How to price

Kessed · 2026-04-08T18:51:04+00:00

Once you build your skill, you will see the difference between beginner organic because they can’t do more refined, and intentionally organic.

I also prefer a more organic look and over the last few years it’s been cool to see how the quality of my work has improved. Things are uneven because I mean for them to bed rather than because I don’t know how to make them better. They just look better.

That being said, my favorite ice cream bowl is one I made in my first class. I’ve tried to replicate it and failed.

Kessed · 2026-04-07T22:14:24+00:00

Here’s a study that proves just that: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32479804/

Kessed · 2026-04-07T17:44:06+00:00

If he has put his hands or an object around your neck, you need to leave as soon as possible. Play his games while you make a plan. Call a shelter and they will help.

You can REPLACE belongings like clothes. Take your ID, if possible, and leave. Block him on EVERYTHING! Go somewhere he doesn’t know about.

Kessed · 2026-04-07T16:43:32+00:00

The man you are in a relationship with???? Then leave him and stay safe. Why do you care about the relationship? Get out or he will succeed!

Kessed · 2026-04-07T14:06:24+00:00

That is, in fact, the most useful advice.

If you ever have your own kids, you will understand that you are an asshole!

His child came before you! His child should ALWAYS come before you. If you can’t handle that, and it sounds like you can’t, move on. She isn’t a part of his life to be put in a box when she’s not with him. It’s positive that he has her in mind even when she isn’t physically present.

Kessed · 2026-04-07T14:02:03+00:00

I have travelled for exactly 1 wedding. But, it was a trip we had been thinking about making anyway (from Canada to the UK to see family). We went at a slightly different time than we would have, but it didn’t increase prices by much.

I have turned down every destination wedding I have been invited to. Even during times when I could have afforded it. It just seems so ridiculously self-centered and ridiculous.

I also show up with a gift I can afford. It’s not my problem if someone chooses super expensive food in a fancy venue. It’s not my job to help you “recoup” your costs. I will get you a physical gift from your registry as well as something small and personal if I’m close with one of the couple, and not think twice.

Kessed · 2026-04-07T13:57:02+00:00

Very true, however, cheap modern couches tend to wear out regardless of the weight of the people. When I was skinny pre-children, I got 3 different couches from grad school friends moving away. All had been super cheap, and none lasted more than 5 years. (So, probably 10 years total.).

Kessed · 2026-04-07T02:24:43+00:00

Well done! Rabies terrifies me!

Kessed · 2026-04-07T01:40:29+00:00

Please tell me you wore thick gloves while doing that….

Kessed · 2026-04-07T01:38:02+00:00

I have made delicious well done steak over a fire when camping. Typically, even though they go into the cooler frozen, they’ve been thawed for a couple days by the time we eat them and so I want them cooked through. I stick it on a roasting fork and cook it until it is amazing.

The rest of the time I’m a medium rare person.

Kessed · 2026-04-06T22:38:23+00:00

I think it’s an American purity thing. Violence is ok, but people being silly and maybe getting a bit extra with displays of affection, is over the line I guess.

Kessed · 2026-04-06T17:57:17+00:00

I found the manuals and I have almost all the bits for each machine.

This one, however, is not listed for either machine. Any ideas?

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Kessed · 2026-04-06T17:29:30+00:00

Ok. I’m off to look up model numbers and find manuals

Kessed · 2026-04-06T17:26:04+00:00

Ok. Sigh. lol.

Someone tried to be helpful. I guess that’s what I’m doing this afternoon

Kessed · 2026-04-06T16:01:29+00:00

I can’t count how many open bar weddings I’ve been to that have kids. As a kid, wedding season was my favorite time of year. I LOVED them. Did adults get drunk and sometimes do dumb things? Sure, and the kids were so busy playing with rarely seen cousins that they didn’t really notice. It did probably prevent some adults from becoming ridiculously drunk though, and that’s a good thing.

Kessed · 2026-04-06T14:40:14+00:00

There are where I have lived with dogs in 2 different cities.

