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My studio is a large room in my basement. I share the space with a woodworker, who makes beautiful furniture and other wood items. (Maybe I will show you some of his pieces too.) I have a full-sized window beside my work table, so I get both sunlight and fresh air.

I was lucky to find a lady who was retiring from ceramics, and I bought all of her equipment and supplies. So I have some things that I don't even know what they are! And some things that I know what they are, but now what to do with them. Like dry Mason stains. Got any good ideas on what I can do with these?

I have a Brent electric kiln, with a kiln sitter and envirovent. I can fire to cone 10, but most of my work is done at 06-04.

I have a long table I use for rolling out clay slabs and putting pieces together. I also have a small work table with a mirror behind it for sculptures and figures.

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Some Equipment One of the pieces of equipment I especially like is the griffin grip for trimming pieces on the wheel. It is especially nice for finishing off the bottoms of thrown dishes. I made a drying cabinet by putting shower curtains around a tall metal bookshelf. That works well. Below is my drying cabinet. My Wheel If I had bought my equipment new, I would have chosen different things. Like my wheel. I have a home-built kickwheel that has had a motor attached. A loud motor! I would love one of those quiet little modern wheels that would let me regulate the speed more closely than I can with my current wheel. However, since I do not use the wheel all that much, I will make do with what I have. Sometimes it is useful to use the kickwheel without the motor. I also have an extruder. I have not found it as useful as I had hoped - probably because it is difficult to load with clay and hard to pull down the handle - the clay has to be fairly soft to manage it. I plan to experiment more with it when I have the time. (Famous last words.)	Welcome... My studio is a large room in my basement. I share the space with a woodworker, who makes beautiful furniture and other wood items. (Maybe I will show you some of his pieces too.) I have a full-sized window beside my work table, so I get both sunlight and fresh air. I was lucky to find a lady who was retiring from ceramics, and I bought all of her equipment and supplies. So I have some things that I don't even know what they are! And some things that I know what they are, but now what to do with them. Like dry Mason stains. Got any good ideas on what I can do with these? I have a Brent electric kiln, with a kiln sitter and envirovent. I can fire to cone 10, but most of my work is done at 06-04. I have a long table I use for rolling out clay slabs and putting pieces together. I also have a small work table with a mirror behind it for sculptures and figures.	Navigation Home My Studio Services links guestbook forum photos cartoons journal calendar classifieds

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More Stuff One of the handiest tools I have is a clay cutter that is made like a big cheese slicer. It has a handle and you can select different thickness settings. I make a lot of things with slabs so this has helped me a lot. I will probably never be able to get a slab roller - my biggest wish-list item. Oh well, just give me another rolling pin! I bought a large canvas drop cloth at Home Depot, and cut it up to fit my work table. It is great for rolling out slabs. I put a small piece on top of the clay as I roll it out. For thin slabs, I can lift the canvas to move the clay. I just pop all the dirty pieces of canvas into the washer to freshen it up. (First, I take it outside and shake out as much clay dust as possible to keep it out of my washer.)
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