DallasMakerspace - ceramics

Still looking for the chair of this committee to join discord. Or maybe a second in command.

I will mention this to Beth, I am on the committee for it

Does anyone know when a next introduction class will be?

I noticed the white board and it was a lil out of date. So the next hand building class will be Sunday 6/11 @ 2:00pm?? I just wanted to be sure.

They usually post them on the whiteboard outside the area. They don't use discord much

Ok thank you. Who, and how, should I contant if I have any other questions?

Beth Bannister, @dryad2b on Talk. I usually contact her on Facebook. There's a Fired Arts Facebook group

Ok thank you!

Hi people! I'm new so please excuse the... noobish question... is there a masonry bit or something to cut a hole in a pot? I found a pot I might want for my indoor garden, but I had no drainage

How big? If you catch me here I have some diamond holes saw bits.

What is the extent of the fired arts? I understand ceramics are a big part of it, i was looking into getting a lampworking setup for glass, a torch and glass rods, working surface, tools ect, would this be something that would relate or no?

11:22 AM

Ill be asking around in person next week when im at the space but just wanted to get the ball rolling now

They do lots of glass too but no blowing

oh cool, ill check that stuff out, thanks!

@mjp they do have equipment and even some glass rod for lampwork. It's in a large rolling took chest. You do need to bring in your own gas. Amanda is working on a class for lampwork

oh wow thats awesome! thanks ill try and connect with her

10:06 PM

ill buy some Map-Pro Gas as well this week

Amanda is @Lady Sandry

thanks!

Hiya :) we have tools in a box near the ceramics area. There might be some map-pro left, but in the future I was told fuel would be provided for classes but that personal use would need to be brought and taken away each time.

10:11 PM

I'm not sure if its been decided how to handle glass rods. For now we have some donated rods. I would expect it would just be a bring your own. Not sure if the donated rods we have will only be for class or not in the future

i bought a starter set, so i have glass rods, mandrels and a torch head ect (edited)

10:14 PM

just wondering who to talk to, to start doing it and maybe get in on some classes

10:14 PM

ive been taking glassblowing classes past few weeks but totally new to lampworking

10:15 PM

ill get my own Map Pro Gas as well

I think classes likely won't happen until the rearrangement of the fired arts area is complete. It's hard to have enough safe space for 3-5 people to have their own set ups

10:18 PM

cmcooper0 would know better though (edited)

cool, i am very interested in starting

10:22 PM

If I'm up and practicing soon I'll message you. I'm pretty new to lampwork as well, but I should be able to get you started at least

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Yay!! Sounds Great!

found teh Lampworking Tool Chest

12:22 AM

ill buy some Map Pro Gas and donate it to the jewelery locker where they keep other gas at

12:23 AM

id like to try and get comfy with setting up a workspace sometime this month

12:23 AM

i have my own torch head as well

12:24 AM

ill try and print out a layout of what im trying to do, if anyone else wants to go by it or extend it

12:24 AM

as far as workspace layout and procedure

That great @mjp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PpxlW7vdl4&feature=youtu.be

Matthew Pearson

Dogbone tribute

@mjp hey, if you happen to be at the space I'm going to be practicing lampwork for a bit

im out of town visiting my parents for the weekend

Alas. Next time

Donated a few cans of Map Pro for lampworking

Sweeeettt

@Lady Sandry Im at the Makerspace, going to try and set up a workspace

6:12 PM

ive taken a few lampwork classes at Dallas Crafting Guild

6:13 PM

ill post pics of my horrible beads

do you know where the box of stuff is?

i have my own supplies but yea i found the other box

6:14 PM

but the torch we use at class is oxygen / propane

6:14 PM

so i have to get used to setting up a map pro torch, clamping it ect

@Lady Sandry do you have a pic of how Tom set it up for you?

wow

6:25 PM

they rearranged teh fired arts layout

6:25 PM

dont have access to that metal tabel right now

6:25 PM

but i have another table and my fire proof lay down

6:31 PM

And you're already better than me :P

aww no way!

talked to Chris and let her know im ready to get in on the classes and even help teaching, cause i still have 3 or 4 more classes to go from teh Crafting guild so ill know i bit more by then, also by then well probably be closer to doing here

10:36 PM

Week 2 beads

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also I did my first sculpture this week

Wow. What fun

https://youtu.be/8csYEXkyMlI

Matthew Pearson

Kip, Torching a Bicone

Fertility Sculpture, based of the Goddess of Wilendorf - mines far right

Wow, that's cool

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pulled some twistys in clas last night for our Tiger beads!

@mjp Are those glass? That's really cool! I need to stumble through when that's going on sometime (I don't expect to have any aptitude for it, or need to do it, but would LOVE to watch others gain skills!)

Yep its Soft Glass! We should be setting up our Lampworking stations pretty soon!

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6:50 AM

Tiger Bead

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little Whale

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@Lady Sandry

8:27 AM

made a turtle and 2 more tiger beads ill pick up next week

Arrrr thar she blows

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7:31 PM

turtle boy

Lol, that's cool

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@Lady Sandry You guys have your first Lampworking Class?

6:50 PM

aww....I missed it

@Lady Sandry I signed up for your Lampworking Class! I hope i can leave work early.... XD

@Lady Sandry Awesome class!!

3:12 PM

So excited for the future of Fired Arts / Glass

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4:12 PM

Found a new Studio in Downtown, really great place! (edited)

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4:20 PM

Swirling Cosmos

Nice

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Wind blows, fire burns, rain falls...