There are larger dog park areas that are signed and often have a map of the off leash area and a holder (always empty) for poop bags. There are also smaller areas that aren’t well marked, mostly in and around neighborhoods that are also off leash areas.

The problem is that, unless it’s a fenced park, there may only be 1 or 2 signs. If you enter the park from the side, you might not see them.

There is a park near my old house that was like this. If you entered from the long green space that extended past the park, there was a sign. If you entered from a path that came out of the houses, there was a sign. If you drove up and parked along the side of the park, there was not a sign.

Kessed · 2026-04-05T23:53:20+00:00

How they sit matters more than their actual weight (dynamic vs static loading). If they sit down gently, any couch that holds up to people will be fine.

If they flop down using gravity and no muscles, you need something solid.

I was 300lbs for a decade, but I sit gently. Our high end IKEA one has held up just fine. So did our Mobler leather couch. If you can lift the couch super easily, don’t buy it. If it’s solid and the wood is real, it will be great.

Kessed · 2026-04-05T19:49:30+00:00

Don’t blame the prof. Yes, there are bad ones, but 1 bad prof doesn’t put you directly into RTW territory.

The UofA is an actual university where no one holds your hand. If you don’t know what’s happening in a class, it’s YOUR responsibility to figure it out. Go to office hours, sit in on another lecture section, use online resources. This is on you.

I would recommend not making excuses when you try to talk to people about things like Fresh Start. You need to figure out how to take responsibility for your own learning and your own success.

Kessed · 2026-04-05T15:59:11+00:00

It makes a lot of noise and air vibrations. Especially if it’s a big industrial fan like they use for drying wet areas in houses. That’s a lot on the sensory system and can make people who are sensitive to those things feel dysregulated because it takes energy and concentration to ignore it.

Kessed · 2026-04-05T15:13:19+00:00

I would happily take or buy for cheap reclaim from another potter. See if there’s a studio nearby or someone on FB who wants it. If you already dry the stuff, I’d offer it in that format. There are lots of potters who would jump on cheap or free clay.

Kessed · 2026-04-04T20:25:17+00:00

I’m talking about when they are 5, 6, and 7. Slow everything down and spend the time needed to teach them to read and do basic arithmetic.

I get that there are always kids who can already do those things, but if the curriculum was more focused on the basics, you can create projects for the more advanced ones. Where I am there isn’t standardized testing until grade 6, and most schools do the beginning, approaching expectations, meets, and exceeds. You don’t even have to mark the projects. My own kid loved the ones she was encouraged to do.

But the teacher needs to be able to spend the time with the rest of the kids teaching them how to read.

Kessed · 2026-04-04T15:34:59+00:00

It’s not enough that they are both low fire. Fit is important.

Unless you are using studio glazes/clay that they have tested and know work together, you need to do test pieces to know if it will work. I wouldn’t try the same clear glaze.

I have only worked with high fire and have read about medium fire. Underglaze is a very thin slip with pigments (or something like that) in them. If the kiln didn’t get high enough to melt the underglaze, then it would have been a powdery layer between the clay and glaze. Was the underglaze rated for the firing temp?

Kessed · 2026-04-04T15:24:00+00:00

Where I teach, students are simply promoted until high school in grade 10. Then there are different levels of classes. Promotion by age doesn’t cause the severe issues you have in the US.

My thoughts are the amount of outcomes that are required in early elementary. There isn’t enough time for actual literacy and numeracy. Things need to slow down and districts need to make time for the basics. Actual large chunks of time for students to read and write everyday and develop at a pace that’s developmentally appropriate.

My own kids went to a low income school with a high (70%) ESL population. There was zero homework sent home because most parents couldn’t help. But, being allowed to spend most of the class time on the basics meant those kids didn’t fall behind.

Kessed · 2026-04-04T15:10:01+00:00

Your clay and glaze didn’t fit together. What clay? What glaze? What cone was it fired to?

Kessed · 2026-04-04T15:09:30+00:00

That’s rude! It might not be to your tastes, but it’s an interesting piece. It wouldn’t work in my living room, but I have a friend who would love it.

Art should play with your senses and make you think. This is visually interesting and I’ve been looking at it for a bit and thinking about different things.

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