Effective Side Firing
I’ve always loved ash glazes. For a long time, I fired in other people’s reduction kilns, often waiting months in … 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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The Cat’s Meow
I’ll never forget coming home from an outing to find the butter dish left out on the table with the … Read More
Why Use Coils?
This process requires you to consider color first, rather than last, as there’s no glaze on the outside of the … Read More
Too Much is Just Enough!
My work is a lot about surface decoration. And a well-crafted canvas to put the pattern on is essential to … Read More
Pottery Illustrated: Mid-Century Modern Patterns
Pottery Illustrated drawn Mid-Century Modern Patterns. Drawn by Robin Ouellette. … Read More
In the Studio: Split Rims
When I first began throwing pots I gravitated to throwing bowls. One of the challenges I faced was how to … Read More
Deconstruct and Reassemble to Discover a New Form
My Yonic Double Seed Server evolved from thoughts about seeds, their inner and outer hulls, and the shapes of seed … Read More
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
Clay Culture: Blue Kashi Tiles
The effect created on building façades and the interiors of holy spaces using intricately painted ceramic tiles made in the … Read More
Aesthetic in Architecture
My pots are made from parts that I cut from leather-hard slabs using templates. I started using templates as a … Read More
