How to Make Casting Slip from Your Clay Body
Ready-made casting slip is commercially available in all firing ranges, making it super convenient, but if you were wondering how … Read More
Tag: handbuilt
The Hummingbird Watering Pitcher
Working in clay, a familiar method and style emerge that provide relatively accurate expectations of results. This is an important … Read More
Soap Dish with a Catch
One of the wonderful things about making functional pottery is that the creative work of my hands becomes an intimate … Read More
Tessa Eastman: Alchemical Aesthetics
Patterns of growth found in nature and their mutation inspire Tessa Eastman’s dynamic biomorphic forms. Improbable combinations of bright colors, … Read More
Color Clay and Make Incredible Patterns on Wheel Thrown Pots
Mixing ceramic stains into a clay body to color clay is an exciting way to create interesting surfaces on your … Read More
An Easy Approach to Image Transfer onto Clay
A few years back, Doug Gray was interested in incorporating his digital photography into his clay work. He tried decals, … Read More
How to Make Great Slump-Molded Plates with A Cheap Craft-Store Tool
Want to make quick work of multiple, handbuilt plate forms? Try styrofoam rings found in most craft supply stores (for … Read More
Packaging Ceramics for Shipping: Make Sure Your Pots Survive Shipping
Hopefully you haven’t already learned this the hard way, but you can’t afford to do a shoddy job on packaging … Read More
Inspired by Nature
As a fine arts major, I took a wide range of studio and art history classes, but never took a … Read More
The New Jingdezhen
Artists from all over China are moving to Jingdezhen to set up shop as independent studio artists, taking advantage of … Read More
