Pottery Making Illustrated Articles (Simple)

Avocados are a big deal these days. So, who wouldn’t want a boat to show off this luscious and healthy green fruit?

Check out kitchen utensils in the studio.

Ceramic ornaments have become very popular in recent years and many of us have tried our hand at our own unique creations. After several attempts, I have come up with a slab-built version with a bit more dimension.

The faceted teabowl is probably my favorite form to make. Pulling, faceting, and opening the clay is extremely satisfying.

One of the projects that I liked to give to my students was to write a story about a significant life experience.

My approach to handbuilding is largely based around a woodworking background and I’ve added a few woodworking tools to my essential handbuilding toolkit.

Having a well-stocked glaze pantry is important when mixing glazes from scratch or when adding materials to a commercial glaze recipe or jar. Much like a kitchen pantry, there are staples for a great glaze pantry.

My carved vases developed from a desire to make work employing repetitive textures that capture the character of the ash glazes I use, providing edges for the glaze to break and run, creating a naturally variable surface.

As has always been the case, people have things that other people want, and sometimes those things are not things, they are spaces.

Most of my sculptures are loaded into the kiln when they are leather hard, before they are completely dry. At this stage, the clay is strong and not yet brittle, so it is an ideal time to move the piece.

This issue is devoted to all things tools and the ingenuity on the following pages is strong—how to make them, how to use them, and where to source them.

I love creating practical, functional pieces that fill a need I find in the home and that work well with surface design.