How to Make a Bowl with a Unique Double Foot
There are lots of ways to trim wheel thrown pots and add a unique touch to your work. In today’s … 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
Piece of Cake: How to Decorate Your Pots Like a Pastry Chef
Slip trailing is a great way to add decoration to pots. Most ceramic artists use a fairly liquid slip when … Read More
Wedging And Centering Large Amounts of Clay
Centering large amounts of clay is something that I put off for a long time. I just didn’t think my … Read More
Four Helpful Tips for Throwing Large Pots on the Wheel
The desire to throw large pots is something that just about every potter has at one time or another. And … Read More
Coil Building Expressive Ceramic Sculpture
Ceramic sculptor Arthur Gonzalez was trained as a photorealist painter, but grew to dislike the control and predictability of that … Read More
Making Multiples: Cavity Molds for Handmade Ceramic Tiles
My kitchen could use an overhaul, and though it is not probably going to happen for a long while, I … 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
Gallery and Spout Sizing with Corks: A Great Tip for Getting the Right Fit
Today’s Quick Tip addresses a question sent in by a Ceramic Arts Network reader. This reader wondered if we had … Read More
A Terra Sigillata Technique for a Textile-Inspired Bowl
Terra sigillata pottery has been around since the ancient Greeks created their famous black and red pots, but it is … Read More
How to Make a Ceramic Flute
This past Monday was one of those Mondays that give Mondays a bad name. As a coping mechanism, I decided … Read More
