How to Make a Platter with a Simple Template
For a couple of years now, I have been trying to make the switch from wheel throwing to handbuilding so … Read More
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How to Make a Clay Ocarina
All kinds of musical instruments can be fashioned from clay, with one of the simplest being the clay ocarina. If … Read More
How to Design Low-Relief Carvings in Wet Clay
This post is all about carving into clay and the best tools and techniques for doing so. In this post, potter … Read More
Horizontally Layered Colored Clay: A Ceramic and Geologic Process
An interest in the forces that formed the earth’s strata led Allan Kluber to experiment with layering colored clays. A … Read More
Shaping Clay with Clay: How to Make Custom Clay Ribs
Ribs are essential tools to any potter and they come in all shapes and sizes. But sometimes, you can’t find … Read More
How to Make a Surprisingly Durable Hump Mold out of Unfired Clay
Plaster and ceramics go hand in hand and it is what many potters use for a hump mold. Some potters … Read More
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
How to Make a Ceramic Flute
When you have a bad day, nothing is better than putting on headphones and listening to some of your favorite … Read More
How to Throw a Lightweight Graceful Pitcher on the Pottery Wheel
One of the biggest challenges when learning to throw is often getting the clay at the base of the pot … Read More
A New Twist on Fluted Pottery
Fluted pottery (which gets its name from fluting in architecture) is pottery that has a groove or set of grooves … Read More
