We're Building An Art Studio On A Budget & Bringing A $2000 Pottery Wheel Back To Life!

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[@janicedunn895]

First timers watching and subscribing to your channel. I (Tom), a retired university ceramics teacher in Southern California. I may have access to resources that would help in your ceramics business for no cost to you. Jan and I have relatives in Pearce, AZ that we spend time with during the year and could deliver them if you are near their area. You will need lots of professional help if a wood fired kiln is in your future. Raku firing is great but to make money you will eventually need food and drink holding vessels requiring bisque and cone 5-6 glaze firing. I may be able to give some help to you in this area. There are other good options for glaze firing that I have discovered. Keep up the hard work. Tom and Jan

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@janicedunn895 hey Tom and Jan, thank you for the offer! I'm only about a year in to my ceramic journey so any advice or help is very welcome. I do take classes at our local university and have access to their cone 6 bisque, electric, and gas kiln. That's where the bulk of my firing happens. I have a couple old broken electric kilns that I'm hoping to convert into gas kilns.

[@janicedunn895]

@@TerraformTogether Classes at a local university are a good start to your clay journey and it gives you access to kilns. Learn all you can. I fired bisque and glaze with propane in rural settings and was very pleased with the results. Having old kilns for conversion is also a good alternative to have available. You are on the right path. Good luck. Tom

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@@janicedunn895 thank you :)

[@bearnaff9387]

Crazy idea, but have you considered maybe laying down a rectangle of hyperadobe bags up a foot or so under where you want the trailer to live permanently, then having your crew mount the de-wheeled trailer on top of this "foundation"? It would take a lot of planning in order to avoid creating further unnecessary work for yourselves, but it would stabilize the structure long term.

[@TerraformTogether]

@@bearnaff9387 it is probably possible. But then it would be considered a permanent structure and get taxed and need permits. Wheels are a great loop hole

[@bearnaff9387]

@@TerraformTogether Oh, very very good point.