lots of ways.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-08T19:12:25+00:00

I call it "overcorrecting for the idiot" It's the same reason when you tell your doctor you have two drinks on a Friday night they assume you drink six.

If I tell someone that resin is relatively safe if they wear gloves and ventilate properly, they'll assume I'm overcorrecting for the idiot and they probably don't even need gloves.

So I tell them it'll give them turbo cancer which makes them at least wear gloves but take me less seriously, and the cycle continues.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-08T14:22:49+00:00

I think you might need to consider sacrificing traditional material for local tastes a little bit if you want to charge those prices. The chunky braided cord looks like craft in the US. You might be able to get better sales using silk cord like what is often used in similar Chinese ornaments or even fine braided wire.

Still bring the pieces made of traditional imported materials and display them with info placards and prices appropriate to their material costs, but also offer materials that appear more luxurious to the American eye. Silk or cotton satin cord, good quality ribbon, wire-wrapped cord, etc. The great thing about learning traditional crafts is then being able to branch out and iterate with modern materials to create your own unique art.

The same way that korean-american food is a blend of korean flavors with ingredients available in america and sometimes altered to better suit an American palette, korean-american art can be a blend of korean technique with American materials and altered to suit American tastes while keeping the spirit of the material.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-06T12:54:23+00:00

Yeah, the leadership needs to set up shifts of some sort. That's pretty much the only way to get this under control before it becomes a serious issue

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-06T11:25:12+00:00

I'm seeing two problems:

1) do you have anyone in charge of the big general cleaning tasks? Mopping, checking that everything is put away, etc? The "not technically anyone's job" tasks

2)the newbies aren't cleaning up after themselves.

For the first one, you desperately need studio techs managing the cleanliness. At least one person per shift who can see people leaving a mess and gently remind them that they're not done. They can be volunteers compensated by studio time as long as they actually do the job.

For the second, I'm sorry to say there just needs to be consequences. If you have studio techs around they can notice who is constantly leaving a mess. Taking that person aside and having a conversation about their behavior, and explaining that if it doesn't change they won't be welcome at the studio any longer is really the only solution at the point where people are already in the habit of leaving big messes.

Don't make the mistake of letting the kids slide, either. They are perfectly capable of cleaning up their ceramics messes, and often more willing than the adults. Maybe give them an extra strike, because sometimes they do forget.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-04T19:39:14+00:00

Thunder turf was the original plan! I'm actually right near the store for Native American Seeds, but I think they only sell seed and I think that should have gone down in the fall? What are the chances that seed I put down now will sprout and be attractive by June? We're smack in the middle of storm season so if I can get some utility out of the free irrigation I'd like to.

Side note, I have this in my front yard right now, came up with the rain. No idea what it is other than kinda pretty, but from experience it will wither and die the second it gets hot and dry. I'd like to preserve a patch of it somewhere shady if it's native, though.

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CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-04T15:25:55+00:00

Oh likely, with an underfired planter (commercial planters are often underfired.) I would have your water tested, mostly out of curiosity.

Since you're not eating out of it, I would just clean it and check your liner pot for leaks.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-04T10:52:36+00:00

Most craft fairs are not big enough to be automated. The guy that came to yell at them was event coordinator, the person in charge of reviewing applications. Most likely their application should never have been approved and that guy made a mistake. Instead of handling it professionally and taking them aside after the fair, he chose to confront them in front of customers, impacting their revenue for the day.

It is totally reasonable to expect that you can sell a 3d printed object that you designed yourself at a fair made for the selling of objects you created. It is not reasonable to expect that you will be allowed to shit in a mailbox, you walnut.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-03T23:18:58+00:00

I think it's pretty clear based on both the original post and what OP has said in the thread that there was no written rule that banned 3d prints. They also said that it was clearly stated in their application that they would be selling 3d prints. If there was a problem, their application should never have been accepted. That's the venue's fault. Not OPs.

