Creating the Layered Look with Commercial Glazes and Underglazes
Nancy Gardner with Burt Isenstein
Nancy Gardner loves commercial glazes and underglazes because the color choices are virtually unlimited. And she has no qualms about … Read More
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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
Adding Dimension to Stenciled Imagery on Pottery
Stenciling is a great decorative technique for pottery. A traditional method for applying stencils is to cut or tear paper … Read More
Wax Resist Over Glaze: A Simple Pottery Decorating Technique
I think we’ve all heard it said that the simplest solution is the best. And while I always make it … Read More
Great Tips for Painting Bisque Fired Clay with Underglaze
Painting with underglaze on pottery can be done either during the greenware phase, or the bisque phase. Nikki Mizak chooses to … Read More
How to Make Custom Clay Texture Rollers
From clay texture rollers to pottery stamps to sprig molds, there are lots of options when it comes to adding … Read More
Handmade Modernism
About 10 years ago, in graduate school at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), I developed a keen interest in handmade … 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
Pinched and Patterned Tumblers
The collective details of a space can create lasting impressions that evoke memories from a specific time or place in … Read More
Creating Sculptures with “Clay Fabric”
At first glance, Keith Schneider’s sculptures almost appear to be made of soft fabric. In fact, he calls the thin … Read More
