hampton
Shohin
An interesting problem for sure and a shame about the pot, that last one was especially stunning
Adventure into the avant-garde
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ABCarve
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Standard 182 with grog
ABCarve
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What are your concerns?
ABCarve
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An ancient method of cutting marble from a quarry was to find a fissure, pound a wooden wedges into the crack and pour water on the wedges. The hydraulic pressure would swell the wood and crack the marble.
NaoTK
Chumono
If the pot keeps developing a crack that stays spread open then I am thinking there is a glaze-body thermal expansion mismatch. As an experiment can you throw a cylinder with the same clay body and fire it unglazed for this tree?
I get that the tree exerts hydraulic pressure, but if the body is weakened it will crack easier. Many folks have wisterias in pots without issue.
I get that the tree exerts hydraulic pressure, but if the body is weakened it will crack easier. Many folks have wisterias in pots without issue.
ABCarve
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I would tend to agree.....however the first pot in this thread was a production pot I had for probably twenty years. Most of that time it was in service (with other trees) going through freeze/thaw cycles. The first year the wisteria is in it.....it blows up and each following year the same thing happens to the new pot. I've used this glaze/body many times without any similar problem. I'm putting my money on less watering/fertilizer. I got some new ideas for a pot design as well. Could be fun! Thanks for the suggestion!!
ABCarve
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Before and after!! I’m liking purple this year. These are the same three glazes used on the last pot only used in different proportions.
Me too! Trying something different this year.
I think this glaze is very close to the one I have from you.
MrFancyPlants
Omono
It looks great with the glaze, but I think the pot bare is absolutely stunning. Maybe a bit burnished with some earth tones, or not. It almost looks like a mat porcelain from the photo.
Edit: catching up on th thread after posting. The fine walls look great, but maybe you could reinforce with thicker walls under the soil line?
ABCarve
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Indeed it is. I think yours has a little black as well.
ABCarve
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So this year there will be no tray of water/fertilizer to suck up every morning. It'll just get watered and fed like everything else. If it breaks this new pot you'll find it in "stuff for sale" along with three pots with duct tape on them.
I found an old picture of this in a thread when it was collected in 2015. Check out the band-saw root reduction
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I found an old picture of this in a thread when it was collected in 2015. Check out the band-saw root reduction
Collected vines
Here's a wisteria and trumpet vine I did today from a pals yard. It took the band saw to tame the root balls enough to pot them up. I used a partial mix with grow stone to lighten the load. The soil media is probably half the weight of normal. I've never used it before so I'll see how it goes...
ABCarve
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Stay tuned........gonna be a "really big show"
namnhi
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Oh boy... haven't seen any that have this much flower buds.
ABCarve
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Me neither! All that water and fertilizer might of done some good other than exploding pots.
Maiden69
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Let me know, I'll make you one in stainless or aluminum for that beast...
ABCarve
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You know........that could be really interesting with the right flame patina!
Perplexody
Shohin
Or for that matter, anodized in any color you like
Maiden69
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pick one
... Aluminum anodizes, stainless won't, and stainless change color with heat, aluminum won't. I need an excuse to buy more tools, just don't tell my wife!
ABCarve
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I think stainless and heat. Black and blue??pick one
