Tips and Tools: Cone Packs for Wood Kilns
Cones are key in gaining insight into a kiln firing. How you assemble cone packs and where you place them … Read More
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Plaster Mixing 101: How to Mix Plaster for Ceramic Molds
Learning how to mix plaster is essential if you are interested in slip casting, but even if you’re not, mixing … Read More
Wheel Throwing Stoppers for Bottles and Decanters
Throwing clay decanters and bottles can be a good way to challenge yourself when you become proficient at pottery wheel … Read More
Using Underglaze Pencils to Satisfy a Love of Drawing and Working With Clay
Judith King jokes that she has a split personality. Half of her wants to draw and paint, while the other … Read More
How to Make a Simple Ceramic Slump Mold on the Potter’s Wheel
Ceramic slump molds are great tools in the studio. You can buy perfect molds from manufacturers in all shapes and … Read More
How to Make a Textured Bisque Mold that Mimics a Thrown Piece
There are lots of ways to make clay molds. And I love that I keep discovering new variations on these … 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
How to Make Ceramic Spoons and Scoops
Ceramic spoons are a fun and challenging form to make and there are a lot of ways you can make … Read More
New Handbuilding and Decoration Webinar with Amy Sanders
Explore the possibilities of soft slab construction and bisque molds with Amy Sanders!This two-hour, all-demonstration workshop will cover the entire … Read More
How to Handbuild Using Molded Sections
We’ve posted a lot of handbuilding techniques on CAN that utilize various types of slump molds or hump molds. From … Read More
