How to Fix Cracks in Pottery
One of the most useful things for all potters and ceramic artists to learn is how to fix cracks in … Read More
Tag: clay
Widely occurring aluminum silicate mineral resulting from natural decomposition of feldspar and granite. Composed of microscopic disk-shaped platelates that give clay its slippery, plastic quality. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Slip Trailing for Beginners: A Primer on a Great Ceramics Decorating Technique
Slip trailing is a great way to use clay slip as a decorative tool. Like its cousin glaze trailing, slip … Read More
Great Tips for Trimming Pottery Bowls
Love it or hate it, trimming pottery (sometimes called pottery turning) can transform a weighty Earth-bound pot into one that … Read More
Quick Tips: Packing Pottery for Shipping with Pool Noodles
Shipping and packing ceramics can be a stressful endeavor—if you under-pack the piece it might break! If you over-pack the … Read More
Paper Clay Sculpture: Building with Clay and Paper to Strengthen Work
Paper clay is any clay body to which processed cellulose fiber has been added. Adding paper pulp and other fibers to your clay body can … Read More
Three Potters Share Their Best Sgraffito Tips, Plus a Bonus Video!
Sgraffito can be an impactful, dramatic way of decorating pots (like in Kathy King’s shown here) or a more subtle … Read More
Spotlight: Want Versus Need
For Mike Helke, self-assigned limitations on process, tools, and time in the studio served to generate ideas and questions in … Read More
Call for Entries: January 2020
Information on submitting work for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals. … Read More
Techno File: Terra Sig Experiment
Turning the terra-sigillata making process on it’s head, Tom Anderson has found a way to use temperature to eliminate time, … Read More
Review: Christopher Staley’s Touching Time
Framed through a number of works on paper and ceramic sculpture, Christopher Staley’s recent exhibition presents an investigation and archive … Read More
