Combining Wheel Techniques and Handbuilding Pottery for Great Results
When exploring ideas for hand building pottery forms using smaller wheel thrown parts, Ronan Kyle Peterson discovered something pretty cool: … Read More
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Stay Put Glaze! A Great Tip for Transporting Glazed Pots
Because kilns can have a hefty price tag, many potters just starting out rely on others to fire their work. … Read More
Making Multiples: Using Templates to Throw Uniform Shapes on the Pottery Wheel
I think many beginning potters start out with the goal of making perfect sets of bowls or mugs, but quickly … Read More
The Many Uses of Pottery Throwing Ribs
Using pottery throwing ribs correctly is an important skill to learn in order to produce consistent pots with clean surfaces. … Read More
Tactile Geology
I’m trained as a geologist, but I’ve been working with ceramics full time for 35 years. As in geology, I … Read More
Effective Side Firing
I’ve always loved ash glazes. For a long time, I fired in other people’s reduction kilns, often waiting months in … Read More
Creating the Layered Look with Commercial Glazes and Underglazes
Nancy Gardner with Burt Isenstein
Nancy Gardner loves commercial glazes and underglazes because the color choices are virtually unlimited. And she has no qualms about … Read More
Tips for Stocking A Ceramic Glaze Pantry
I have been using commercial glazes lately, because I have been working out of my home studio since I bought … Read More
Wood Fired Pots Without the Wood Kiln
Wood firing clay is an exciting endeavor and if you ever have a chance to participate in a wood firing, … Read More
The Cat’s Meow
I’ll never forget coming home from an outing to find the butter dish left out on the table with the … Read More
