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Here is one of my favorite influences to experience. There are not many influences that say more when you listen than the ocean and the waterfalls delivering to the oceans.
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Yes it happened to this weblog. My email and comment posts were clogged up with spam and messages were sent to my email contacts through a thread from this blog to me. Everything is repaired now. Once I am sure we are functioning properly I will resume posting. Thank you to those who have...
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We are finally finished moving to our new home. I am back online and will be posting three times a week or more. The new home was followed by a huge surge of inspiration for pottery making and life in general. Keep making art! Tom
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I love making pottery. These random photos are form various stages in my pottery making life.
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These photos are from the decorative Raku pottery styles I love to make.
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I discovered this YouTube video demonstrating the crackle Raku post firing technique. This gentleman seems to have it down perfectly. In this video the pottery is removed from the kiln and allowed to evenly cool prior to reducing in a trash can. The clay is shrinking faster than the glaze/glass on the surface. This...
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Thank you to the TAC for having me there to discuss the Raku process. You are all a great inspiration. Keep making pots and check back here in the future as I am almost done moving and promise to post articles more appropriate to our discussions. Happy Firings!
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The Bivins clan is moving today to a new home a couple of miles away in Driggs, Idaho. My whole family is excited none more then yours truly. I have a couple of kilns ready to put into action and the pottery making will be underway. The photo in this post is representative of...
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If you have not yet discovered Youtube.com its time to check it out. You will be amazed by this site when you see what is available. There is an enormous amount of pottery related videos posted on Youtube.com. I have embedded some of my favorites throughout this site. Click on the “People” page at...
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This is a great video of a working pottery in Vietnam.
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