How to Use Tar Paper as a Support While Slab Building
Tar paper is a great material to use for templates for handbuilding, but Lisa Pedolsky takes this idea one step … Read More
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How to Make a Ceramic Flute
When you have a bad day, nothing is better than putting on headphones and listening to some of your favorite … Read More
Tips and Tools: Adjustable Shelving
This potter’s flexible shelving system consists of standard-sized and reclaimed boards that can be moved to accommodate the height of … Read More
Opportunities in Slip Casting
The desire for sturdy vessels that look delicate inspired Sandra Torres to make her work using slip-casting techniques. Interest in … Read More
How to Make a Ceramic Olla Watering System
What’s an olla watering system, you wonder? It is an unglazed porous bottle form that is buried in the garden … Read More
Mandy Henebry’s Slip and Stencil Decorated Salt-and-Pepper Shakers
When looking at intriguing pots, we are often caught wondering, how is this made? It is delightful to witness the … Read More
In the Studio: Ceramic Jewelry Beads
Ceramics is being included by some contemporary jewelers as part of a large and varied palette of different non-precious materials. … Read More
Quick Tip: Carving with Confidence
Carving can be nerve wracking for many. Two steps to help you gain confidence in carving are learning what your … Read More
Decorating Through Disassembly: Jeff Campana’s Sliced and Spliced Porcelain Pottery
There are many, many ways to put lines onto pots – carving, fluting, painting, drawing – but, I have to … Read More
Quick Tips: Endless Throwing Sponges for Super Cheap!
A potter can never have too many sponges, and when I saw Jared Zehmer’s genius hack for creating multiple throwing … Read More
