Persnickety Porcelain Clay: How to Minimize Your Loss Rate
Porcelain clay is a clay body that draws in many a potter because of its bright white color, translucency, and … 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
Quick Tips: Packing Pottery for Shipping with Pool Noodles
Shipping and packing ceramics can be a stressful endeavor—if you under-pack the piece it might break! If you over-pack the … Read More
Quick Tip: Protecting Your Ceramics
Yes, swimming-pool noodles, those hollow foam tubes the kids use all summer long, are a great tool for packing. They … Read More
Not Your Average Saucer Plate
As potters, we feel that everyday objects like cups, bowls, or saucers should have an elevated status in our homes—especially … Read More
Elevating Experience
Ever since I started making pottery, I have loved making cups. I love how such a small object can fit … Read More
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
