Quick Tip: Wax-Paper Transfer
As a crafter of all sorts, I learn to incorporate various techniques into different media to get things done. I’m … Read More
Pottery Making Techniques
If you are looking for a repository of information on pottery making techniques, we have good news for you. You’ve hit the jackpot! From pinch pots to slip-cast sculpture, this section of Ceramic Arts Network has enough pottery making techniques to satisfy just about anyone.
Handbuilding techniques are perhaps the most accessible pottery making techniques because they require little equipment more than your hands! Here, we’ll share with you some great handbuilding techniques with step-by-step instruction from talented ceramic artists. If you are looking to try something new, or are just getting started with clay, you’ll find plenty to get excited about in our archive of articles and videos on handbuilding techniques.
Is the wheel more your speed? We have a plethora of professional instruction from some of the best wheel throwers in the biz! If you are looking to improve or master wheel throwing techniques, you’ll find articles and videos by professional potters in the Wheel Throwing Techniques section of Ceramic Arts Network. Find out why throwing on the potters wheel is one of the most addictive pottery making techniques out there.
Ceramic mold making opens up endless potential for the ceramic artist and we have a growing collection of posts and videos to help you master it. From plaster to bisque, hump to slump, you’ll discover all you need to know to learn how to make and use ceramic molds here!
You’ll also learn the ins and outs of making ceramic tiles…and keeping them flat! There is so much you can do with ceramic tile and no matter what you are hoping to make, this archive with fill you with inspiration, as well as the tools you will need to be a success!
Glazing and decorating is just as important a part of the pottery making process as forming the pots, so we have those covered here too. In the Ceramic Glazing Techniques section, you’ll find a wide variety of ceramic glazing techniques, from using commercial brush-on glazes for ceramics or dipping pots in a glaze you mixed up. In the Ceramic Decorating Techniques section, you’ll find everything from sgraffito in the greenware stage, to glaze trailing techniques for bisque.
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Pottery Illustrated: Proportions
The illustrations above show the general proportions that work best for teapots and covered dishes. “One can look at proportions … Read More
In the Potter’s Kitchen: Open-Footed Pedestal Bowl
I make a variety of bowl forms that perform complementary services. Some are open and graceful forms lending a sense … Read More
Throwing Tall Pots: Philosophy, Theory, and Practice
Tall pots are not necessarily big pots. Rather, they are forms that are several times higher than they are wide. … Read More
Yo-Yo Flower Pots
When I was an undergraduate ceramics student, I learned to throw something called a yo-yo pot. It’s a straight-walled cylinder, … Read More
Eye on Pattern
Creating a pattern with glaze using the techniques that I do takes a bit of planning to make a successfully … Read More
Passion for Pagodas
Like yoga and meditation, clay has always been a part of my spiritual practice. Creating ceramic vessels allows me to … Read More
Throwing and Altering a Platter
Whenever I start a large piece, I make sure to have all the clay weighed out and ready, so I … Read More
In the Studio: Adding a Thrown Bottom
Have you ever thrown a lovely form to only find later that you have thrown the bottom too thin? If … Read More
Quick Tip: Tin-Can Trailing
I work with both porcelain and earthenware clay bodies on the wheel, then apply wet slip, layer upon layer, through … Read More
