Although glaze crawling – when glaze recedes away from an area in the firing, leaving bare clay – is often  … Read More

If your studio is crowded and shelf space is at a premium, you know what a hassle it is to  … Read More

Why would someone who has spent most of his adult life pursuing excellence in handmade pottery enthusiastically pursue mass ceramic  … Read More

Not long into his ceramics career, Jim Gottuso discovered shellac resist is a great alternative to wax resist for creating decoration  … Read More

Working remotely from home for the past year has taught a lot of artists (and especially teachers) to be resourceful!  … Read More

I was first introduced to Mishima ceramics decoration when I attended a Lorna Meaden workshop years ago. Before that I  … 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

How many times have you tried to eyeball making evenly spaced decorations around a piece of round pottery and misjudged  … Read More

Mixing contrasting ceramic stains into a white clay body and then handbuilding with them can lead to some incredible pottery  … Read More

Centering large amounts of clay is something that I put off for a long time. I just didn’t think my  … Read More