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Daily Having Trouble with Crawling Glazes? Here’s a Way to Fix Them!

If you are having trouble with crawling glazes, this post is for you. Because clay shrinks when it dries, glazes that contain a high percentage of clay (typically kaolin) will often crawl. Crawling occurs when the surface tension of the glaze is stronger than the adhesion of the glaze to the clay body. As the piece is fired, the glaze contracts and pulls away, exposing the clay body underneath.

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Daily How to Make a Lovely Scalloped Rim Bowl with a Hump Mold and Some Coils

Using a variety of construction techniques in your work can lead to exciting details in your work. Take, for example, the lovely contrast between the smooth, hump-molded bottom section of this bowl with the dimpled, pinched top.

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Daily How to Decorate with Foam Supports

Handbuilding with porcelain has a well known problem: it often warps. And when you are doing a lot of beautiful detail work like Claire Prenton, warping is unacceptable. So Claire found a solution with upholstery foam. By trimming upholstery foam down to a tapered cylindrical shape, Claire gives her pieces the support they need to survive lots of handling.

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Daily How to Use Vinyl Stencils and Underglaze for Beautiful Surfaces

Applying vinyl stencils to clay surfaces opens up endless possibilities for intricate patterns, dynamic color combinations, and unique textural effects. This technique, while simple to learn, can produce stunning results that enhance both functional and decorative pottery pieces.

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