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What Type of slip and cone temperature do we use?:
Our Greenware and Bisque is produced from earthenware slip.  Our Earthenware Bisque is fired to a Cone 03.  Our greenware and bisque is casted from molds as it is ordered.  Because our product is made when ordered, we require at least 14 to 21 business days before shipment.  

About Soft Firings:
Soft firings of  greenware is a service that we provide to our customer who would like to order greenware.

More about our shipping rates:
Minimum order is $25.00.  Shipping is Standard Ground Service.  Alternate shipping preferences will be added to your total purchases for the total cost of that shipping preference.  All shipping outside the Continental United States will be for the exact cost of shipping.  We hold the right to charge you the cost to ship your order to you.  See out Shipping Rates

Questions about our prices:
If you have a question about our pricing about a specific item, provide us with the website address of another site that has that same exact item and we will try to beat their price.

Will you glaze an item for me?
Yes.  We will glaze an item for you such as the inside of a vase, pitcher, jar, or any other type of utility item with a food safe clear glaze.  Contact us about the service charge.

Do I have to use your Shopping Cart System?
No.  You may use our original order form to total up your purchases and then click the Submit button to e-mail us your order.

How do I take advantage of your Discounts with your Shopping Cart?
Place the designated Password Code into the Check Out area of the Shopping Cart for the Shopping Cart software to calculate your discount.  If you have problems with this, just Contact Us.

What is Earthenware?
Earthenware is the type of slip that is used to product most hobby ceramic pieces.  Earthenware slip is most widely used to produce ceramic items for a cone 03 - 04 kiln firing.
Webster Dictionary Definition:  Earthenware : slightly porous opaque pottery fired at a low heat.

If I overpay for Shipping, will you credit me?
Yes!  We will credit you.  We do not want to keep your funds if you paid shipping costs that were higher than the actual cost of shipping.  We do hold the right to keep some of your funds if your item (s) required more then usual packing materials or the difference is very small..  If you have a question regarding your shipping costs, just contact us about it.

What is Greenware?
Greenware is not ready to paint.  Greenware is what all ceramic pieces are before the piece has ever been fired.  It is only clay that is bone dry.  It is very brittle and must be fired to maturity.  A piece is mature only when it has been fired in a Kiln to a Cone 04-03.   If you purchase Greenware, you will need to clean all seam lines and any imperfections and add any detail to the item you purchased.  After you are finished cleaning your item (s), you will need to fire it/them in a kiln to a cone 04-03.  After it has been fired in a kiln, it is Bisque and it is ready to be painted.  For reference materials, see our "How-To" Section.

How do I clean Soft-Fired Greenware?
Greenware is soft fired so it will be able to be shipped. Greenware is only clay but when it is soft fired, it is stronger and can be handled, but it is still GREENWARE.

Soft-fired greenware can still be cleaned and can still have underglazes applied to it, just like greenware that has not been soft fired.

To Clean:

Put your soft-fired piece into a deep bucket of water. Let it sit for about 5 minutes. After your piece has soaked, place a large thick towel onto your lap and remove the item from the bucket of water onto your towel in your lap. Use your standard greenware cleaning tools and use a Wet Scrub (if you need more information on a Wet Scrub, contact us)to clean away mold lines, area nicks, and scratches, add any detail you desire. After your piece is cleaned to your satisfaction, dry on a shelf to a bone-dry stated.

To fire:

After your piece is dry or the underglazes that you applied to it are dry, you will need to fire the piece to maturity. For a piece to be fired to maturity it will need to be put into a Kiln and fired to a Cone 04-03. Once your piece has fired to a Cone 04-03 temperature in a kiln, you can now paint your piece either with Opaque Stain paints of your choice or you can now apply a glaze paint over the underglazes you applied to your piece before you fired it to maturity. Underglaze color never looks as bright or is it its true color until it has a glaze paint applied onto it and fired. Let the glaze paint (how ever many layers you had to apply according to the bottle label instructions) dry completely, about 24 hours. The piece will need to be placed back into a kiln (placed on a stilt so the piece does not glaze to your shelf, forever) to fire the glaze paint onto your piece. A glaze firing is a Cone 06. Remember: you have to let that firing session cool completely before you remove your piece from the kiln or it will get very small cracks in it from the temperature change. It cannot be taken from a hot environment into a cool environment too fast. The very small cracks it gets in known as crazing. So, Let the kiln Cool Down.

