Quick Tips: How to Make a Scrap Trap Table
I’m always on the hunt for a good tip to keep my studio clean, and when I saw Daniel Ingersoll’s … Read More
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How to Use Tar Paper as a Support While Slab Building
Tar paper is a great material to use for templates for handbuilding, but Lisa Pedolsky takes this idea one step … Read More
Slab Pottery Templates: A Great Way to Generate New Forms
Using slab pottery templates is a great way to consistently build a form over and over again. But there are … Read More
Ubiquity and Quiddity: The Conflated Vases of Suzanne Wolfe
Integrating vase shapes and surface design motifs from Asian and European ceramic traditions allows Suzanne Wolfe to call attention to … Read More
Save Your Back with an Adjustable Height Work Table
I have a long way to go to make my studio as ergonomic as it should be, but since I … Read More
How to Use a Plaster Press Mold to Make a Cup
Using plaster press molds is a great way to make consistently sized pottery without slip casting or throwing on the … Read More
Pottery Illustrated: Bud Vase Template
Excerpted and adapted from Deb Schwartzkopf’s new book Creative Pottery: Innovative Techniques & Experimental Designs in Thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics. … Read More
Pocket Mugs
How do you hold your coffee mug on a cold day? Do you hold it by the handle, fingers safely … Read More
Making Plaster Press Molds Using Styrofoam as a Building Block
I realized that we were really due for a sculpture post here on CAN, so today I am featuring the … Read More
Birdie Boone’s Belly-Bottomed Dishes
I first saw (and held) Birdie Boone’s belly-bottomed pots at an NCECA exhibition a couple of years ago, and I … Read More
