I don't know how to get started.
 

I have always been interested in ceramics but don't know how to get started. Is it difficult? Where would I find out more?

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After several different companies that charge anywhere from $350 -1000 I have found a wonderful company called Covenant Janitorial . Desmond went the extra mile for us so I wanted to give others a heads-up. This is my first posting so I hope I am doing it correctly.

Mulligan
 

Janette
You deserve a mulligan!

Too cute!

Janette, :welcome:
You've made a good first step in learning to post. There are a couple of extra steps to find the right forum and start a new thread. First, go to the TOTV home page and review the list of forums. Your post would be appropriate for either the "Contractors and Services" forum or the New Member forum, since you are new.

Once you find a forum that matches the topic of your post, click on the forum to open it. Just below the ads at the top of the page, and above the first post, there's a button that says, "New Thread". Click that and post away.

Don't worry. We were all new once and didn't know that either. :beer3:

p.s., Tony might come on and move your post to the right forum. If he does, neither my post nor aljetmet's clever and adorable one is going to make an ounce of sense. Oh well.

Janette, you must be a newbie . This thread is about getting started in ceramics! If you wish to talk about janitorial service you need to start a new thread, you can't hijack someone else's thread PLEASE!!:blahblahblah::(:cus::evil6::spoken:

somebody call me??

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Now c'mon Diskman.....give Janette a break. Read Pturners post.

Gee whiz, I'm glad you weren't looking over my shoulder to see all my mistakes! And more power to you, Janette, for digging up a post from 2006!

BTW, TalkHost, how did you do with ceramics? I bet you're a pro by now!

Hang in there, Janette! I'll be looking forward to seeing more posts from you :welcome:

there is a ceramics club at the chula vista rec center. they meet every monday at 0900.

tee hee.

I did ceramics in HS and again when we were first married. We took classes and went up to advanced techniques. What we didn't do is the clay/wheel bit where your hands get all muddy.

I wouldn't say it's hard, but if you have shakey hands it might be a little challenge but nothing that should stop you from the activity. I might even try it again in the future! The following may be some good reading for you:

http://www.bigceramicstore.com/index.htm

I did the hands muddy clay/wheel bit. I even used a kick wheel at one time. Loved it and might take it up again when I become a frog.

BTW, TH's post was from 2006!

Hubby and I did ceramics for a short while in the 70's. Sounds sort of funny, doesn't it...:1rotfl:

We poured slip into the molds, emptied the molds, opened them, removed the greenware, cleaned it up, all work, but fun. Painting was the most fun and sometimes the paint color didn't resemble the final color.

If I could do it, you can do it. Give it a try, you'll reallllllly enjoy!

Skyguy (et al), you have just entered... The Twilight Zone! :shocked: :1rotfl:

Oh fine, get technical.....:22yikes: :1rotfl:

2006 you say? Holy moley, I'd better pay more attention!

if i had noticed 2006
 

I would not have wasted my breath!:D:boom:chilout

Ceramics
 

Now you guys are reminding me of the movie Ghost!

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I have to tell you, Mulligan.......you totally cracked me up last nite.....your timing was absolutely perfect! I am still LOL. :)

Look at Recreational News in the newspaper where it will list the clubs. Ceramics is one of the topics and it shows several locations for clubs who do ceramics. I believe they do both slab built ceramics, moulded ceramics and free form wheel thrown ceramics. You should call them as you first step. Doing ceramics is not difficult but it is applying newly learned information. Wheel thowing is maybe the hardest of the skills to learn but not impossible and once learned it becomes easy. My wife asked me if we could do ceramics about 18 years ago, so I introduced her to it. Not so many years later we were selling ceramics at juried art shows. I don't mean to imply it is that easy to get good but if you are committed it will come quickly. Good Luck.

Janette1:

I wanted to :welcome: you to TOTV forum.

The members are friendly, informative and very knowledgable people.

This is a great site so please keep on posting. :smiley:

OK; let me jump in because this is something I know about in TV because my extremely talented wife is involved.

First; If you have no experience you'll need to get some instruction, as the Ceramic and Clay Groups are clubs and not teaching groups. Of course, these wonderful people always help each other out, but not to instruct a total novice.

So if you're in TV, the thing to do is to take classes at the the Lifelong Learning Center first. Then approach one or more of the Clay Arts Groups and inquire about membership. At present there are 5 groups and they are at Mulberry, Miona, Laurel Manor, Colony and Seabreeze. The only problem is that they are pretty much at capacity because of the problem of space. The thing to do is to put yourself on their waiting lists.

All the groups are hoping that with the new expansion south of 466A, that a new Regional Rec. Center will accommodate a new Clay Arts Group.

My daughter actually majored in psycho-ceramics in college.

She wanted to work with crackpots.