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Throwing Ruffle-edged Cake Stands
I’ve been on a quest to develop a simple, elegant process for throwing cake stands on the pottery wheel. They are not difficult to throw as one piece, but I was encountering several problems as they dried. First, the edge was curling up, meaning when the plate was turned right-side-up, the top slightly slumped boding immanent disaster for buckeye balls or round fruit. The other issue was that the compression under the cylinder was slightly different, leading to a ring…
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Attainable Goals for 2013
Before laying out goals for 2013, I peeked pack to last year’s post. I had three goals: Have a table at a craft or pottery show away from home. I failed this one. I didn’t travel outside of RDU, but I at least participated in a show I had not done before at Wake Crossroads Fellowship. Instead of traveling, I buckled down to build a new Storenvy site and to re-engage in Etsy. Getting my first online orders was truly…
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Kiln Opening 12-5-12
This week was my most favorite kiln opening ever. The entire set was hand built, other than a few wheel pieces that didn’t fit in the last firing, so it was chock full of texture personality. The pistachio and espresso shino glazes I ordered from Aftosa arrived just in time, and now I’m plotting how I can get my hands on a larger quantity of them at a reasonable price. The pistachio was similar to the sea foam glaze I’ve…
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Store Updates
If you have visited my online store recently, you might have noticed a few changes. There are many new pieces of pottery posted and their listing pics (I hope) have improved. Joe brought home a scrap sheet of paper from the huge work printer, and I’ve set up a place in the dining room as a pottery portrait studio. I’m freakin’ Olan Mills, y’all. Just kidding. The pictures are still a little rough, but at least the background is less…
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Clay Love
I’ve been spending a good bit of my free time (technically I shouldn’t have any, right? Isn’t that what “good” moms say?) hand building at the kitchen table. I’m trying to get one firing in before Christmas. I post all these pictures on Instagram (@psmiles) and send them over to my Tumblr blog (www.paigepuckett.com) or Facebook, so these are nothing new if we are connected on those. Anyhow, this is why I’m not regularly blogging. The clay is my therapy,…
