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Decorating technique where design is formed by cutting or carving shallow lines in clay surface. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook

Carving pottery can add not only a pleasing design on a pot, but it can also be tactilely pleasing. Users … Read More

Handbuilding with porcelain has a well known problem: It often warps. And when you are doing a lot of beautiful … Read More

Oribe ware is a type of ceramics that originated in the 16th century and is known for its copper-green glaze … Read More

Burnishing pottery is a technique in which clay is polished to a beautiful sheen without the use of glaze (like … Read More

There are many, many ways to put lines onto pots – carving, fluting, painting, drawing – but, I have to … Read More

A personal exploration into the history behind pots made by both the enslaved potter David Drake and the emancipated potter … Read More

The Cahokia represented one of the most social and political peoples of prehistoric North America. It is through their pots … Read More

Communication and respect are essential for the six resident artists working in the open-floor-plan studios of the Morean Center for … Read More

My fascination with botanicals grew out of the hours spent playing in the woods as a child and watching my … Read More

It’s important to me that my work is both functional and highly decorative. I combine handbuilt and wheel-thrown elements in … Read More