The Clay Drying Process: Hints for Drying Pottery Evenly
Clay is a touchy material and it is important that potters understand the clay drying process to avoid problems. You … Read More
Tag: closed form
Wheel-thrown form that is closed off completely and then altered to form a vessel or sculptural component. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Tips and Tools: Working Backward
By designing ceramic pieces from finish to start, this duo considers how to move through each step of fabrication with … Read More
How to Apply a Swirly Slip Coating to a Freshly Thrown Pot
In today’s video post, an excerpt from Making a Slipped & Stamped Teacup, Paul Linhares takes us through his process … Read More
Beauty and Challenges in Nature
My fascination with botanicals grew out of the hours spent playing in the woods as a child and watching my … Read More
How to Make a Handmade Juicer on the Pottery Wheel
Despite what the orange juice commercials say, nothing in a carton beats fresh squeezed. So, I thought I would post … Read More
Combining Wheel Techniques and Handbuilding Pottery for Great Results
When exploring ideas for hand building pottery forms using smaller wheel thrown parts, Ronan Kyle Peterson discovered something pretty cool: … Read More
The Cat’s Meow
I’ll never forget coming home from an outing to find the butter dish left out on the table with the … Read More
Deconstruct and Reassemble to Discover a New Form
My Yonic Double Seed Server evolved from thoughts about seeds, their inner and outer hulls, and the shapes of seed … Read More
In the Potter’s Kitchen: Soy Sauce Dispenser
You probably never thought you needed a soy sauce dispenser, but this is a fun project that’s guaranteed to intrigue … Read More
Cooking Moroccan at Home
The tagine, an iconic vessel synonymous with Moroccan cooking, resembles a casserole dish with a distinctively conical lid. It’s traditionally … Read More
