Elevating Experience
Ever since I started making pottery, I have loved making cups. I love how such a small object can fit … Read More
Tag: compression
In wheel throwing, the act of hand or finger pressure on the clay, resulting in lower moisture content and a denser structure. Lack of compression in bottoms of pots can result in S-cracks. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Crazy Beautiful Crazing: Uncovering the Mysteries of Snowflake Crackle Glazes
I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately. Though it is technically a glaze defect, … Read More
An Introduction to Hanging Ceramic Wall Pieces
If you are interested in taking your ceramic art from the tabletop to the wall, but aren’t quite sure what … Read More
Cutting and Layering Clay Slabs to Create Organic Texture
Jeremy Wallace used to throw and carve his textured pots, but he discovered that slab building them in layers gave … Read More
Tips for Centering and Preventing S-Cracks in Dinner Plates
Throwing large plate forms is tricky because it can be hard to master centering and spreading the clay out wide … Read More
Great Advice for Preventing Ceramic Warping
All potters learn early on in their careers that clay has a memory. Clay memory, or clay particle orientation that … Read More
Techno File: Clay Memory
Plasticity is a sought after characteristic in clay bodies, but too much plasticity often leads to troublesome issues with clay … Read More
Using a Pottery Wheel to Make Cool Slab Built Pottery
Most of us don’t think of the pottery wheel when we think about making slab built pottery. But there’s no … Read More
The Pounding Pad: An Energy-Saving Clay Tool
Because the process of working with clay is so enjoyable to us, it’s easy to forget that this material we … Read More
Balance and Comfort
After all these years making pottery, mugs are still my favorite things to create. Like small sculptural exercises, they offer … Read More
