Studio Visit: Audry Deal-McEver, Nashville, Tennessee
In addition to operating sustainably—with solar power, sustainable energy offsets, and clay and glaze recycling—efficiency is key for the garage … Read More
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New Surface Decoration Webinar with Sara Ballek
Join Sara Ballek as she walks you through a colorful course filled with many exciting processes that will ignite inspiration … Read More
Cone 6 Pottery Glazes and Firing Tips for Creating Exciting Surfaces in Electric Kilns
There has been a fairly prevalent belief in the ceramics world that cone 6 electric ceramic glazes are boring. But these … 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
How to Make a Gauge for Throwing Consistently Sized Pots on the Pottery Wheel
When trying to throw a set on the pottery wheel, starting off with the same size ball of clay, and … Read More
Successful Tips and Techniques for Raku Firing
We get a lot of questions from readers about the raku firing process. I think raku firing intrigues many a … Read More
Clay Wedging 101: A Great Way to Teach and Learn to Wedge Clay Properly
In ceramics there are many things that you have to practice over and over before things click. Wedging is one … Read More
Clay Culture: Lustron Homes
Steel-framed homes with porcelain-enameled steel cladding were produced as kits at the end of the 1940s in response to the … Read More
Clay Culture: Teaching Remotely
Teaching introductory and advanced ceramic students during a pandemic continues to pose a number of challenges. Two educators describe how … 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
