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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Linda,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks for the tips. Yes, art or therapy in my case whatever
you want to call it is expensive. I go to our Art Institute which is less
than 2 miles away. The other students take the class multiple times like I
do, because they find it more economical than to own the kiln, glazes and
so forth. Now that I am so close, I feel I may as well continue with the
classes. I may move out of the city and getting back to go to class
could be difficult. I buy the clay in ten pound bags as you mentioned, some is
$10 and the stoneware is $12. Going to class affords me help that I may not have
if I were to work at home. I am doing it for fun and plan to use or give
away what I make. I have not started on the wheel yet even though the teacher
has encouraged me to try it. I am not that strong and I had a real bout with my
left hand back in 2008.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>We can bring things back to our homes to work on as long as we
don't do production type work. Seems like I never get anything done
though. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Georgia </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I am sure my husband would be great at pottery but he is real
busy with his woodworking. </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=llambert@zoominternet.net
href="mailto:llambert@zoominternet.net">Lynda Lambert</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 05, 2011 5:57
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Artists-making-art] tips
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Georgia,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Rule of thumb, if it is ART it is EXPENSIVE. No
getting around it - starving artists are a myth. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Art making is a very expensive enterprise - for
sure.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 05, 2011 5:05
PM</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>
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for blind persons</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 03, 2011
4:48 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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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1:22 AM</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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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 02, 2011
5:44 PM</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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