Make Custom Decorating Wheels with Furniture Casters
Rolling stamps are a really fun way to add texture to a piece. There are lots of commercial decorating wheels … Read More
Tag: Amy Sanders
Polymer Clay Stamps for Applying Texture
I saw Virginia Cartwright demonstrating at a Potters Council (now the International Ceramic Artists Network–ICAN) workshop a couple years back … Read More
Updated Berry Bowl
After years of enjoying washing fruit in a handmade, thrown berry bowl, I thought it would be a fun challenge … Read More
Editor’s Note: Idea Mining
Ideas for art making don’t always come out of the blue; often they’re developed from visual, contextual, and material investigation. … Read More
How to Make Press-Molded Trays Using a Bisque Forming Plate
Today’s video clip is an excerpt from Amy Sanders’s DVD Creative Forming with Custom Texture, which is 30% off the … Read More
Techniques for Carving Clay Patterns on a Plate
Andinkra Series plate, 23 in. (58 cm) in diameter, stoneware, 2009. Photo: Brantley Carrol.
There are a multitude of decorative effects … Read More
Creating Layers of Surface Detail with Texture Stenciling
When most of us think of stenciling on pottery, we probably think of laying down a stencil and painting over … Read More
Deconstruct and Reassemble to Discover a New Form
My Yonic Double Seed Server evolved from thoughts about seeds, their inner and outer hulls, and the shapes of seed … Read More
Video of the Week: A Genius Handmade Tool for Making Lines on Pottery
Amy Sanders is a fan of texture on pots and has a bunch of great ideas for handmade texture tools. … Read More
What a Relief: Make a Great Impression with Slab-built Ceramic Wall Art
Where do you find inspiration for your art? For some it is in nature, for some inspiration lies in the … Read More
