Slip Trailing for Beginners: A Primer on a Great Ceramics Decorating Technique
Slip trailing is a great way to use clay slip as a decorative tool. Like its cousin glaze trailing, slip … Read More
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Paper Clay Sculpture: Building with Clay and Paper to Strengthen Work
Paper clay is any clay body to which processed cellulose fiber has been added. Adding paper pulp and other fibers to your clay body can … Read More
Make Your Pottery Shine Without Glaze: The Basics of Burnished Clay
Historically, burnishing clay was a method used by early potters to make their pottery more watertight and sanitary. Nowadays, most … Read More
In the Studio: In the Glaze Kitchen
Twenty years ago I promised my wife that I would make us a new dinnerware set. I finally made good … Read More
In the Studio: Refiring
When preparing a piece to be fired again, the already fired, glazed surface can be difficult to reglaze because the … Read More
Terra Sigillata 101: How to Make, Apply, and Troubleshoot Terra Sig
Terra sigillata is an ultrarefined clay slip that can give a soft sheen when applied to bone-dry wares and, if … Read More
Lichens and Lizards and Leopards, Oh My! Reticulated Glaze Recipes For Wild Ceramic Surfaces
Although glaze crawling – when glaze recedes away from an area in the firing, leaving bare clay – is often … 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
Subscriber Extra: For the Birds
Birds are a great starting place to study form. They’re full of life, vary greatly in shape, and have distinctive … Read More
Subscriber Extra: Throwing Big
David Schlapobersky and Felicity Potter
David Schlapobersky and Felicity Potter are leading South African studio potters who have been working together in the tradition of … Read More
