Two Creative Pottery Handle Ideas That Will Spruce Up Your Pots
Pottery handles are sometimes overlooked in terms of design, but they are a great way to add interesting visual features … Read More
Tag: function
Let’s Talk Function: Two Potters Discuss Making Handmade Pottery for Use
As the name implies, something that is functional is meant to be used. But I think we can all agree … Read More
Understanding Glaze and Clay Materials
Today, we live in an age of super abundance of ceramic raw materials. Innumerable clays and glaze materials offer us … Read More
How to Make a Flower Brick Out of Entirely Wheel Thrown Parts
Flower bricks have a long history in the ceramic world. Initially, they were the shape and size of bricks laying … Read More
5 Pottery Handles Techniques for Handles That Function Well
It’s one thing to learn how to make handles for pottery. It’s another thing all together to make pottery handles … Read More
Glaze Trailing Beautiful Surface Designs
As almost any potter will tell you, glazing is probably the most challenging part of making pottery. It takes a … Read More
Six Key Considerations When Shopping for a Pug Mill or Clay Mixer
Clay mixers and pugmills are great machines designed to help with the constant chore of recycling clay or mixing new … Read More
Expectant Pitchers
These pitcher forms began as a tribute to my wife and daughters. With the baby years in the rear view … Read More
Clay Culture: Old Models, Made New
In the 1946 seminal text, A Potter’s Book, Bernard Leach declared the following: “A potter’s prime need is good clay. … Read More
Feldspars Used in Ceramic Glazes and Clay Making
Feldspars are important ingredients in clay bodies and glazes. In both applications, their primary function is to supply fluxes to … Read More
