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Slip trailing is a great way to use clay slip as a decorative tool. Like its cousin glaze trailing, slip … Read More

For Brenda Lichman, form and surface go hand in hand. She accentuates her soft, simple soda fired pottery with thick … Read More

I am in love with the surfaces of Jen Allen’s pots (not to mention the forms!). While each of the … Read More

We’ve done a lot of articles on inlay ceramics—often called slip inlay or Mishima—here on Ceramic Arts Network. Here’s a … Read More

There are so many ways to decorate pots that it is nearly impossible to get bored in the studio. And … Read More

The crisp bold lines of stencils combined with thinner more delicate sgraffito designs can result in a beautiful contrast on … Read More

Burnishing pottery is a technique in which clay is polished to a beautiful sheen without the use of glaze. Ancient … Read More

When I first started learning about image transfer on clay a few years back, I knew I found something I … Read More

It seems like about a hundred years since I took a drawing class in college and so I don’t feel … Read More

There are so many methods for decorating pottery with slip – from slip trailing to mishima. Today, I am presenting another super … Read More