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Making the Perfect Pottery Tools with the Tools at Hand 26 Aug 2013 | 04:42 pm
Clay tools are a potter's best friend - especially homemade tools designed to be perfect for specific tasks. Just by doing some creative searching, it’s amazing how many useful tools can be gleaned fr...
Handle Making Video: Can You Handle It? Great Techniques for Textured Handles 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Today, in a clip from his full-length DVD, Get a Handle On It, Tony Clennell demonstrates a couple of great methods for making attractive coil-built handles for functional pottery.
Going With the Flow: Using Soft Clay and Darts to Preserve Fluidity in the Finished Form 21 Aug 2013 | 04:54 pm
In today's post, Jane Sawyer explains how she throws with extra soft clay and cuts darts during the throwing process to create work that looks fluid even in the finished fired state. She also explains...
Save Your Back with an Adjustable Height Work Table 19 Aug 2013 | 05:27 pm
I have a long way to go to make my studio as ergonomic it should be but since I spend more hours behind a desk than behind my wheel it hasn't been too much of a problem yet. But if you are spending l...
Carving with Care: How to Carve Exquisite Patterns on a Mug 16 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
There is something about carving into leatherhard clay that is so satisfying. It's probably why trimming pots is my favorite part of throwing. But using carving as a decorative tool is something I hav...
Support Systems: What it Takes to Make Lightweight Wheel Thrown, Altered, and Assembled Ceramic Sculptures 14 Aug 2013 | 05:25 pm
Making thin, curved walls out of clay requires support throughout the process. In today's post, Wouter Dam explains how he uses foam swimming pool floats for support during construction, and customize...
Glaze That Glitters: A Little Experimentation Leads to Some Nice Low Fire Crystal Glazes 12 Aug 2013 | 06:48 pm
When Deanna Ranlett was in school, she wanted to find a glaze that looked like eye shadow. She liked the effects of some high-fire crystalline glazes, but could only fire low in the school studio. Und...
Circular Logic: How to Explore Shapes for Handbuilding 9 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
I find it challenging to go from a flat slab of clay to a functional vessel (probably explains why I mostly throw). It is just hard to picture what a two-dimensional shape is going to do when it's fol...
How to Use Subtractive Layering to Make Surfaces with Great Depth 7 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
Angelique Tassistro's intense layered surfaces came about through what we in the ceramics world call a happy accident. After spending hours creating a checkered pattern on a large platter, she dripped...
Brushwork on Ceramics: A Multitude of Decorative Possibilities for Pottery 5 Aug 2013 | 06:04 pm
Robin Hopper talks about the importance of a good brush and demonstrates one type of maiolica-style on-glaze decoration that can be created on pottery using different colored glazes, a brush and a sli...
