makeing your own pots
does any one have any expeirence with making their own bonsai pots?
- Kirby |
I make some of my own pots, usually smaller ones. I
work at a facility that has a very nice slab roller for flat even sheets of clay. You have to use a clay that has a lot of grog which will hold its shape when other types of clay become more plastic during firing. The kilns at this facility are for high firing at cone 10 or 11. The larger the pot the more care has to go into the design so that there are no stress points that encourage cracking. Kits --- Kirby Johnson wrote: does any one have any expeirence with making their own bonsai pots? - Kirby ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ===== **** "Expectations are resentments under construction." Anne Lamott ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
well, I am currently taking a ceramics class for fun. right now we are
using Armstrong, which is fairly gritty. All pieces will be fired at cone 10 unless we specify otherwise, so I don't have to worry much about that. thanks for the info, I will just have to buckle down and get my rolling pin out. Kirby :) Kitsune Miko wrote: I make some of my own pots, usually smaller ones. I work at a facility that has a very nice slab roller for flat even sheets of clay. You have to use a clay that has a lot of grog which will hold its shape when other types of clay become more plastic during firing. The kilns at this facility are for high firing at cone 10 or 11. The larger the pot the more care has to go into the design so that there are no stress points that encourage cracking. Kits --- Kirby Johnson wrote: does any one have any expeirence with making their own bonsai pots? - Kirby ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ===== **** "Expectations are resentments under construction." Anne Lamott ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
Freeform bonsai pots are very easy to make, but pots with perfectly straight
edges and beautiful round and oval pots made on the wheel take quite a lot of practice. For anybody in Sydney or close by, I am holding a workshop on the 20th March to make freeform Bonsai pots. Several people who are attending have never used clay before and I am shore they will make two or three pots in a day. If anybody is interested please contact me off list. Lynette Sydney Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirby Johnson" To: Sent: Monday, 21 February 2005 9:14 Subject: [IBC] makeing your own pots does any one have any expeirence with making their own bonsai pots? - Kirby ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Gregory Brenden++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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