a hand crank arbor press in our studio next to our tile stamps with our bird feeder in the window. since this is a clay studio, all of our stuff is really dusty. we have a few plants in the window that tolerate our dust. One is a tropical plant that we thought would behave like a vining plant, but since we aren't tropical, we see only five or so of the varigated leaves. Our friend down the street gave us a iron candleholder, that lacks a candle & it's sitting next to the plant. The weather outside, seen through the window is wintery. Snow covers the parking lot and is resting on the pines. It's very peaceful because the town we live in pretty much shuts down in winter and wakes up in the summer when there is no ice on the lake. There's a jar of alumina in front of the window that we use to dust the molds if they have any moisture. It looks like I left the scraper for the countertop out. Like in a kitchen, if you use a scraper on your countertop, it stays cleaner. Well, as much as you can expect in a Clay studio, so there's that. A few of our plaster molds that make our tiles are shown here. Not very well though, I'll have to post more, so stay tuned. Sometimes it feels like we live in a far corner of the world, so if you can endure my character count, tune back in to our feed. I'll try not to be boring!
Arbor press means we can still work if the power goes out! It's 2000 lbs / Square inch of pressure, but easy to use. If you are still pounding your clay in by hand and your wrist or elbows complain, try one of these.
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