Neo pots are nice...

[WhiteRabbit]

Wow! Those are great!

[Bud]

Great idea!
I cant afford traditional Neo pots, so I improvise on a lot of thrift store finds....I might go to a ceramics school for this so I can avail of the materials and the kiln...Im an apartment dweller and baking at home is not my best talent....

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by Bud

Great idea!
I cant afford traditional Neo pots, so I improvise on a lot of thrift store finds....I might go to a ceramics school for this so I can avail of the materials and the kiln...Im an apartment dweller and baking at home is not my best talent....

Bud its super easy, really. And when I said baking, I mean in the oven that you use for your food. Ten minutes at 300 degrees and that's it.

[Connie Star]

I assume the clay is not porous like a terracotta pot would be? That looks like a lot of fun. My brain is already clicking into gear.
Two concerns- are there a lot of fumes when you fire them? I remember fimo not smelling to safe when if was baked. And, is there any chemical residue that might be harmful to plants?
What about the paint that you used- how were the fumes?

[Call_Me_Bob]

Great job Ryan!! Show us new pics! i'm sure you've fired it by now! How are you painting it I'd be a little worried about the spray paint.

My mom was a ceramics concentration at college and she just told me she would take me to the studio and teach me how to make them! Woohoo!

Originally Posted by coffeecup

That is quite the undertaking, Ryan! Good job! A few years ago, I had a potter make some Neo pots for me. Per piece, they weren't so bad price-wise, but when you have as many as I do, it gets expensive! Great idea!

DId it happen to be Carol Beule? I met her and saw some of her pots at SEPOS yesterday, she has some very amazing pots!

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by Connie Star

I assume the clay is not porous like a terracotta pot would be? That looks like a lot of fun. My brain is already clicking into gear.
Two concerns- are there a lot of fumes when you fire them? I remember fimo not smelling to safe when if was baked. And, is there any chemical residue that might be harmful to plants?
What about the paint that you used- how were the fumes?

Connie the clay has a smell to it when you're forming it that isn't pleasant. The smell goes away entire she. It's being cooked and you don't smell it after. I just used a spray paint to paint the pot and like most paints I did it outside. There is a scent after it dries but that too goes away.

What are your concerns? I'm not entirely sure. If its for the plant I doubt very much there is anything that will harm them but if your concern is for toxins affecting you, the clay is claiming to be non toxic. Hope that addresses your concerns.

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by Call_Me_Bob

Great job Ryan!! Show us new pics! i'm sure you've fired it by now! How are you painting it I'd be a little worried about the spray paint.

My mom was a ceramics concentration at college and she just told me she would take me to the studio and teach me how to make them! Woohoo!



DId it happen to be Carol Beule? I met her and saw some of her pots at SEPOS yesterday, she has some very amazing pots!

Quay yes I used a spray paint. The paint is most just on the outside. I had no reason to paint the inside. I guess we will see of the paint works!

[Call_Me_Bob]

How big is the pot?? They look nice..

Speaking of potting, talking to Satomi yesterday she said that each pot has a front and the front of the pot (for pots with 3 feet) is the side that has 1 foot facing forwards.

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by Call_Me_Bob

How big is the pot?? They look nice..

Speaking of potting, talking to Satomi yesterday she said that each pot has a front and the front of the pot (for pots with 3 feet) is the side that has 1 foot facing forwards.

Good to know. I knew neo pots had three feet so I stuck to that in my designs.

They're not big. I made these for the smallest neo I have, Senzai, and for my sedirea chabo. I used a candle holder, votive type, to mold the main part of the pot. So it will only ever hold small plants! No specimen sized regular sized neos for sure. Lol. Ill make bigger ones as I need them.

Here is the updated pic of my second pot. This will be for my chabo.




I still have some detail painting I want done on this pot including the plant's name in the Japanese writing on the feet. I figure...why not. Lol

[Call_Me_Bob]

It looks great!!!!!!!!!