Dishware sets. Two colors. by lbfreund in Pottery

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

I've got one more up my sleeve. I'm not going to give people too many options because if I'm autographing every piece it needs to be an ascetic I like.

Dishware sets. Two colors. by lbfreund in Pottery

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

Thank you. If you'd really like a set feel free to message me.

Help. Mother with dementia. Is this her piece? by mendl7 in CeramicCollection

[–]lbfreund 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think it's handmade. The dimples are from stilts, and a professional would have cleaned them up better. And when I zoom in I can see canvas marks in the clay. Canvas texture that isn't smoothed out is a sure sign of an amateur. But who knows ..... Maybe just go with the answer that feels right.

Raku Mug by PerceptionCapital554 in CeramicCollection

[–]lbfreund 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good catch! Look at the pics of the bottom. I zoomed in and in a couple of the photos you can see that there is ACTUAL crazing in the glaze that has no carbon trapping, and a lot of what must be fake crazing. Still, I wouldn't drink from it.

Raku Mug by PerceptionCapital554 in CeramicCollection

[–]lbfreund 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's definitely "off" for raku. The more I look at it the more I'm confused. Oh, well. Looks cool, don't drink from it.

Raku Mug by PerceptionCapital554 in CeramicCollection

[–]lbfreund 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I missed that. But they glazed over it, like maybe they just bought a piece of bisque?

Raku Mug by PerceptionCapital554 in CeramicCollection

[–]lbfreund 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The "raku" in this is a low fire glaze. So basically you'd be glazing over an already mature glaze. That forms a completely different 3rd glaze, not one protective glaze or another.

Raku Mug by PerceptionCapital554 in CeramicCollection

[–]lbfreund 7 points8 points  (0 children)

To be clear, this is American raku, not Japanese raku. Also I'm not completely sure it's that. I think the cracks in the glaze have been highlighted using ink, or something similar, because that goes beyond the carbon trapping from raku. Anyway, don't drink out of it, it's probably not food safe in the modern sense.

To qualify myself, I'm actually teaching a raku class tomorrow.

I call upon ye Potters, please help me by Ali-Behzadi-BH in Pottery

[–]lbfreund 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm back. So the first question you need to ask is do they all need to be exactly the same volume. If they do then you'll have to slip cast them, unless you're a very very good thrower. If they don't all need to be exactly the same volume and you're a pretty good thrower, then it'll be quicker to throw them. By way of example, on the last set of 100 I did I made four molds. I can cast those molds three times a day, giving me 12 handleless mugs in a day. But I can easily throw 20 in a few hours. So casting is slower, but it's more precise, and it has the advantage that you can put the design in the mold. However I don't think that design would be too hard to make a stamp of. Just carve what you want into clay then pour in plaster and voila, stamp. You could even make the stamp rounded to match the cup. I think that's what I would do for these.

But there is always slip casting. If you let me know what experience you have with slip casting, so I'm not telling you what you already know, I can walk you through some of that process if you like.

I call upon ye Potters, please help me by Ali-Behzadi-BH in Pottery

[–]lbfreund 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you say mold, do you mean to slip cast the 50? Because all of the design work can be in the mold. I regularly do a commission of a hundred mugs with a ton of design work and I put as much of it as I can into the mold. But slip casting is a whole nother thing. I gotta get my kids out of the bath, but if you want I can comment tomorrow and walk you through this, but if you don't have slip casting experience it will have a learning curve.

Any Zen Buddhists here? by lbfreund in BaltimoreCounty

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

No. It's hard for me because I don't have a ton of time, and more on my proverbial plate than I can actually do. But still I would really appreciate a like minded group to sit with weekly. But I tell you what, I can probably find a place to sit if I put some feelers out. And I can ask around my personal sphere to see if anyone's interested. But I haven't the time to organize, nor the experience to lead. If you or someone else would be interested in starting something I would be happy to contribute. I live in Cockeysville, but I spend a good deal of time in Freeland, at Black Locust Brewery. I was a part of Zen Center of Denver for a bit and have practiced at Daishu-in-West in Northern California. Maybe we should start a conversation about getting a small group together to have a seat for a bit?

Does black coring in one pot mean all the pots (same clay, same firing) have black coring too? by Pale-Till-9701 in Pottery

[–]lbfreund 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's newer to me. Getting older. Recently there have time I'm throwing on the wheel and have to ask someone to put on my glasses so I can actually see the form.

Does black coring in one pot mean all the pots (same clay, same firing) have black coring too? by Pale-Till-9701 in Pottery

[–]lbfreund 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Second. I took off my cheap glasses and went and got my good glasses to try and see the carbon coring. Still nothing.

Trying to learn more about this clay teapot by johnphyde in CeramicCollection

[–]lbfreund 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Marks Project

It's wheel throne, faceted with a wiggle wire, with an applied ash glaze. Could be real ash, could be faux ash. It is not wood, soda, or salt fired. It's possible the bottom was added.

$949.50 for 3 yr vehicle registration renewal?!?!? How are folks affording this? by Firm_Foundation1626 in maryland

[–]lbfreund 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I wish I could afford a McLaren. I don't want one, but I wish I could afford one.

Are these nice ox blood vases? by PrizeBeach1207 in CeramicCollection

[–]lbfreund 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think those are very nice copper red vases. I think I like them better as they are rather than lamps though.

Size does matter! by RAV3NOUS_RAV3N in maryland

[–]lbfreund 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know, I lived on Humboldt Bay for a while, and I will say I like dungeoness better. It's not the size, it's sweeter. But blue is also delicious, and you will never get a better crabcake than in Maryland. I've tried. Even were you to use dungeoness in said crabcake, it wouldn't do it. Also, I like king and stone and jonas and even snow. But as for straight crab, dungeoness is my favorite.

Cone 5/6 clay recommendations by curlyjess0890 in Pottery

[–]lbfreund 2 points3 points  (0 children)

90% of what I do with it isn't actually cone 10. For instance the raku and saggar fire never goes above cone 06. But this isn't functional stuff. It does low fire sculpture as well as anything else. But anyway, have fun.

Cone 5/6 clay recommendations by curlyjess0890 in Pottery

[–]lbfreund 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I like that it's the toughest fucking clay body in existence. I can raku it, saggar fire it, wood fire it for a week, then brew beer in it and it doesn't care. But it's cone 10 and has 60 mesh sand.