The Ombré Look: How to Create Smooth Color Blends with Colored Clay
The “Ombré” trend is pretty huge right now. Search the term on Pinterest and you’ll find everything from ombré cakes … Read More
Tag: colored clay
Decorating with Nerikomi Colored Clay Patterns
If you’re bored with glazing, working with colored clay is a fun way to get color and pattern onto your … Read More
How to Make Vibrant Bursts of Color on Pottery Using Clay Slip and Ceramic Colorants
Lana Wilson uses texture and clay slip to decorate much of her work. It’s a a lot of fun to … Read More
Using Rare Earth Oxides as Ceramic Colorants to Obtain Intense Colors
Ceramic stains make it possible to create glazes that fire to just about any color of the rainbow. But one … Read More
Neriage and Nerikomi Explained
In Japan, the words “neriage,” “nerikomi,” and “zougan” are all used for specific colored clay processes and there is some … Read More
Simple and Fun Coil Pot Ideas
Coiling clay and pinch pottery are great projects for the lower grades and for anyone new to ceramics because they … Read More
Smooth Lines
Just as clay has a strong physical memory, one of my most vivid early memories of using pottery was eating … Read More
How to Dress Up a Wheel Thrown Cup with Inlaid Sprigs
If you are a potter, chances are you are familiar with the terms “throwing and altering,” and can conjure up … Read More
How to Create Gradient Color with Underglaze
I have attempted to create the ombre effect (gradient color from light to darker, or one hue to another) on … Read More
Colored Clay Blends and Tests
An interest in how we recognize and ascribe meaning to colors, and how that affects our perceptions of objects around … Read More
