I go back to work tomorrow. While on vacation I found a calling for a new career. Does anyone know how to apply for a trust fund? I think I would be well suited to this type of work.

This post is for casual conversation if you don’t feel like making a post of your own.

  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    3 days ago

    Went into work today, grabbed all my stuff, and sent my resignation letter.

    I’m am now unemployed.

    Here’s my take on it so far: For the new me to born, the old me has to die. Birth is a painful and terrifying experience.

    Also: Went to a bluegrass festival yesterday and I’m really psyched about maybe picking up a bluegrass instrument. First stop–in addition to my guitar which, like, why bother there’s already enough guitar players in the world and they play steel string and I play nylon–is the SAW which sounds awesome and otherworldly, but probably has the same learning curve of the violin. Easier get: the dobro, which I think it just a regular guitar with jacked up action that you exclusively play slide on. I don’t have a proper dobro with resonator, but pretty much any of my unusued steel string guitars can double. Plus, I’ve always wanted to play slide guitar. I REALLY want to do an open tuning slide of Time, by Tom Waits but perfected by Tori Amos.

  • disregardable@lemmy.zip
    4·
    3 days ago

    We went to a tour of what’s left of a torn down iron factory today. It was pretty cool. The scale was massive. We learned all about how iron was made, and it’s crazy to think that a few of these plants are still operational.

  • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    I spent too long making test tiles of clay coloured with mason stain but they will become data and I hoard that shit.

    (I also kindly request trust fund info)

      • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        No, archeologists are very familiar with test tiles and other non functional items near places where pottery was made. They may think me more professional than I am.

        (But this is a funny joke, please enjoy the validation of knowing I chuckled!)

        • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          3 days ago

          Thank you for validating my attempt at humor. I was also hoping you would explain the purpose of the tiles and the purpose of the testing and what the text means.

          I’ve been wanting to dabble in cuneiform myself.

          • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
            3·
            3 days ago

            Yeah no problem!

            I would like to make a post about it but I never find myself at my desktop (can things please stop happening 😭) so here is a quick version:

            The letters mean:

            • R = recycled clay (labeling the clay type, it’s my home brew recycle)
            • upsidedown V 6 = this is supposed to be △6 which is the firing temp of the clay.
            • 1043 = 10.43 g of stain per 100 g wet clay. I wrote down the actual measures on my notebook but I wanted to normalize it to 100g for the future.

            The second row of numbers represents the % of the stained clay mixed with the unstained clay, by mass. So the one with “10” means 10 g stained clay and 90g unstained clay.

            This captures the process I used and I can later go back and calculate the amount of stain I need for a given colour when I decide what I want.

            The reason I am making test tiles is that I have no idea what the stain is going to look like! Ideally, you make test tiles for every combo of clay/firing program/glaze/glaze application/combination of glazes. Even the way heat is distributed in your kiln based on your packing habits makes an impact but that’s harder to make tiles for lol.

            I don’t have a complete set and also mine are ugly so here are some examples from other people:

            https://www.wildbowerstudio.com/journal/mason-stain-library

            This person stained slip not clay (don’t worry about the difference, it’s just different) and used tbsp to measure but same idea. She doesn’t say but I am pretty sure the left is bare and the right is clear glazed. I will glaze my tiles on one side, but the whole face of the rectangle not half like she’s done here. The back side will be unglazed 😊

            http://www.ccpottery.com/colored-clay-lessons--chris/how-to-color-clay-with.html

            This is someone’s recipe chart showing how different colours are made.

            The reason testing is so important is that pottery is expensive, takes forever, and you are making things that aren’t going to break down, except into smaller, broken pottery.

            I am a hobbyist with a giant kiln so I will go months between when I throw a pot and when it’s finally done. Each step takes such a long time, and I only fire on weekends, etc.

            If I don’t make test tiles I will just guess and then if I don’t like it guess again and see the results in another few months… Or I can make better decisions based on these tests before I put in all the effort to something that looks wrong or isn’t suitable. I’ve glazed fired twice in my kiln and I can see that the manganese in my speckled clay does not play well with certain glazes leading to items that are not food safe and that the kiln is firing a little hot so I might try a different program. Some pots came out unusable because of these things and I didn’t know until I did it. Some of that is unavoidable but a lot can be figured out with test tiles.

            Hope this helped!

            • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              3 days ago

              Yes, it did help! Now I’m wondering if I could pass off a wood-fired kiln as a BBQ and not get sanctioned by the condo board. I’ve always wanted one of those adobe ovens like they have in South America.

              Also quite impressive comment for mobile! I have a BT keyboard which makes my off-desk life much easier.

              I look forward to seeing some of your pots, whenever you’d like to share them!