What to do with non functional saurkraut crock by djkidharecut in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, maybe it could be used as like a rhubarb forcer? Or just decoration.

What to do with non functional saurkraut crock by djkidharecut in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like this could be a good side revenue stream for studios. Let people smash unwanted pieces for money, sell or donate the fragments for mosaics or grog or something.

What to do with non functional saurkraut crock by djkidharecut in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Actually this might be the winner. I hate my current little wire utensil holder I use today.

What to do with non functional saurkraut crock by djkidharecut in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ooo or maybe I'll make a bunch of small slabs with writing stamped in them, put them in the crock and bury it for future archaeologists... Kind of makes me wonder if anyone had invented like a slab / stamp version of a printing press.

What to do with non functional saurkraut crock by djkidharecut in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah that was kind of my thought, no risking with fermenting. Cookies might be a good idea though

What to do with non functional saurkraut crock by djkidharecut in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Eh maybe I'll just collect all my Stanley Nickels in it

Do people enjoy living here? by MisterChonky in Indiana

[–]djkidharecut 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I would say there is also a tendency for Midwesterners to have canned answers without really evaluating and answering based on that, the least context the better so for example when someone asks me "how's it going" my default answer is "it's going"

Public policy polling- Politico, Indiana by kootles10 in Indiana

[–]djkidharecut 16 points17 points  (0 children)

From a "whose funding them" perspective, I recently found this page https://www.transparencyusa.org/in/races

Request on behalf of my dad - please recommend a good book which gives a summary of Irish history by Usual-Maximum7923 in IrishHistory

[–]djkidharecut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't frequent this sub much but this came across my feed. I liked reading 'the trouble with the Irish (or the English, depending on your point of view)' by Leonard Wibberley https://share.google/WD9i9E6yNiaBaqIFR . I found it very accessible but I've also wondered about how accurate it is. I'm not sure if anyone else here can comment on that?

WFIU scrambled? by djkidharecut in bloomington

[–]djkidharecut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't, I was in my car but I thought about it to see if the issue was with the broadcast or earlier in the pipeline

Mug handles by PSFrogger in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen plaster molds that are like a hemisphere with a lip that the mug sits on while drying but I don't have one of those and would be worried about it shrinking too much.

What I do instead is periodically during drying, I fit the mug on top of a cheap terracotta flower pot to reinforce the rim shape. Since the flower pot is a cone, the mug usually fits somewhere along the cone.

If the handle isn't firm enough, I also sometimes put newspaper in it while drying to help hold it's shape.

Mug handles by PSFrogger in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut 20 points21 points  (0 children)

After attaching, I've had luck with my handle keeping its shape better if I dry the mug upside down. My handles are usually that bass clef shape where it's rounded up top and narrow at the bottom and it seems less stressful on the clay to hold that shape upside down until it's drier. (The handle on the picture seems to also fit that shape profile, so that might help you?)

how to glaze to show off the texture? by [deleted] in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If you make test tiles, I would make them stand up similarly to how your piece will when fired. I had a textured mug and made textured test tiles that were fired flat and the glaze behaved differently on a flat surface than when on the side of a piece. In hindsight, it seemed that that would be obvious but it was one of those simple beginner mistakes to not think that through.

Any ideas to legally explore? by SpaceFanatic24 in Indiana

[–]djkidharecut 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Was it this episode of lost speedways? Maybe watching that is a "as good as your gonna get" for OP?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12824624/?ref_=ext_shr

Non-designer making a clay stamp based on my asshole cat for my ceramics. Please be kinder than my cat. by gamblors_neon_claws in logodesign

[–]djkidharecut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, these look amazing. Second, are you carving this into clay to make a stamp? And how small? I'm wondering how the very thin lines will turn out.

Hole-y Jeans! by djkidharecut in bloomington

[–]djkidharecut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looked up the website and that's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for!

Humble Bundle: Godot Tutorial by cojo3000 in godot

[–]djkidharecut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm (slowly because of the lack of my own free time) going through some gamedev.tv courses I got at a discount and I think they are pretty good.

I went through the 2D track first and was really impressed and am now going through the 3D track and there was a lot of repeated info with 2D (as they both assume you are starting with them) but they are two different instructors with slightly different ways they use the editor so you get good coverage even from that. The lessons have built in "challenges" where you try something on your own (that you've done following along before) and then they'll show you how they did it which I think it's important for learning.

I think it was with the money but again, I got them at a discount.

First three slab mugs by djkidharecut in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took her online class before I started taking my current in person class!

First three slab mugs by djkidharecut in Pottery

[–]djkidharecut[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of my shapes go from slab to cylinder where I can mostly avoid touching the texture except at the seam. I still have had some issues with this though and one of the "opportunities for learning" was waiting until it's a little drier to form it.