I am promoting the eatting of seeds as a protein source. Most people throw out the seeds whenever they eat a watermelon, or peppers. The fact is the seeds have more nutrition than the fruit or vegetable itself. Afterall the fruit or vegetable came from the seed. Eatting seeds are not only good for... »
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Pottery – Sculpture
Why is pottery/sculpture bound to be fired in a kiln? Recently this question has been on my mind for quite some time but with no real answer. The decline or lack of interest in pottery of the years is understandable. No buyers, expensive equipment to purchase and maintain but for 1000s of years people... »
Ceramics
Imagine over 2.3 million plastic bottles are thrown out a day and less than 5% are recycled. A frightening reality for the environment but a great thing for the petrol chemical industry. I heard this on CBC radio yesterday and I thought what a great statistic for those of us in the ceramics industry and... »
Mosaic Tiles
I have always had the fascination of making mosaic tiles but not the ones fired in a regular electric or gas kiln. I have done shichirin (charcoal cookstove) firings using a hair dryer set up. The great part about shichirin kilns is that you can do them just about anywhere from parking lot to... »
Creating a rollover button in Flash MX 7.0 with sound
After several months of trying to figure out how to make a roll over button in Macromedia Flash MX 7.0 I finally got it done. I think the trouble is the help/tutorial files that come bundled with the software. They write it in such a way that just confuses the user, and unless you... »