Tips for Making and Attaching Handles to Mugs
Making and attaching handles to mugs can be very challenging, especially if you are attaching the handles when they are … Read More
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Pinch Pot Technique: A Fundamental Way to Make a Beautiful Pitcher
When you first decide you want to create your own pottery, it’s likely your first class will involve the pinch … Read More
Clay Culture: We Owe it to the River
The Cahokia represented one of the most social and political peoples of prehistoric North America. It is through their pots … Read More
Beyond Self Expression: From Psychology to Ceramics
Meg Beaudoin had been working for 20 years as a psychologist and psychoanalyst when she took a ceramics class and … 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
In the Potter’s Kitchen: Cookie Warmer
At the beginning of each pottery class, I like to introduce one or two fresh projects for my students. Coming … 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
6 Essential Tips for Coiling Clay to Make Sculpture
Coiling clay is a great way to make sculpture that is volumetric and curvy. Erin Furimsky is well known for … Read More
Collaboration: Rickie Barnett and Lynne Hobaica
Rickie Barnett and Lynne Hobaica
Two artists with a shared love of making narrative work teamed up in life and in the studio. Their in-progress … Read More
A Smart Way to Center a Foot on a Square Slab Plate
Slab-built plates seem like a pretty simple endeavor, but it can be challenging to center the feet just right. Coil … Read More
