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In this installment of the Ceramic Arts Daily Presents video series, the one-and-only Lana Wilson shares her handbuilding and decorating techniques for colorful, energetic, and playful pots. In addition to the selection of fast, easy, high-success projects demonstrated, you’ll love Lana’s sense of humor and laidback approach to clay. Believing that “you should never listen too much to a teacher,” Lana encourages play and experimentation throughout the video.

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Lana Wilson

Lana Wilson is a studio potter living in Berkeley, California. She has given more than 100 workshops on handbuilding at renowned institutions including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Penland School of Crafts, Mendocino Art Center, and Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts. Lana has been featured in Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated magazines, and she writes a column for Clay Times magazine. Her work has been in more than 185 exhibitions and appears in numerous books. She is the author of Ceramics: Shape and Surface, which includes extensive cone 6 and cone 04 electric glazes she has developed.
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Jennifer Harnetty

Jennifer Harnetty Thu Feb 06 2025

Hi Barbara, I think the mats she uses are repurposed from a printmaking process, but they make them

Hi Barbara,
I think the mats she uses are repurposed from a printmaking process, but they make them for clay artists now. You can purchase them here: https://www.theceramicshop.com/product/14969/uwedge-work-mat-20x-30/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA2JG9BhAuEiwAH_zf3jqrFFFHBLVWxHhzrGh9X-WmRNLy6ndHTP-tBYQhD8WSYFaT1bDe5xoC2w4QAvD_BwE
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Barbara Bejna

Barbara Bejna Wed Feb 05 2025

Hi. I learned so much - and was so charmed - by watching Lana Wilson's CLAYflix tutorial. I do have

Hi. I learned so much - and was so charmed - by watching Lana Wilson's CLAYflix tutorial. I do have one question which I would appreciate your passing on to Lana if you can't answer it yourself. She raves about using Litho Mats for working on her slabs. I've searched the internet and can only find paper lithography mats. Is this what she means? Or is there another name for the mats she uses? Thank you, BarbaraRead full comment

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