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How to mix plaster

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3/2/2016

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i LIKE OLD POTS.  I like to buy one here and there so i have one each of certain styles.  little ones mostly.  I have a small Wedgewood, a small lustre example.

​All my earthenware pots are not waterproof.  This causes some sadness as i like to pick the flowers from my garden and put them in the pots but alas a puddle often forms where the pot is sitting.

​Today i decided to test my mistake glaze.  I turned my rock of ages upside down and filled it up with water and let it sit and guess what  it is water tight  I can now glaze anything and know its waterproof  No need for stoneware now

​i often think of names for pots before I make them..  i have a problem remembering the names  No names means I cant make the pots  Rats she says.  So I am going to tack them on the end of the blogs  currently i have  the search for lost habitat and climate change  I have made these rwo
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    Sophi lives in Canberra. Her workshop is in the middle of her garden.  Sophi is living her dream of potting whenever she wants to.  Her work has environmental and identity themes  Sophi works with slip cast pieces combined to present ironic images  Sophi likes simple so uses simple materials

    Sophi's work is in two modes;  the art context and the utilitarian context.  She is ably assisted by her potters assistant, carer and daughter Nicolette

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