Why does it takes so long to receive my order!!!???
Honestly. We produce your items when we receive your order and we fill orders on a "first come-first filled" basis.  We  have very few items in stock. We have one mold for each item we sell. Yes, we do try to fill more than one order at a time, but yours still may be one we have received after several are already being processed.  To give an example of an order is as follows: if you want 12 of some item, figure it will take business twelve days. A pour a day. Then a couple more days to dry,  because the one item we took out of the mold today still needs a couple of days to dry.  Bisque orders need to be cleaned of mold seam lines, scratches, and detail is put back into the piece that is worn away when cleaning.  That will take a day or so, sometimes more depending on the piece.  It takes about a day to fire and a day to cool in the kiln. That will make your order about 20 or 23 days to complete before it can be packaged and shipped.  Yes, there is the possibility that we may get to pour two a day but we do not want to make that guarantee because most of the time items do not come out of the mold correctly. Therefore the item will need to be poured again. We are very happy to receive orders such as yours, but we cannot make your items quicker than it takes to make them.      Most orders can be shipped out to you from 10 to 21 days.  If we get many orders at one time, then orders begin to back up.  When orders start to pile up, shipping gets pushed out to 4 to 6 weeks.  Please keep in mind this product is made by hand.  The process takes as long as it is going to take.

I did not read the expected time when my order would go out and now my order has/will not arrive for my Event?
If you have not contacted us two weeks prior to the time of your event, your order will go out of our shop as scheduled.   All orders are subject to a 35% re-stocking fee or a 15% Rush Order fee,.  If you place an order with our website or shop and then choose to CANCEL your order, your re-stocking fee will be charged to you at time of Refund.  You must provide us with a 2 week notice of your deadline date for a RUSH order to be put into place for your order or your order will ship out as scheduled.  The website clearly indicates expected production times for our hand-made items.  Due to excessive abuse, we will enforce these costs to you at time of cancellation.

How do I use my Gift Certificate?
When you have a Gift Certificate for our website and would like to make a purchase with your Gift Certificate, shop our website as you normally would.  Add items to your shopping cart.  When you are finished shopping, select the the shopping cart payment option to " E-Mail the order".  We will contact you through e-mail regarding your order and any additional costs.  In the comment section, provide the Gift Certificate Number.  Without the Gift Certificate number, your order will not be processed.  Thank you.

 

Shipping Time Estimations for all of our Hand-Poured items (The following information can be found on all purchase pages of  the entire website and should be read by you at time of purchase.  These time estimations have been in place for 8 years.)

Ready-to-Ship
means the item or items can be shipped out next business day.

Quantity Available means the item or items can be shipped out in about 10 to 15 business days.

Made-to-Order means it is not available to ship.  It is a special order and will take from 6 weeks to 8 weeks to ship out.  All bulk orders are "Made-to-Order" orders.  All orders are subject to a 35% re-stocking fee or a 15% Rush Order fee,.  If you place an order with our website or shop and then choose to CANCEL your order, your re-stocking fee will be charged to you at time of Refund.  You must provide us with a 2 week notice of your deadline date for a RUSH order to be put into place for your order or your order will ship out as scheduled.  The website clearly indicates expected production times for our hand-made items.  Due to excessive abuse, we will enforce these costs to you at time of cancellation.

Temporarily Unavailable means that there are too many orders waiting to be processed and no new orders are being taken for this item at this time.

 

 

 

 

 

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