How to Capture the Beauty of Nature By Pressing Flowers Into Clay
I adore flowers and love gardening, so it’s no surprise then that flowers make an appearance in my work from … Read More
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How to Use Cheap Craft Store Tools to Add Playful Details to a Wheel Thrown Cup
Ever since buying one of Chandra DeBuse’s yunomis a couple of years ago, I wondered how she created the biomorphic … Read More
Burnishing Pottery: A Step by Step Guide
Burnishing pottery is a technique in which clay is polished to a beautiful sheen without the use of glaze (like … Read More
How to Make a Clay Ocarina
All kinds of musical instruments can be fashioned from clay, with one of the simplest being the clay ocarina. If … Read More
How to Add Imagery to Your Pottery with Laser Toner Transfers
It is a very exciting time to be a ceramic artist. There is a wealth of information available to help … Read More
Making Molds on Location
I moved to Louisiana in 2002 to attend graduate school at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. Louisiana is … Read More
DIY Downdraft Kiln: How to Convert an Electric Kiln to Gas
Boris Robinson’s introduction to making pottery was at a well-equipped museum studio with two large gas downdraft kilns. When the … Read More
Downdraft Kiln Conversion
A combination of lost access to gas kilns due to a studio closure and limited funds led Boris Robinson to … Read More
