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Using pottery throwing ribs correctly is an important skill to learn in order to produce consistent pots with clean surfaces. … Read More

I’m trained as a geologist, but I’ve been working with ceramics full time for 35 years. As in geology, I … Read More

I’ve always loved ash glazes. For a long time, I fired in other people’s reduction kilns, often waiting months in … Read More

I have been using commercial glazes lately, because I have been working out of my home studio since I bought … Read More

I’ll never forget coming home from an outing to find the butter dish left out on the table with the … Read More

This process requires you to consider color first, rather than last, as there’s no glaze on the outside of the … Read More

My work is a lot about surface decoration. And a well-crafted canvas to put the pattern on is essential to … Read More

Whiskey bottles are a popular form in a lot of potters’ vocabularies–understandably because whiskey is delicious! But you also need … Read More

Impressing textures into soft clay and then playing with those textures in the glazing process is loads of fun (in … Read More

When I first began throwing pots I gravitated to throwing bowls. One of the challenges I faced was how to … Read More