Terra sigillata is an ultrarefined clay slip that can give a soft sheen when applied to bone-dry wares and, if  … Read More

As Sumi von Dassow explains in this post, you can get great pit firing effects on pots using a good  … Read More

From time to time a student brings me a catalog page showing a bowl with an attached pocket for crackers.  … Read More

Saggar firing was originally developed to protect wares from ash-slagging and flame-flashing in wood firings, but in contemporary use, with  … Read More

I have to admit, I never knew why bundt cake pans have the tube in the middle of the pan  … Read More

Since it is summertime, I thought I would share this great summer project from the Pottery Making Illustrated archives! In this project,  … Read More

In this post, an excerpt from In the Potter’s Kitchen, Sumi von Dassow shows how to throw a French butter  … Read More

Burnishing pottery is a technique in which clay is polished to a beautiful sheen without the use of glaze. Ancient  … Read More

Historically, burnishing clay was a method used by early potters to make their pottery more watertight and sanitary. Nowadays, most  … Read More

I think we’ve all heard it said that the simplest solution is the best. And while I always make it  … Read More