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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Georgia,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rule of thumb, if it is ART it is EXPENSIVE. No
getting around it - starving artists are a myth. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>YYes, you can get a small kiln but it is also quite
expensive. As for cost to run, today's kilns are very cost effective. They are
totally automatic, and desinged to work very efficiently and they are not nearly
as expensive to run as they were a few years ago. Of course, the smaller the
kiln, the less expensive to run because it takes a lot less time to get up to
temperatures, there is far less things in the kiln that you are firing if it is
smaller, and so it is less expensive to run. Bigger kiln equals bigger
costs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, kilns are expensive - so is clay, and glazes
are very very expensive. You buy them by the pound, and need to buy a
minimum of 10 pounds just to make a batch for dipping you stuff into once it has
been bisque fired. Most pieces have to be fired twice, if you want it to be food
safe.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Art making is a very expensive enterprise - for
sure.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps you.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=ghkitchen@comcast.net
href="mailto:ghkitchen@comcast.net">Ghkitchen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=anisioti@otenet.gr
href="mailto:anisioti@otenet.gr">Tatiana Nisioti</A> ; <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by and for
blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 05, 2011 5:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art] tips
for getting clay fired</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks for your encouragement. I really appreciate it.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Georgia</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=anisioti@otenet.gr href="mailto:anisioti@otenet.gr">Tatiana
Nisioti</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 03, 2011 4:48
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, Georgia, and veryone!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>As an undergraduate in Psychology, which means as oen who's been
studying this field, let me tell you that: art, at any level it is
expressed, either you make it as a beginner, or you are a... well known or
famous artist, is therapy anyways!</DIV>
<DIV>Keep going!</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:artists-making-art@nfbnet.org">An exploration of art by and
for blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 03, 2011
1:22 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art]
tips for getting clay fired</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I talked to this potter on the crafters list and she
told me you could get kilns the size of a microwave oven. Folks in my
class say they cost a lot to run though. I am just a beginner and at this
point I am wondering if it is more therapy than art. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Georgia</FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=rattail4@gmail.com href="mailto:rattail4@gmail.com">Mike
Welty</A> </DIV>
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title=Artists-making-art@nfbnet.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 02, 2011
5:44 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Artists-making-art] tips
for getting clay fired</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Hey all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Not sure if any of you has really worked with
this but I've wanted to get back in my clay work but my hardest problem
is firing my works. would anyone have any suggestions about this, maybe
if there's a tabletop kiln you know of or something?</FONT></DIV>
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