Daily How to Make a Soap Dish Using the "Squish Method"

Genna Williams is always looking for ways to streamline wheel-thrown forms, especially when those forms stray from the familiar circle. After years of creating non-round shapes by throwing a bottomless wall and attaching it to a slab base, she and her students stumbled upon a simpler, playful alternative they now call the “Squish Method.”

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Daily How to Make a Lovely Handbuilt Pitcher

Lately, I have been working with slab building forms with texture created using a Cricut cutter (a skill I picked up from the wonderful Jeremy Randall's video on the subject). Mostly I have been doing small-scale forms like mugs, but Margaret Kinkeade's article in the Pottery Making Illustrated archive, made me want to try out a pitcher.

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Daily How to Keep Good Records When Testing Ceramic Glazes (and Improve Your Results!)

When testing ceramic glazes, it is extremely important to take good notes so that you can learn from your results. I am embarrassed to admit how many times I put a test tile in the kiln, positive that I would remember what was on it. And guess what? After the firing, I had no idea what I did to create the results.

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Daily Double-Walled Pot Project: How to Make Double-Walled Luminaries

Making double-walled pots is a complex yet rewarding process that combines precision throwing and careful assembly. In this post, an excerpt from the November/December 2025 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated, ceramic artist Autumn Higgins demonstrates how to make double-walled luminaries.

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Daily How to Make a Soap Dish Using the "Squish Method"

Daily How to Make a Lovely Handbuilt Pitcher

Daily How to Keep Good Records When Testing Ceramic Glazes (and Improve Your Results!)

Daily Double-Walled Pot Project: How to Make Double-Walled Luminaries

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