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Daily How to Throw a Pocket Planter (or Strawberry Planter)

Strawberry planters are a garden favorite, but their signature pockets make them trickier to throw than a standard planter. In this post, an excerpt from the July/August issue of Pottery Making Illustrated, Sumi von Dassow breaks the challenge down into manageable steps, showing how to build a sturdy, generously proportioned pocket planter in three thrown sections rather than fighting one large mound of clay. 
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Daily Rare Earth Metals at Cone 6

A while back, we posted an article on using rare earth metals in high-fire glazes. The rare earth metals, specifically the lanthanides, produce vibrant candy-like colors in ceramic glazes. Well, if you liked what you saw in that article, but you don’t fire to cone 9 or 10, you will love this post.
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Daily How to Make a Large, Slip-Decorated Platter

Andy Foster's work is inspired by slip-decorated stoneware created in New York that dates back to the 1800s. He likes to like to think that his work "memorializes our forebears, whose ingenuity and craftsmanship laid the foundations for anyone who chooses to work with clay." 
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Daily How to Make a Spouted Batter Bowl That Tells a Story

It is a lot of fun to use pots to tell stories. It can be even more fun to not only tell a story on the form, but to work the form right into the narrative. That's just what Courtney Long does with her spouted batter bowls with a cloud-shaped puffy handle and playful slip decoration.
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