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All kinds of musical instruments can be fashioned from clay, with one of the simplest being the clay ocarina. If … Read More

Fluted pottery (which gets its name from fluting in architecture) is pottery that has a groove or set of grooves … Read More

Judith King jokes that she has a split personality. Half of her wants to draw and paint, while the other … Read More

It was a short leap to go from zesting leather-hard cylinders to zesting freshly thrown ones, and another short leap … Read More

With today’s high-tech computerized kilns, you may have wondered why pyrometric cones are necessary when firing your ceramic art. Even … Read More

Like yoga and meditation, clay has always been a part of my spiritual practice. Creating ceramic vessels allows me to … Read More

Kiln shelf maintenance is a much hated but very necessary part of having a kiln. Neglected kiln shelves can result … Read More

Centering large amounts of clay is something that I put off for a long time. I just didn’t think my … Read More

We all know what reduction firing is, right? Or do we? The science of what happens in a reduction kiln … Read More

When trying to throw a set on the pottery wheel, starting off with the same size ball of clay, and … Read More