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I agree with Barry. John Pike Palettes are my personal favorites. I love the Richeson porcelain palette for the studio—though its an investment, it feels very lush to mix in and I'm more apt to use fresh paint in that one regularly. But I have John Pike Palettes filled with each with a different brand of paint. And paint stays reasonably moist if I simply add a dampened sponge to the inside before I close the lid to act as a humidifier of sorts!<div><br></div><div>Annette Compton</div><div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div>Annette Compton</div><div>Compton ART</div><div>PO Box 162</div><div>Woodstock, VT 05091</div><div>(802) 457-2020</div><div>www.comptonart.net</div><div><a href="mailto:info@comptonart.net">info@comptonart.net</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><div>On Dec 7, 2009, at 8:02 PM, Barry Lindley wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The John Pike Palette,</span></font><font size="4" color="navy"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy"> </span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy">available with 2 different size wells, is excellent, in my opinion. I have used one for maybe 15 years without it cracking. The mixing surface is a little scratched, but that doesn’t present a problem to me. Cheap Joe sells them for about $21 US, other suppliers as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.0pt;margin-left:0in"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Contemporary Brush"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Contemporary Brush";color:navy"><a href="mailto:lindleybd@gmail.com"></a></span></font> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 5.0pt;margin-left:0in"><font size="3" color="navy" face="Contemporary Brush"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Contemporary Brush";color:navy">Barry D. Lindley</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><br> </span></font><font color="navy" face="Contemporary Brush"><span style="font-family:"Contemporary Brush";color:navy">Paintings and Drawings</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><br> </span></font><i><font size="2" color="navy" face="Century"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Century;color:navy;font-style:italic">www.BarryLindleyArt.com</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"> </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma; color:windowtext"> aquanet-bounces@aquanetart.com [<a href="mailto:aquanet-bounces@aquanetart.com">mailto:aquanet-bounces@aquanetart.com</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Patrick Davis<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, December 07, 2009 7:25 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:aquanet@thedigitalbraintrust.com">aquanet@thedigitalbraintrust.com</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Aquanet] plastic palettes</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Hi again, gang.<br> <br> It has been said that two types of people pay more - paupers and cheapskates. I'm the latter. My problem is that for years I have looked for the less expensive palette- the one that holds the paint, not the paint itself. Anyway, they either are not very useful being too small, or else they are a bit fragile and break. Can anyone in N. Am.* recommend a good plastic palette that offers decently-sized holding 'pots' as well as a decently-sized mixing area... and that is of a heavier, durable plastic?<br> <br> *I'm not slagging our European or MX friends' sources, but the red tape getting things from there to here is daunting.<br> <br> TIA<br> pat</span></font><font size="4" color="navy"><span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:navy">, </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Aquanet mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Aquanet@thedigitalbraintrust.net">Aquanet@thedigitalbraintrust.net</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanet">http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanet</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Check out the Aquanet web site:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.aquanetart.com">http://www.aquanetart.com</a></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div></span></span></div></div></body></html>