A day later than I hoped due to the festivities of late October.  As always if you know of a great blog, blogger, blog post or you just want to leave some feedback, don’t be shy.

Technical, Techniques, Tips

•  Linda Starr uses porcelain sand on kiln shelves to prevent warping and cracking.
• Lori Watts is going to try some of Vince Pitelka’s glaze recipes, shows how to make a slab built jar with lid and makes her own G-200 Feldspar.
• Gary Jackson makes stamps, explains how he keeps handles “happy” and shares his secrets to making stamped ovals.
• Dan Finnegan shows how to make a teapot spout that pours well and how he makes fat tiles.
• Kelly Kessler shares a video and discusses proper throwing technique and digs up some videos about Yixing teapots.

•  John Britt shows off a fancy graph about mesh size, finds some ^6 glaze tests by Terry Rorison and shares a ^10 glaze: Rutile 11.
• Karatsu Pots shows clay with different amounts of sand added and shows the slab and paddle technique.
• Togeii posts three videos of trimming bowls.

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