Pottery Making Illustrated Articles (Simple)

The teapot may be the quintessential ceramic craft object. To make one is to unfurl an entire Russian doll’s contents of challenges with the multiple components, asymmetrical balance, and functional considerations.

The tondo artwork frame provides a unique window for the artist to fill. No corners, just a spy-glass viewpoint.

These vases are an amalgam of my interests in functionally displaying flowers while experimenting with themes of structure, volume, restriction, compression, and deformation.

My work is fired with wood in a train-style kiln with a reduction-cooling process.

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for sculpting a bas-relief medallion. My inspiration for the project was drawn from 19th-century bisque reliefs.

This issue celebrates handbuilding techniques with several unique approaches to forming pots.

Collaborative ventures in the pottery industry can be beneficial partnerships between individuals, studios, suppliers, educational institutions, or community organizations that share common goals.

This article offers a variety of handles that will add to the uniqueness of your cups as well as ensure they effectively serve their purposes.

Preparing a slab with layers of colored porcelain slips, rolling it to reveal hidden bits of color, cutting the strips, and compressing them onto a bisque mold creates a predictable process.

The steps of carving and uncovering these basins emerged from my digging into this question—in the romantic dream of being enthusiastically entangled in my studio.

I find a unique freedom in handbuilding and will turn to it when I need a break from the constraints of the potter’s wheel.

One of these resources is a commonly overlooked item that we rely heavily on for shipping, but rarely use in our craft—corrugated cardboard.

This article will focus on creating a simple, altered, handled cup form and then highlight how slight variations on a form can add variety and interest to your visual portfolio.

I’m inspired by clay above all else. It’s always reporting new information back to me.

Illustrations depicting Japanese teabowl feet.

I’m especially drawn to shifts in agricultural patterns throughout the year. From the furrowing fields in the spring prior to planting, to the russet-brown stalks of a soybean field ready for harvest.

Drawings adapted from Robin Hopper’s book Functional Pottery, published by The American Ceramic Society and available on the Ceramic Arts Network Shop at https://mycan.ceramicartsnetwork.org/s/product-details?id=a1B3u000009udpuEAA.

I have always had a strong interest in printmaking as well as ceramics, and gravitated to sgraffito as a way to combine high-contrast graphic imagery with three-dimensional form.

Lidded vessels have always been a large part of my studio practice. Storage vessels captivate my attention due to the precision needed to throw technically complicated components.