Burnishing Pottery: A Step by Step Guide
Burnishing pottery is a technique in which clay is polished to a beautiful sheen without the use of glaze (like … Read More
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10 Tips for Firing Clay in an Electric Kiln
Firing clay in an electric kiln is the most common firing method because electric kilns are readily available and relatively … Read More
Pit Firing Using a Good Old-Fashioned Charcoal Grill
As Sumi von Dassow explains in this post, you can get great pit firing effects on pots using a good … Read More
Using a Pin Striping Brush for Hand-Painted Pottery
Julie Johnson’s pottery combines traditional functional forms with decorative surface design through hand-painted brushwork. Her brush of choice is an … Read More
How to Make Magic Rice Paper Transfers for Ceramics
A couple NCECAs ago, I bought some rice paper transfers from a supplier at the conference. They are super fun … Read More
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
Gesture and Fluidity
My porcelain pottery combines traditional functional forms with decorative surface design through hand-painted brushwork. I use a direct and spontaneous … Read More
Flower Boats
The idea for my flower boats originated in a workshop given by Jacquelyn Rice who, at the time, was a … Read More
A Touch of Greenery
Mercury Mosaics is a collective of artists, craftspeople, administrators, and graphic designers linked through a common purpose to create something … Read More
An Easy Approach to Image Transfer onto Clay
A few years back, Doug Gray was interested in incorporating his digital photography into his clay work. He tried decals, … Read More
