Pinch Pot Technique: A Fundamental Way to Make a Beautiful Pitcher
When you first decide you want to create your own pottery, it’s likely your first class will involve the pinch … Read More
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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
Techno File: Air Bubble Myth
Ceramic studios are full of warnings about trapped air pockets in joins or improperly wedged clay, but the factor that … Read More
A Bisque Firing Schedule to Help Prevent Glaze Faults
When you pull a piece out of the kiln and there is a glaze defect on it, you might think there … Read More
Seamless Transitions: How to Spray Layers of Glazes to Softly Blend Glaze Colors
If you are a ceramics nerd and see a Martha Grover pot in person, you are likely to marvel at … Read More
Techno File: Hard-Panning Glazes
Do you have a glaze that settles into a rock-hard layer on the bottom of the bucket? This annoying phenomenon … Read More
Kurinuki Curious
I’ve been kurinuki curious for a long time. Much as I admired the work of artists using this technique, and … Read More
In the Studio: Fixing Cracks
Cracks, cracks, and more cracks! Why do cracks happen? It could be that you’re working with a clay body that … Read More
Birdie Boone’s Belly-Bottomed Dishes
I first saw (and held) Birdie Boone’s belly-bottomed pots at an NCECA exhibition a couple of years ago, and I … Read More
