How to Make a Vase Using the Kurinuki Technique
Kurinuki pottery is pottery made by inserting a dowel into a solid block of clay and hollowing it out to … Read More
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Kurinuki Curious
I’ve been kurinuki curious for a long time. Much as I admired the work of artists using this technique, and … Read More
Editor’s Note: Looking Forward
To help you get started, this issue of Pottery Making Illustrated is all about tools—both the physical tools you use … Read More
How to Make a Surprisingly Durable Hump Mold out of Unfired Clay
Plaster and ceramics go hand in hand and it is what many potters use for a hump mold. Some potters … Read More
Apothecary Inspiration
I’ve always been interested in the various ways that humans navigate the mysteries of our natural world. Specifically, folklore, ritual, … Read More
Carly Slade’s Oeuvre: Monuments to Everyday People
Foundational experiences from Carly Slade’s upbringing in a blue-collar family that valued hand work pervade her sculptures, which focus on … Read More
Drafting a Teapot
The pots I make are an exploration of how sculptural form, function, and simplicity can exist in the everyday, utilitarian … Read More
Emancipative Forces From the Past
An exhibition of large-scale ceramic sculpture by Torbjørn Kvasbø and Marit Tingleff as well as textiles by Kari Dyrdal was … Read More
How to Make a Clay Ocarina
All kinds of musical instruments can be fashioned from clay, with one of the simplest being the clay ocarina. If … Read More
