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Daily Thrown, Altered, Stamped and Sculpted Mugs

Samuel Newman loves when people can't figure out how his work is made. So he incorporates multiple techniques—throwing and altering, adding sculptural details, stamping. All of these processes go into his "Maker's Mugs" to create beautifully eye-catching, unique, functional pots.
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Daily How to Make a Craft-Foam-Textured Template

Craft foam is a wondrous material for the clay studio. It can be used as a work surface, a template for press molding, for creating a prop for photographing plates, and much more! Brenton Duhan uses adhesive craft foam for imparting texture into his forms, and by sticking the craft foam onto his slab-building templates, he kills two birds with one stone.
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Daily Using a Projector to Transfer Images on Clay

I have heard lots of tips and tricks for transferring an image to a piece of pottery—from tracing through plastic to specialized Graffito paper that acts like a carbon copy.
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Daily How to Make a DIY Clay Candlestick

If you are thinking about new interesting forms to try to spice up your holiday sales season, making DIY clay candlesticks is a fun project to try—especially during this festive time of year when candle-light dinners might be more common! 
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