Artie Owl Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 JUST IN CASE you missed the commercials, ads, posters, sales, hints and reminders tomorrow is mothers day. This applies basically to any woman who is raising your kids, or has raised kids essentially, so plan accordingly, i.e don't make her make the mothers day meal, and if possible actually do something for your wife/mom/daughter etc. Anyone have any special plans? I'm currently cutting out cutsey shapes and hearts from foam to glue to blank cards to give it that "oh look at least he didn't stop at the gas station at the last minute" appeal Also, I'm in my twenties, so that's embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I threw a little ceramic pot for my mom and glazed it pink and purple and blue and green. The glazes came out really sweet but the pot is slightly off-center. She'll like it though. She loves these kind of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I love my mom, she is the best. Honestly, she loves anything that me and my sister get her, but she has the same sense of humour as I do, so my sister and I got her a Bionicle (she thinks they look cool and are fun to play with) and a couple of stupid squishy dinosaurs, along with a card and some flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 My moms practically a saint, she never gets mad about anything, she reason through it and somehow convinces me to <insert chore here> I wouldnt want any other mother Shes awesome in her own goofy way. I love her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I've actually had two "Moms." First one died in a car wreck when I was a mid-teen. Soon afterward my Dad married this really nice lady. I moved out very soon after that, but she's always been a very special person to me, my sister and brother and - after we all moved out, my surprise "baby brother" who's now nearing 40. We all know we'll never be able to do enough for her. Period. EDIT: I'm really happy to hear some of you younger guys appreciate your mothers... Dads too, though. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I threw a little ceramic pot for my mom and glazed it pink and purple and blue and green. The glazes came out really sweet but the pot is slightly off-center. She'll like it though. She loves these kind of things. Very cool I did the same thing this year but the pot's are huge 24 inch pot's she just got a new home a few miles down the road and wanted some custom pots for her patio so she could grow sunflowers. these pot's damn near killed me there was supposed to be three but I broke one taking it over to get fired at a friends large kiln so I hope she like two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Sheesh, guys... I knew the economy was bad but... Retro, even the pots are getting fired? <chortle> Sorry. I couldn't help myself. BTW, didn't they give some Brit guy a knighthood for that? Sir Amick? (Oops... It's been a long week. My eyes are glazed, and it's more like irabo or raku than celadon.) <chortle> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 so Milod sounds like you mike have done or studied reductive firing in stoneware huh? these were heavy use and no green needed so high fire cone 10 stoneware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Wow I'm glad to see some of you guys are into ceramics! I'll try to take some pictures of some of my work and post it on here sometime. I love raku. I made a mask of the moon with a sleeping face on it and I used an awesome raku glaze called lizard luster. I left the inside of the craters and eyelids and nostrils unglazed to highlight them. Of course the unglazed parts are black because of the raku firing. It came out great! I just finished assembling a thrown little Japanese style teapot with thrown spout and thrown handle that is on the side. I still need to bisque it and glaze it but I'm really happy with it. I've got a lot of other stuff and some bisque that needs glazing. I made a slab box ac30 to keep little guitar nick-nacks in but I need to glaze it. It's going to suck to glaze it because it's pretty intricate. Anyways.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 cool a couple of people who like to make mud. I don't do a lot of work anymore except for family and friends use and a few fundraisers. But I paid for college throwing pots and working clay and other art including jewelry and sculpture. now that I retired in January I'm going back into art here's the stuff I've done so far in May. Does anyone else produce art for personal use or sale. Sorry about the lousy photos the camera is dead so I USED MY PHONE. a ring a lady wants with a gold humback whale surrounding her finger Lost wax 22kt gold pendent of mans torso turning into as a crystal for a very nice trio of quartz crystal Here's a Byzantine coin from like 300 BC that I have made into a pendant A couple of woven para-chord bracelets that are military style bracelet's that spouses and friends wanted made The last ring is just a silver and gold inlay in basic geometric patterns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Naaah.... I have no real knowledge of ceramics other than a bit of study incidental to Korean history. Although... I do remember going through Van Briggle in Colorado probably some 50 years ago. Mom still has some pieces from that trip. OTOH, I did have the opportunity to watch an old style uphill kiln while over there. The potter did some incredible work using the real old styles of making them. He even dressed in the old clothing styles, which I found interesting. Got a couple of pieces too... not counting some mass-produced sorta fake celadon that 20+ years ago was still pretty nice and another that's kinda like raku but styled after stuff in the Silla dynasty. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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