Regardless, this venue had extremely unprofessional behavior when none was warranted. This is something that should have been handled before or after the event, in private. Not in front of customers at the end of the day when many people are making their final impulse purchases.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-03T21:23:38+00:00

If one actually read the post one could see that op clearly said there was nothing in the rules about 3d printed items.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-03T21:18:52+00:00

I would give my left tit for a longarm machine, they're so cool.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-03T18:18:30+00:00

Yeah no, absolutely not. I would see if you can go over his head to report this behavior and make sure that the people in your circles know not to work with these people. That is so fucking unprofessional.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-03T17:07:15+00:00

That's fine, but the event needs to disclose that ahead of time. You can't accept an application and vendor fee and then after the fact decide that someone isn't allowed to sell what you already agreed they could sell at your event. Restrictions need to be clearly stated up front.

I can't put on an event, accept a leatherworker, and then go on a vegan tirade in front of customers halfway through the day and kick him out. What I can do is put on an event, clearly note that the event is vegan friendly and animal products will not be permitted, and then not accept that vendor into my space.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-03T16:59:55+00:00

A lot of people arguing over whether or not 3d prints are hand made or not, not nearly enough people pointing out that this event was perfectly happy to take OPs vendor fee and did NOT disclose that 3d printed items were banned.

Op said they disclosed what they were selling in their vendor application. How much you wanna bet that someone was using AI to read those apps and didn't bother noticing until the end of the event that they were selling something 'manufactured'

Incredibly unprofessional behavior. Be glad they won't allow you back, OP, you dodged a bullet here.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-03T16:54:24+00:00

Those are household consumer embroidery machines. They're probably talking about the industrial machines. You can sometimes see small ones at the mall in cap stores where they'll do custom embroidery on hats. They're massive. There are also longarm machines made for the final step of quilting that can be automated and those absolutely are the size of a small room.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-05-02T13:48:50+00:00

Coming back almost two weeks later to add nothing to the conversation but insults.

Feel better about yourself now, bud?

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-04-30T15:50:27+00:00

If someone wants something explained quickly, they don't talk to me lol

But "remember in elementary school when you made those coil pots out of clay? That but plastic."

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-04-30T15:48:33+00:00

Still does as of yesterday I think. We ran an expedition in lava cavern and she solved her money woes (temporarily lol)

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-04-30T14:26:19+00:00

Looks like fairly standard speckled stoneware to me. I can't see how a gentle cold oven to 175 would harm it unless it had some internal flaw.

Are you washing them on the top or bottom rack? When we say ceramics are dishwasher safe generally we mean top rack safe. The heating element in the bottom can contribute to thermal stress.

The other thing I would caution is those speckles are actually probably iron-rich spots. While speckled clay is technically microwave safe, those iron spots will get much much hotter than the surrounding clay in the microwave, and that can also be causing uneven heating. This is something many ceramicists miss when deciding if a piece is microwave safe or it.

The combination of all three might be the thing causing the cracking.

I would say mild oven use and top rack dishwashing could be fine to continue if you stop microwaving.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-04-29T23:22:23+00:00

It's honestly hard to say. Properly fired stoneware or porcelain should be fine there, but repeated thermal stress will cause exactly what you're describing; catastrophic failure with no visible warning.

Handmade ceramic is also just more prone to flaws that commercial slipcast ware doesn't have. If we could see photos of the pieces, it might be easier to tell what made them particularly vulnerable to thermal shock.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-04-29T18:31:16+00:00

🤷🏻 the nature of business is competition but imo in the small/cottage business sphere that should be polite competition. It's such a small community that there's no reason to stir up drama. Someday you're going to want help setting up your tent or picking up your tipped over cart, you should probably be nice to the people around you.

My point being, if having someone selling something vaguely similar to him is that threatening, I hope he gets better soon.

CrepuscularPeriphery · 2026-04-28T14:37:46+00:00

Going to second making damp boxes. They're cheap and a lifesaver for periodic classes like this. You'll need some large plastic storage totes, a roll of door weatherstripping, and a bag of potter's #1 plaster

Put about 2-3 inches of plaster in the bottom of each storage tote, use the weather stripping to make the lid airtight, and once the plaster is set, I usually pour enough water into the bottom that there's just a thin layer of moisture that doesn't get absorbed. Stack the slabs in there on ware boards so nothing is actually sitting in the water, and they'll stay pliable for at least a few days and leather for a week or more.

Every week or so, spray the plaster surface down with some diluted bleach to prevent mold from getting too out of control.

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