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04-19-2005, 09:40 AM

I recently took up Ceramics and I made these pipes. I bought a glass pipe in Amsterdam and based the design on that.

I made about 25 pipes to start off with, I gave most of them away to friends who were exteremely happy with the gift.

My plan is to make a whole lot and sell them, but I just have not got it together to make a new batch. Instead I am making flower pots and square plates. I want a whole dinner service of square plates....

Ronley

cough_cough_eer · 04-19-2005, 02:02 PM

Nice pipes Ronley.
So you must have acess to a kiln. uuummm

If i were to make some things and mail them to you , could you fire them and send them back?? for a fee of course.

04-19-2005, 03:24 PM

I dont know how they would survive the shipping. Dry clay- even if it is dry is quite fragile. - and then once fired- also it can be fragile- but would need to be packed properly,

But we could try,- what type of stuff do you want to make?

aesther · 04-20-2005, 01:52 AM

That's some cool shit man, how do you make the pipes? I only have experience in ceramics with the wheel, and I've made a lot of vases and bowls so far, and a couple bongs as well. Sometime soon maybe I can post pics of what they look like.

aesther · 04-20-2005, 01:53 AM

Also, if it isn't much trouble could you post pics of your other works? I love seeing what other people make, theres so much uniqueness out there...

04-20-2005, 10:24 AM

I hand built them - ( as opposed to using the wheel)

I first made a bowl, and then a similar shaped slightly bigger bowl, The object is to put the smaller bowl into the bigger one and join the two.

the bowls have 2 holes, one in the side of the bigger bowl, and another hole in the cup of the smaller.
the smoke has to fill up the gap that is between the 2 bowls, and the hole in the side works as a choke as I puff away and open and close the side hole,

Then I joined the stem/holder of the pipe. first I pianted the neat colours and designs which is the really fun part, fired them in a bisque fire and then galzed them, and returned them to the kiln for another fire.
Well my teacher does the fireing. I just have fun making the pipes and pots and plates etc.
I am relatively new at pottery, and I absolutely love the artistic creative medium that the clay provides.
(Actually I make the pipes at home because its a pity to waste a lesson on pipes when I could be creating flower pots or vases or plates etc.)

I have to do a photo session of the stuff that I make. Unforetunately i dont have a digital camera- but I would be happy to post the stuff that I make.

Ronley

cough_cough_eer · 04-20-2005, 01:50 PM

I'm wanting to make a long pipe (about 12 inches or so) kinda peacepipe-ish and even if it breaks in shipping it not that big a deal. I don't even have the clay yet (been a while since I worked in clay) I'm gonna get some today as there is a clay warehouse fairly close to here.Any particular type of clay I should get? Ya know, to keeep the firing temps about the same. I assume your working with a Raku or somekind of white clay. I would need you to paint and glaze it also if ya could. :smile:

Harry Gypsna · 04-21-2005, 04:59 PM

Over here in England, if u go anywhere and dig up a back garden, u have a pretty good chance of finging old, some broken, some not, clay pipes.....you getloads of emin staffodshire near the potteries...all those pipes back then after the introduction of tobacco(YUK) by SWR to England....they were all hand made into the basice shape, and the stem rolled like a joint, lol....then the whole thing would go in a smal mould which would have a pattern to print onto the bopwl....
Some of these old pipes can be worth a lot of money if u can find one in one opiece, such as the "Church Wardens" which are massive long ones with like a2 foot stem, like you see in old paintings of smoking houses!
You could draw a lot of inspiratuion, and et ideas ofdifferent techniqies from them, look into it mate.
Your are very pretty though man, im a pipe maker from junk, lol....
anyway, Id buy one if they came on the market.....that hand made slightly rough look is more personal that something knocked out by the thousand in a mould or on a lathe huh.
Nice work man

04-21-2005, 08:55 PM

Harry, thats such a nice thing to say.

I will look in the type of pipe that you mention.
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04-21-2005, 09:01 PM

What a nice thing to say, Harry.

The type of pipe that you talk about is really cool. I would love to make something like this...