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#ceramics new channel name to go with all your other updated titles!

@pearce will Glass have its own channel?

Oh yes. I was planning on doing updates after the election

Added but will have to move into the alpha order when I'm at a pc

awesome, thanks!

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if Ceramics wants a Chair confirmed, I suggest posting some documentation post haste

anybody?

Last post was in July. Not an active channel.

They posted a link on talk @ESmith

4:48 PM

Fyi Brenda was reelected 8-4. A couple of votes came in later. Did not affect the outcome

Can't find the results on Talk, just the meeting announcement https://talk.dallasmakerspace.org/t/committee-meeting-11-6-19-wed-6-30pm-chair-election/64627

Committee Meeting 11/6/19 (Wed) 6:30pm -- Chair Election

Remember – tomorrow 11/6 at 6:30 is the Ceramics Committee meeting. We will be electing the chair. It would be nice to know what else is on the agenda, but so far the agenda hasn’t been posted anywhere. Brenda Villafuerte and Beth Appleton are running for Committee Chair.

Went to the meeting, talkers is right, Brenda got the vote.

Need minutes to make it official

Ok, tagged Brenda and team ceramics on talk, I think Monika will remain vice?

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So still need something resembling minutes for that Ceramics election

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9:03 AM

posted to the wiki

9:04 AM

otherwise no appointment and Ceramics will be declared chair-less

Is it bad that I kind of want to see what a chair-less committee does? That would be fun

Probably gets busted down to a SIG of CA.

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2:44 PM

No chair needed.

2:45 PM

rolls over to host committee. (edited)

Ca doesnt need any more darn sigs

[crisis averted]

I definitely wanted to see it happen.

This just got listed a few minutes ago. If the makerspace wants it I can go buy it and bring it over. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/718320538573975/

Garage clean out- electric kiln

Large working manual electric ceramic high fire kiln. Motivated seller. No delivery.

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You guys know you don't have to do that in ceramics right?

but now I want to.... !members

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is there a way to check this without spamming any channel?

Off topic is a good place to do it

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12:46 PM

But this is a committee channel. Even if they don't use it

he, he. yes maybe a member count channel while you're at it, DMS Politics channel was a good idea imho

I wish we could PM the bot and it would tell us the answer

1:00 PM

Ok, fine, here are some ceramics, mostly raku.

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Because it's a dormant channel, easy to track membership changes over time

theres better places though

Like electronics. Just spam electronics all day long. Lol

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Ceramics is close to expanded, need help on sunday at 3 pm.

Bisque shelf is overflowing, please pick up your pieces if possible.

I don't believe many ceramics people hang out here

True as far as I can tell.

Hi All, has anyone used Jesmonite, or something similar? I’m wanting to cast some concrete/plaster and this product looks very interesting. Have seen some very nice looking results online.

Have not, maybe check with the jewelry group?

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Small Paragon Kiln, model A-55, 115 volts, 2100 watts. Plus stand a...

Small Paragon Kiln, model A-55, 115 volts, 2100 watts. Plus stand and banding wheel. Works, used. Please see pics for details and measurements. I have not used it for a few years but it works....

2:09 PM

if anyone wanted a small home kiln.

Hey team ceramics, 3D Fab has a member interested in sintering some 3D-printed metal parts. He'd like to use a bronze-infused filament that sinters at 871°C (1600°F). Do we have a kiln that'll support that temp? If so, would it be possible to arrange a specialty firing? Here's a link to the material: https://shop.thevirtualfoundry.com/collections/metal-filaments/products/bronze-filamet?variant=12351189483603 I think we can upgrade one of our Prusa printers to support the metal-infused filament (a hardened steel nozzle and a filament warmer are all that's required), but I wanted to check to make sure we could actually sinter it first.

Bronze Filamet™

3D Metal Printing using Bronze Filamet™ and an unmodified desktop printer. Our materials enable any FFF/FDM 3D printer to produce pure metal parts and objects. Once fired in a kiln, the result is 100% pure metal.

Looks like a variation on Metal Clay

@Evan Lott - thought about using a microwave kiln? They hit about 1600, which is the sintering temp for that stuff and you can get cheap ones on amazon.

Ooh, that's a really interesting idea @Skyspook

Congratulations new ceramics chair Bri_Gearhart

Thank you! I look forward to being of assistance in any way I can.

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Congratulations!

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10:48 AM

Damn, that was a steal

2:47 PM

I’m also way late haha

Clay share con is going on clay share con.com

6:04 PM

Https://clay share con com

6:05 PM

https://claysharecon.com/

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Mystery kiln listed on renebates.com if anyone is interested.

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Someone is selling a bunch of molds on OfferUp in North Richland Hills: https://offerup.co/eghudC3MUsb

Tons of Vintage Ceramics Molds 80s 90s for Sale in North Richland H...

Used (normal wear), Buy 1 or buy them all. Hundreds of slip cast ceramics molds, all different types of designs. Come check em out and make an offer on what you want.. Make an offer!;

not trying to discourage the sharing of such opportunities, but meanwhile, Col. Dan is dropping some off @ DMS that are very likely dumpster-bound... https://talk.dallasmakerspace.org/t/molds-for-slip-pouring/93317/12

Molds for slip pouring

The current plan is to drop them all off with @dryad2b Beth. Probably around 6:30PM or so. She will definitely have them after 7PM. If you all make any of them please do post them to Talk.

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9:26 AM

The struggle is real. Lol