Make a Custom Clay Texture Tool from Scrap Wood
There are many ways to make texture on pottery, and making custom clay texture tools is great because it really … Read More
Tag: porcelain
High-fired vitreous claybody containing kaolin, silica, fluxes, and often ball clay to increase plasticity, with total clay component not more than 50%. Usually pure white or “eggshell” in color; some porcelains may fire translucent where thin. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Piece of Cake: How to Decorate Your Pots Like a Pastry Chef
Slip trailing is a great way to add decoration to pots. Most ceramic artists use a fairly liquid slip when … Read More
Tips and Tools: Conscious Packing
Packing work for shipment is a necessary element of any successful ceramic business, but it doesn’t have to be done … Read More
Studio Visit: Melissa Mencini, Austin, Texas
After more than a decade of shuffling from studio to studio with each change in job or residency, Melissa Mencini … Read More
Neriage and Nerikomi Explained
In Japan, the words “neriage,” “nerikomi,” and “zougan” are all used for specific colored clay processes and there is some … Read More
Going Industrial: A Potter Shares his Experience with Mass Ceramic Production
Why would someone who has spent most of his adult life pursuing excellence in handmade pottery enthusiastically pursue mass ceramic … Read More
Etched in Clay: How to Make Beautiful Relief Surfaces with Shellac Resist
Not long into his ceramics career, Jim Gottuso discovered shellac resist is a great alternative to wax resist for creating decoration … Read More
Making Delicate Porcelain Sculpture with Porcelain Slip and Flaxed Paper Clay
Helen Gilmour is interested in the relationships between traditional crafts. So she decided to make traditional pottery forms–like teapots and … Read More
Melting Poodle Ice Cream Cups
Life can be rough. We all have our coping mechanisms. Humor, junk food, ceramic pots, and pets are a few … Read More
