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Daily How to Add Depth and Detail to Your Pots with Water Etching

Looking for a way to add subtle texture and layered visual interest to your pots without carving or stamping? Water etching might be just the ticket! In this technique, you can create soft relief by painting a design with a water-resistant material and eroding the surface around it with a sponge. Mod Podge® is Annie Beggs water-resistant material of choice because of its affordability, ease of use, and low odor.

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Daily 5 Great Studio Hacks Using Inexpensive Household Items

During a recent hot summer here in Ohio, I made an impulse buy of an above-ground pool. Well, along with that swimming pool, I also purchased an absurd number of floatation devices, including swimming pool noodles! As many of us know, these foam tubes happen to be useful to potters as well as swimmers!

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Daily How to Use Templates and Slip Transfers to Decorate a Wide-Rimmed Bowl

For Alec Hoogland, making rice bowls with wide, flared rims makes sense functionally by allowing ample room for lots of rice and fresh ingredients. The wide rim also is a great space for decoration. Alec's decorating technique of choice is transferring hand-drawn and painted images onto the rim of a bowl using templates and slip transfer.

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Daily How to Make a Delicate Flower Sculpture with Colored Porcelain Clay

Springtime is one of my favorite times of the year in my yard. It is so exciting to see the first signs of my perennials poking up through the ground—such a treat after a long, cold winter!

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Daily How to Add Depth and Detail to Your Pots with Water Etching

Daily 5 Great Studio Hacks Using Inexpensive Household Items

Daily How to Use Templates and Slip Transfers to Decorate a Wide-Rimmed Bowl

Daily How to Make a Delicate Flower Sculpture with Colored Porcelain Clay

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