Greetings, All. This is my first post to clayextruding. My name is Lisa. I am a student of Fred Sweet, in the Dallas area. (Hi, Fred!!) I was given a Big Blue...
... I love my Big Blue I have had it for several years already and mounted it in one place then moved it to another with no problem. I first mounted a piece...
Most extruders are wall mounted, but there's no reason any extruder can't be mounted on a stand. The main difficulty with stand-mounting is that the stand has...
We decided to make bud vases for the tables at my daughters wedding in a few weeks so out came the extruder and a triangular vase with grooved sides was...
Hello Lisa, I have posted several pictures of the stand that I built for the Fort Sask. Guild here in Canada, see photo Album for Fort Sask Guild. The stand...
Hello All, I am new here. I have been experimenting with extruding for about three years. I did some ceramics in college (35 years ago) and then four years ago...
Welcome to the group! I too have a new 'old' Bailey extruder. I plan on making my own dies. I have a scroll saw and router. I will let you know how it goes!...
Hi Devany and welcome to the group! Things have been a little quiet on the board lately but I'm hoping some other members jump in and welcome you. I...
Hi Devany, Welcome to the group! There isn't very much activity here and I attribute that to everyone being in their respective studios extruding 100 lbs of...
I am a fairly new member to the extruder group. Just read your note....where do you find the pictures you posted on your extruder projects? Thanks. Ellen...
Thanks to Daryl, Mark and Gail for the nice welcome! I understand that actually working with clay is much more important than writing about it and applaud all...
Hi Devany, Thanks for your compliments on my EXTRUDE IT! DVD series of videos. I think the videos are helpful and offer lots of tips and ideas, but I've...
Welcome to the group Devany, I dont write in much ( understatement of the yr ) ;oD I'm not really sure WHAT to write in about if I dont have questions. Maybe...
I thought I made a long post 2 days ago, but it is still not showing, maybe awaiting approval? The reason for this post is that I saw an ad for the Mud Tools...
David, I bought your Extrude It! series shortly after it came out and love it! I would also love to get a copy of your PowerPoint slides on making dies if you...
Cat, Thanks so much for sharing! Napkin rings are a great idea... you are right, in that it may take massive amounts of margaritas to do the wax and glazing......
David, I am in such awe of your work and especially your desire to teach us what you know. Yes, I do think that your power point presentation would be helpful....
Hi Devany, Good questions! Let's see, I culled them from your message so here goes... How many of you are professional potters (making or on the way to making...
Hi, See the Photos link over on the left side of this page? Click on that and you will see several photo portfolios. In Yahoo that's where the photos are for...
Hi Everybody, We were getting too many spam posts from bogus members through that I had to delete from the board after they appeared. So, I have started ...
Leesh! I am glad you are part of this group! Nice surprise! Leesh and I are going to meet "in person" in January on the Clay Times Cruise for Clay. We met on...
Those mud tools are made by Michael SHerrills mud tool company... Michael comes from a family that ran a machine shop in Charlotte NC... He has become a...
Hi Devany, Did you think you could get away from me on the Internet ... Hah! :-) Just a correction... the group is PotteryBasics, with a web site at ...
This last weekend was the festival all Texas clay artists love. It is annually held in Gruene, Texas (pronounced "green") north of San Antonio. Fifty of the...
MY mistake... what was I thinking? Sorry for the wrong link, my mind must have been on the cruise... hence "clay" instead of pottery. Pottery Basics is more...
OOPS...that doesn't bring up the new photos. Go to the right of the message and under Recent Activity....click on photos. Hope that works for y ou. Noel ...