A Smart Way to Center a Foot on a Square Slab Plate
Slab-built plates seem like a pretty simple endeavor, but it can be challenging to center the feet just right. Coil … 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
Creating Bold Colorful Surfaces with Underglazes
Ariana Heinzman creates bold, plant-inspired designs on her work using bright colors contrasted against black line work. As you can … Read More
Lichens and Lizards and Leopards, Oh My! Reticulated Glaze Recipes For Wild Ceramic Surfaces
Although glaze crawling – when glaze recedes away from an area in the firing, leaving bare clay – is often … Read More
A Guide to the Ceramic Kiln and Various Firing Methods
One of the things all ceramic artists have in common is that we all need to fire our work in … Read More
Terra Sigillata 101: How to Make, Apply, and Troubleshoot Terra Sig
Terra sigillata is an ultrarefined clay slip that can give a soft sheen when applied to bone-dry wares and, if … Read More
Laying a Foundation for Layered Surfaces with Ceramic Engobes and Etching
To create surfaces with depth, it can be helpful to start applying decoration in the greenware stage. Colleen Riley does … Read More
Chris Miles: The Object Looks Back
Creating complex, abstract structures whose forms speak to the process of manipulating clay and whose interiors and exteriors blend together, … Read More
Laurent Craste Re-viewing History: Subversion and Abuse
Laurent Craste combines the opulent forms of 18th century European aristocratic and court porcelain with symbolic motifs and contemporary images … Read More
Pit Firing Using a Good Old-Fashioned Charcoal Grill
As Sumi von Dassow explains in this post, you can get great pit firing effects on pots using a good … Read More
