Pottery Making Techniques An Interesting Pottery Trimming Technique for Sweet Feet Pottery trimming is one of my favorite parts of the ceramic process. Whether you are trimming bowls or platters, trimming … Read More
Clay Tools and Equipment Techniques for Carving Clay Patterns on a Plate There are a multitude of decorative effects you can create when carving clay, from the slip inlay technique to low … Read More
Pottery Making Techniques How to Throw Large Pots in Sections on the Pottery Wheel When starting to throw, almost every potter wants to learn how to throw large pots. We’ve featured a few videos … Read More
Ceramic Art and Artists Adrian King: The Potter’s Apprentice Comes of Age After receiving a BFA in ceramics and completing an apprenticeship with Mark Hewitt, Adrian King has set up shop in … Read More
Ceramic Art and Artists Elena Renker: New Zealand Studio Potter German-born, New Zealand potter Elena Renker makes her work and fires it in the wood kiln located on her 20-acre … Read More
Ceramic Art and Artists Candice Methe: The Maturation of a Nomadic Potter Candice Methe’s story as a ceramic artist exemplifies the satisfactions and struggles of working within the tradition of vessel making … Read More
Pottery Making Techniques Creating Bright Bold Surfaces with the Sgraffito Technique The sgraffito technique is an effective way to make bold lines on clay. Sgraffito is a process in which a … Read More
Ceramic Art and Artists Sue Tirrell: Contemporary American Frontier Ceramic Artist The story of drawn or painted pictorial images on ceramic forms is not new. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in … Read More
Ceramic Art and Artists Noel Bailey: Inspired by Nature A subtle sense of landscape-inspired luminosity and movement carries through the form and surface decoration on Noel Bailey’s utilitarian pots. … Read More
Ceramic Art and Artists David MacDonald: Influence, Commitment, and Integrity Once, during a sunny outdoor concert, I was privileged to hear Sun Ra and his Jazz Arkestra perform. The notes … Read More