AusBonsai

Congrates anttal I remember how excited I was to meet the ladies. Our club meetings are basicly working on our pojects and chating. This was every tuesday. I have missed meetings for at least one full year due to work comitments. I get worried everytime that I attend that one of the members may have passed away. Many are in thier twilight years. I finaly bumped into the leader of the group down at woolies the other day and stated I was looking into a new technique. Work comitments have changed and I will hopefully attend the first meeting in feb.
I will be intrested to see what your class entails. I hope yopu start a thread on your progression

na top secret!

ROFL
Have fun

That's the spirit Antonio...tell 'em nothin'

I've had six people turn up today, all called Brett so if you want to join the queue Asus, please, be my guest!
Seriously though, I love talking pottery (probably too much), so if anybody wants to stop by for a natter, please do.

Similar Aaron, but not the same one.

Pat

i would love to drop in pat, but i am no where nerar kosiosko, or even nsw for that matter.

but if i ever am in town i would love to drop in for a chat about glazing

As a novice bonsai potter, I'd like to thank those who posted actual information in relation to the cracked pot technique, especially the links to the detailed instructions. It's now on my list of things to try out at my pottery classes.

G'day Spooky,
I think you will get a lot out of Paul Katich's post - Making an oval pot - a potter tale retold.
Enjoy!
Steven

AusBonsai wrote:G'day Spooky,
I think you will get a lot out of Paul Katich's post - Making an oval pot - a potter tale retold.
Enjoy!
Steven

Thanks Steven,

I was looking for that. A friend, anttal63, recommended I find it. I've tried two oval pots, but our pottery centre had dodgy clay (now entirely replaced) and both cracked in bisque firing. This new technique might be the way to go.

cheers,

Spooky

Hi there Penny,

Sorry if I am doing things wrong but I am a first timer on this forum (in fact any forum as I have not been interested enough in anything other than bonsai to get involved in this type of thing). This information may be somewhere else on here but I am a small town bonsai enthusiast looking for some unique pots to display my bonsai's in so was wondering firstly if you produce bonsai pots for sale and if so would they be available to someone like me. If so do you have a website or catalogue or something.

If you don't sell bonsai pots can you suggest anyone within Australia who does.

Being such "small town" I do not have access to bonsai pots other than the mass produced pots available at the local Bunnings store. Certainly nothing 'unique' available there.

Thanks,

Wes.

Hi Wes.
I do make bonsai pots. I have a catalogue and I can also email you photos of my pots. I have a website but It's just starting to take shape. There is a lot of info to be put on it yet so it's not really being advertized as such. There is an article written in one of the BSA newsletters which is better.
Send me an email at mudlarkpottery@bigpond.com and I can send you photos of my work. I deal with Fastways transport and you can work out the freight costs by logging on to their website and putting in my postcode 2283 and yours and I'm a standard user.
Pat Kennedy, another member of AB, is a great potter as everyone here will tell you. You can see photos of his work on Ledanta's website (yet another member) or Pat will probably reply himself to your query.
Penny.

anttal63 wrote:if i may add my take on all of this and use my hairdressing as an example;

i have been cutting hair for 30 years now and am considered a master craftsman who can mix it with the best anywhere in the world. over the years i have seen staff walk in with average skills, take what they want and walk out a short time later mostly leaving you in the learch. some commit and immerse themselves for an honest amount of time and walk away accomplished hair stylists. i invest alot of money and time in people and the one consoling factor for me is that they can copy my techniques but they cannot duplicate my eye and my soul as an artist. therefor i give myself freely with no restraint. i love sharing what i know.

This is the attitude of a true artist! I love it.

blast from the past kev! thanks for the kind words.