gray317

4872 pts · June 28, 2012


blabbity, blabbity, blah.

If empathy is a sin, I'm a heretic.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

In less than a week....

2 years ago | Likes 63 Dislikes 0

Signed out and back in.... Nothing happening.

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Can you do the same for me? I didn't get a team or a button.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I don't have a snowball button. Nor am I seeing anything acorn or pinecone related other than people's various posts.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I am going to search for that today.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Guaranteed!

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As everyone should love puppers and doggos!

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

She's the best of both pitbull and rottweiler. Unfortunately, she's fragile. She blew out both her back knees and dislocated a rib in the process. She's had to be a lazy lady lately.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Corvallis, here.

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Another Corvallisite!

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It was a pleasure painting her!

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2 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Eggs in biscuit dough is unforgivable. Biscuits are just butter, flour, and milk. They're very short.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

As someone from the south who grew.up on biscuits and gravy, I've never seen anyone put eggs in their biscuit dough. Unless you mean as a sandwich.

3 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Right, but pottery is never 100% dry. In it's wet state, clay is around 20% water, but loses water content within minutes of being removed from a bag. While clay might feel bone dry to the touch, there is likely water lurking in deeper layers, unless it is truly bone dry. Aside from that, moisture in clay tends to level out with the atmosphere around it. This is why most potters preheat their kiln. Moisture is ever present, even at the chemical level, so preheating is key to deal with that.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's awful. I was picked on in middle and high school as well. When I decided to teach, I also decided that sort of stuff would not fly in my classroom. Now I teach art and cultivate a positive classroom.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Never fire wet pottery - you'll have a load of shards, not pots. Pinholes in pottery allow steam to escape, which, in this case, I believe is the goal.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The lid on that piece is crazy tight, so I would assume the artist puts the hole in top because they have had a negative experience or two with exploding pots. You're absolutely right about the glazed contact points and lids. Source: art teacher, ceramic enthusiast

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's when my love of pottery started.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

When pottery with a lid is fired, it must be fired with the lid attached. While the hole did allow the top to pop off, the potter here made an extremely tight fitting lid. Typically, lids can be lifted by hand and are not so airtight as to need a hole in the lid for steam to escape. Since the lid was so tight fitting, had the potter bisqued the work without removing the lid, it would likely have exploded in the kiln.

3 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

The hole is to allow air to escape while the pottery is fired. When the piece goes into a bisque fire, it boils away all of the leftover physical water and chemical water attached to the clay particles. When water gets hot, it turns to steam. This steam will fill the clay, which builds up pressure. The pressure has to go somewhere, so it explodes the clay vessel. The hole on top prevents that from happening by giving the steam an escape route.

3 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 1

What kind of kingsnakes? Color/pattern?

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yep...California kingsnake, het lavender.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There's one show titled "Good Art," which, despite the absolute ludicrous nature of the show, is actually quite complex. The Rainbow Raider paints pictures of cats, which are based on an artist from the 1800s and the rest of the episode touches on major themes in art.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's what people said about the last 5 climate disasters.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Fuego piña? Tell me more.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Two Towns is great! Excellent cheese curds.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Have you had their Cherry SubLime? So good. Their best? Pacific Pineapple!

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Corvallis here! It's amazingly beautiful on the coast.

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