04-19-2005, 09:40 AM	#1
Ronley Guest Posts: n/a	home made ceramic pipes that I made. I recently took up Ceramics and I made these pipes. I bought a glass pipe in Amsterdam and based the design on that. I made about 25 pipes to start off with, I gave most of them away to friends who were exteremely happy with the gift. My plan is to make a whole lot and sell them, but I just have not got it together to make a new batch. Instead I am making flower pots and square plates. I want a whole dinner service of square plates.... Ronley
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04-19-2005, 02:02 PM	#2
cough_cough_eer Anita Bonghitt Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,937	Nice pipes Ronley. So you must have acess to a kiln. uuummm If i were to make some things and mail them to you , could you fire them and send them back?? for a fee of course. __________________ ~The Avatar Thread~ Why is it that rich people are concidered eccentric and poor people are just wierd????
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04-19-2005, 03:24 PM	#3
Ronley Guest Posts: n/a	I dont know how they would survive the shipping. Dry clay- even if it is dry is quite fragile. - and then once fired- also it can be fragile- but would need to be packed properly, But we could try,- what type of stuff do you want to make?
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04-20-2005, 01:52 AM	#4
aesther New Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 7	That's some cool shit man, how do you make the pipes? I only have experience in ceramics with the wheel, and I've made a lot of vases and bowls so far, and a couple bongs as well. Sometime soon maybe I can post pics of what they look like.
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04-20-2005, 01:53 AM	#5
aesther New Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 7	Also, if it isn't much trouble could you post pics of your other works? I love seeing what other people make, theres so much uniqueness out there...
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04-20-2005, 10:24 AM	#6
Ronley Guest Posts: n/a	I hand built them - ( as opposed to using the wheel) I first made a bowl, and then a similar shaped slightly bigger bowl, The object is to put the smaller bowl into the bigger one and join the two. the bowls have 2 holes, one in the side of the bigger bowl, and another hole in the cup of the smaller. the smoke has to fill up the gap that is between the 2 bowls, and the hole in the side works as a choke as I puff away and open and close the side hole, Then I joined the stem/holder of the pipe. first I pianted the neat colours and designs which is the really fun part, fired them in a bisque fire and then galzed them, and returned them to the kiln for another fire. Well my teacher does the fireing. I just have fun making the pipes and pots and plates etc. I am relatively new at pottery, and I absolutely love the artistic creative medium that the clay provides. (Actually I make the pipes at home because its a pity to waste a lesson on pipes when I could be creating flower pots or vases or plates etc.) I have to do a photo session of the stuff that I make. Unforetunately i dont have a digital camera- but I would be happy to post the stuff that I make. Ronley
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04-20-2005, 01:50 PM	#7
cough_cough_eer Anita Bonghitt Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,937	I'm wanting to make a long pipe (about 12 inches or so) kinda peacepipe-ish and even if it breaks in shipping it not that big a deal. I don't even have the clay yet (been a while since I worked in clay) I'm gonna get some today as there is a clay warehouse fairly close to here.Any particular type of clay I should get? Ya know, to keeep the firing temps about the same. I assume your working with a Raku or somekind of white clay. I would need you to paint and glaze it also if ya could. :smile: __________________ ~The Avatar Thread~ Why is it that rich people are concidered eccentric and poor people are just wierd????
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04-21-2005, 04:59 PM	#8
Harry Gypsna Dirty hippy Bastard Join Date: May 2004 Location: Outside BodyShop, with a Tin Whistle and a dog on a piece of string Posts: 8,157	Over here in England, if u go anywhere and dig up a back garden, u have a pretty good chance of finging old, some broken, some not, clay pipes.....you getloads of emin staffodshire near the potteries...all those pipes back then after the introduction of tobacco(YUK) by SWR to England....they were all hand made into the basice shape, and the stem rolled like a joint, lol....then the whole thing would go in a smal mould which would have a pattern to print onto the bopwl.... Some of these old pipes can be worth a lot of money if u can find one in one opiece, such as the "Church Wardens" which are massive long ones with like a2 foot stem, like you see in old paintings of smoking houses! You could draw a lot of inspiratuion, and et ideas ofdifferent techniqies from them, look into it mate. Your are very pretty though man, im a pipe maker from junk, lol.... anyway, Id buy one if they came on the market.....that hand made slightly rough look is more personal that something knocked out by the thousand in a mould or on a lathe huh. Nice work man __________________ Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, and none of these people are very funny.
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04-21-2005, 08:55 PM	#9
Ronley Guest Posts: n/a	Harry, thats such a nice thing to say. I will look in the type of pipe that you mention. [ins]https://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Wizard/Gandalf/Grey/Gandalf_pipe_sj_small.jpg[ins]
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04-21-2005, 09:01 PM	#10
Ronley Guest Posts: n/a	What a nice thing to say, Harry. The type of pipe that you talk about is really cool. I would love to make something like this...
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