: Brian Reed - Viewing Profile

The tea towel is a great idea, but I went with Denim aprons with each persons name on it. Each person had their name on it so it was easy to start a conversation with participants. They were a big hit, I even made one for the instructor Simon. Thanks for the great ideas for next time.

I would not get one without a gauge. I would look for one more like this example, but in lower pressure. Although this does state 0-70 psi I would be leary of one that had such a large range so fine .5 and .25 PSI adjustments may be hard.



My link

I live 10 minutes drive from a production pottery and I bring all my scraps there. I struggled with the idea of reclaiming by hand, buying a pugger/mixer and in the long run neither of those ideas worked for me. After taking my slop buckets, adding some dry clay and grog, mixing in a bucket, then letting sit for a few hours on my plaster wedging table I then get the joyous task of kneading, and wedging that into usable clay for throwing. After two long sessions and getting about 100lbs of clay I decided it was not worth it and bring it to a local pottery. They are happy to reclaim it as they have huge volume and they just put it in their mixer. No waste, it is all used.

I like that you did the math on what it costs per pound to buy clay and compared the cost of a pugger. Nice work and all the more reason not to go that route for me either, I too would rather be making pots.

I must have watched that Isaac Button video a dozen times over the past 6 months. I have even tried to do a little web research on the Soil Hill pottery. Every time I watch the section where it states he throws a ton a clay a day I am amazed. I have wanted to replicate his chicken feeders they look perfect, perhaps I will get some more stoneware and give it a try. I have been exclusively throwing porcelain over the past few weeks.

What about Denim aprons with their names embroidered on them?

It would kill two birds with one stone. name tags and all students will look the same.

What do you think?