Making Tiki Mugs - General Tiki

T TikiGuy Member Calgary, Alberta, Canada Joined: Sep 05, 2002 Posts: 65	T TikiGuy Posted posted on Wed, Sep 18, 2002 12:57 PM Stuckie, thanks for the insight. Fortunately the college I work for has an entire arts campus with a ceramics program, so I can get ahold of a book an almost any aspect of ceramics. Turns out my aunt sold her kiln long ago. Bummer. I don't really have an ideas of ever supporting my family on ceramics sales, but everyoen, I think, needs a creative vent. I was considering blacksmithing, but if you think a kiln is expensive and dirty, try a forge. That, and the fact I live in the city. What ceramics as a hobby offers me is the ability to go, somewhat, at my own pace, to create items that I want, to create items that are usable. And, if a friend says they really like something I made, I can reproduce it fairly easily and they can have a great gift that may even become an heirloom. But that's just me.

Stuckie, thanks for the insight. Fortunately the college I work for has an entire arts campus with a ceramics program, so I can get ahold of a book an almost any aspect of ceramics.

Turns out my aunt sold her kiln long ago. Bummer.

I don't really have an ideas of ever supporting my family on ceramics sales, but everyoen, I think, needs a creative vent.
I was considering blacksmithing, but if you think a kiln is expensive and dirty, try a forge. That, and the fact I live in the city.

What ceramics as a hobby offers me is the ability to go, somewhat, at my own pace, to create items that I want, to create items that are usable. And, if a friend says they really like something I made, I can reproduce it fairly easily and they can have a great gift that may even become an heirloom.

But that's just me.

Post #8623 by TikiGuy on Wed, Sep 18, 2002 12:57 PM