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HorseloverFat said:
I also began getting a feel for some porcelain... I believe it to be 130 ( @sorce ? )..

Aaaanyways..

In anticipation of Shipped, Collaborative Ceramic Efforts.. I planned to throw three varied pieces, of said porcelain, to be fired to gauge my work/technique with this new-to-me learning curve, and at new-to-me temperatures.

2 of the three are almost dry.

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Taking the drying reeeeal slow... buuut getting antsy to do my dry work! 🤣
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The porcelain pots I have from @sorce are gorgeous.
 
penumbra said:
NICE!
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Thank you, friend!!

All of the wooden tools USED on this porcelain design were designed, built and shipped to me by @ShadyStump !!! Thank you, bud! They perform wonderfully.. and FEEL even better!

(i’ll take a picture of the lot once the sun comes up)

🤓
 
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Carol 83 said:
The porcelain pots I have from @sorce are gorgeous.
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penumbra said:
Mine as well
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I love the porcelain work that I’ve seen of his, also! Inspiring.

Sorce and I were discussing cone 5/6 porcelain a while back..

I like the clay body.. ALOT.. I want some black, cone 5/6 porcelain..

Sio-2 and Laguna make some... I gotta start getting dry materials.. I really miss mixing/aging my own clay bodies.
 
HorseloverFat said:
Thank you, friend!!

All of the wooden tools USED on this porcelain design were designed, built and shipped to me by @ShadyStump !!! Thank you, bud! They perform wonderfully.. and FEEL even better!

(i’ll take a picture of the lot once the sun comes up)

🤓
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A27688DD-B520-4C41-B3F4-602AEF252B71.jpegI do know more details about the wood, finish and construction process...

But I’ll let the designer speak about it... ;)
 
I may be making a few structures or pinch pots or something to get my hands in clay while my shoulder heals. It could be awhile before I can operate the slab roller or the potters wheel.
 
HorseloverFat said:
View attachment 413301I do know more details about the wood, finish and construction process...

But I’ll let the designer speak about it... ;)
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They're all solid English walnut, finished with linseed oil. Hand carved with a pocket knife and Dremel. These are my very first ever batch of potter's tools, and I made them with @HorseloverFat and his particular style in mind.
BTW, Leo, it can take quite a while for linseed oil to cure, so I wouldn't get those TOO wet until the end of January. Don't imagine that would be an issue for your crafting style, but if you were throwing on a wheel I wouldn't have shipped them yet.

The rib panicked me a bit trying to get that curve right. The end processing had me sitting for a couple hours running it over a sheet of sandpaper like sharpening a knife.
The knife I tried to think outside the box. This is where my very limited knowledge of pottery helped I think; no clue how to do it wrong. The blade is double sided, concave and convex, allowing for a wide variety of work with a single tool rolled in the hand.
The texture tool he's holding in the pic is a double ended experiment. One end is a two bladed knife, the other a hooked fork. In hindsight there are some features to the shape I would change. Let me know what you think.

HLF has already given me allot of useful feedback, and I'm looking forward to hearing more. HONEST REVIEWS ONLY!!!!! Good or bad, I need to know.

If anyone else is interested in joining my beta test group you can PM me, and we'll work something out.
 
penumbra said:
Love what you are doing. Hand made potters tools are awesome. I have a few but most are cookie cutter; and I do not mean cookie cutter literally.
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Every once and a while.. I run across a neat cookie cutter... and I ALMOST use it for clay. HAHAHA!!
 
ShadyStump said:
They're all solid English walnut, finished with linseed oil. Hand carved with a pocket knife and Dremel. These are my very first ever batch of potter's tools, and I made them with @HorseloverFat and his particular style in mind.
BTW, Leo, it can take quite a while for linseed oil to cure, so I wouldn't get those TOO wet until the end of January. Don't imagine that would be an issue for your crafting style, but if you were throwing on a wheel I wouldn't have shipped them yet.

The rib panicked me a bit trying to get that curve right. The end processing had me sitting for a couple hours running it over a sheet of sandpaper like sharpening a knife.
The knife I tried to think outside the box. This is where my very limited knowledge of pottery helped I think; no clue how to do it wrong. The blade is double sided, concave and convex, allowing for a wide variety of work with a single tool rolled in the hand.
The texture tool he's holding in the pic is a double ended experiment. One end is a two bladed knife, the other a hooked fork. In hindsight there are some features to the shape I would change. Let me know what you think.

HLF has already given me allot of useful feedback, and I'm looking forward to hearing more. HONEST REVIEWS ONLY!!!!! Good or bad, I need to know.

If anyone else is interested in joining my beta test group you can PM me, and we'll work something out.
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That bit about the moisture is useful.. the only reason they haven’t gotten too wet YET.. is that I try to keep any additional moisture in porcelain construction to a minimum.. not exactly sure if that’s “right”... but it feels right.
 
HorseloverFat said:
That bit about the moisture is useful.. the only reason they haven’t gotten too wet YET.. is that I try to keep any additional moisture in porcelain construction to a minimum.. not exactly sure if that’s “right”... but it feels right.
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Still learning how different finishes will work for different things, but figured I couldn't go too wrong with old school.
Finished a kitchen spoon with fractionated coconut oil, but given the brush I used is still wet a week later, I don't know if that stuff ever really sets. Getting some tung oil on payday, and work my way from there.

My son is getting a box full of pieces for Christmas, and we're going to stain the wood together with kitchen ingredients before I oil it. (He's going to wind up leaving his cement monster truck outside some time. It needs an oil finish.)
 
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