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Adjustable tool for measuring inside/outside diameters, as in making lids. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook

Throwing clay decanters and bottles can be a good way to challenge yourself when you become proficient at pottery wheel … Read More

In this post, an excerpt from In the Potter’s Kitchen, Sumi von Dassow shows how to throw a French butter … Read More

I have to admit, I have been guilty of getting a little careless in my throwing and accidentally making a … Read More

Throwing large bowls has been something that has dogged me for quite some time. There’s a certain size bowl that … Read More

What’s an olla watering system, you wonder? It is an unglazed porous bottle form that is buried in the garden … Read More

Love it or hate it, trimming pottery (sometimes called pottery turning) can transform a weighty Earth-bound pot into one that … Read More

Inspired by cup and saucer sets from the 17th and 18th centuries, Lyla Goldstein enjoys investigating the relationship between these … Read More

Maybe you are among the many potters who are intimidated by math—you’re an artist, you’re intuitive, you naturally see proportion … Read More

Have you ever thrown a lovely form to only find later that you have thrown the bottom too thin? If … Read More

When trying to throw a set on the pottery wheel, starting off with the same size ball of clay, and … Read More