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Just Follow The Other Instruction But Make It With Water. Its A Little Harder But It Works That's How I Make Them And They Look Great!!

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Williams-Sonoma Corporation

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It appears that some giftware I have seen (small dishes etc) is made in China. Of the Portemeirion dinnerware I have bought recently, all are marked made in Britain.

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If you can bake clay, you have a type of kiln.

I have matured many pots using a pit firing process in my back yard. This is a primitive way of firing and you are risking a visit from the fire department. I dug out and used a 2' deep hole that was 10' wide, stacked the pots carefully and covered them with sticks and small logs and burned the fire for about 8 hours, until the pots were covered with red hot coals. This took the amount of wood that would fill a single garage. It took me several weeks to accumulate the wood from my 4 acres so this is not an easy project. Also much supervision is needed not to set the neighborhood on fire.

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A mineral that breaks into relatively straight lines and faces is said to possess cleavage, if it breaks into irregular or curved surfaces, the term is fracture, eg the conchoidal fracture of quartz or obsidian.
When minerals break unevenly, there is FRACTURE.
Fracture..... the one with the smooth tendency is called cleavage
this is called fracture when a mineral breaks into jagged pieces and it is called cleavage when it breaks smoothly

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1.clay

2.talent

To be more specific, usually you use clay, water, modeling tools from wood and/or rubber, rollers to make slabs, fabric to cover the slabs, a working board on a table, sometimes slip[mud from clay and water] to bind sections.. When you have made something to keep you allow it to dry to very dry and arrange to have it fired in a kiln to the right temperature. Then it is often covered with a glaze and refired. You can usually make many things with what's on hand in most homes.

A person does not need talent to enjoy the process.

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Unbaked Clay refers to clay that has not yet been fired or say baked in the kiln. Unbaked clay is also know has green ware a state at which is is more flexible or say elastic and can be changed to another form. Just from the terms Un-meaning not, and Baked meaning Burned or "Oven burn" though in ceramics kilns are used instead of the ovens. so it means not-fired clay.

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You can fire certain plaster mixtures in a kiln. These mixtures are typically used for casting bronze or aluminum and they disintegrate upon firing. But firing just plain plaster in a kiln is not a good idea. Plaster disintegrates at a very low temperature compared to the high temperature kilns are capable of, so if you're trying to dry plaster molds or anything like that in your kiln I would not recommend it. I've also heard that firing plaster can create some toxic fumes.

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Use a fork, plastic or otherwise, and scratch/score the surfaces of the clay parts you intend to join. Then, use your slip, which is just clay that is soaked in water and therefore like mud, over the same surfaces which you have scored. Join the pieces together by pressing the scored and slipped surfaces together.

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I don't think there's a way to an exact same replica. Although you can search a tutorial on youtube on how to make cold porcelain. Cold porcelain is kind of just like clay or play-dough. It hardens once its exposed to air.

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they say non oven proof if there not 9/10

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Pottery Barn rugs are of good quality only if you are aware of what you are buying. Much of the Pottery Barn stuff is imported so you need to look for country of origin.

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Some people make pottery for a living. They make bowls, plates and dishes and sell them. Other people like to make pottery because it is a fun and messy activity. It may appear to be easy, but it can be very hard to get a good shape out of the clay. It is a challenge, which is part of what makes it so enjoyable. It also makes great gifts and allows your creativity to run wild!

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Indeed, they can. In Japan, clam shells are a commonly used as kiln furniture to allow the heat (and ash) to circulate below a pot.

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Yes pottery is easy if you are willing to learn. The philosophy behind pottery is to mold something using pottery materials such as clay. with a few techniques you can be a star in pottery making your own special ceramics or pots. All you need is the zeal and will to learn pottery and soon the rest will be history. So i say pottery is easy

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Depends on what kind of clay i looked into it and clay is not flammable It will either melt harden or explode. Speedkoyn

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It can withstand very high firing temperatures and is stronger as a result.

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To remove a linseed oil based paint from a porouse ceramic would require figuring out a way to soften the finish to make it soluble in something (like acetone). As I recall, linseed oil essentially cross-links during the curing process to create a hard, brittle, but of course, very durable finish. To get the material off of a porous ceramic material would require dissolution (rather than the typical way of softening then scraping) -- that is, the only way to remove the material from the pores is by dissolving the finish.

I would recommend one of the following: a simple paint remover, formulated for oil-based paints; gently heating the system when immersed in the paint remover using a double-boiler (of course, this would require some common sense -- an electric stove (absolutely no gas flames) and a well-ventilated area); possibly simply trying acetone (nail polish remover) and soaking the vase in the acetone and testing with a pin (or something like that) periodically to see if the finish is softening.

Some old paint books have information on linseed oil finishes that might give some insight. As you know, most of the time these finishes are on wood which can be particularly problematic for finish removal -- the wood is porous, frequently soft, and easy to damage. There are sucessful techniques for removal but I do not know details. If I get a chance, I will see if I can find some of my old paint books, but they may not be old enough. (What you are looking for would be handbooks from the 40s and 50s.

Another (less dangerous for the operator) approach may be to soak or even boil the item in water. This may cause the paint to lift away, whereas using solvents may drive stains into the porous pot.

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The solution is actually not what you would think. Ammonia can damage tile floors and warm water and vinegar isn't going to get rid of the waxy residue although it is good for normal everyday cleaning.

try cleaning with ammonia read the label first

Mop the floor with warm water and white vinegar that will do the trick, it won't work overnight though. But you will see it improving over time. Good luck

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Pottery barn crib bedding is available in three sizes. These are crib, toddler and small. Not all designs are available in all three sizes, however.

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A potter, or a person who make sculptures out of clay.

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Me

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It was invented in Spain.

So says one contributor ( believe it if you like), however the potters wheel was not 'invented' but probably developed in its basic form as a result of potters trying to make large pots by hand and finding it easier to rotate the pot in front of them rather than constantly walking around it while building up the shape. This bit of common sense would have happened at different times in different places all around the world thousands of years ago. If a demand arose locally for more round pots to be made more quickly, or even just because the potter wanted a shorter working day, or more money, then the potters wheel would have been improved. People in the distant past had the same size brains as we have !!