Carving Textured Press Molds and Stamps Out of Insulating Foam
Making impressions in clay is a ton of fun. Making your own stamps makes it even more fun because it … Read More
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Claire Curneen: About to Happen
Claire Curneen’s appreciation of touch, beauty, and the aesthetic value of change is evident in her porcelain figures. She draws … 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
The Women Potters of Rural Guatemala
Artists, designers, gallerists, and non-profit organizations have collaborated in Guatemala to combine generational ceramic traditions with contemporary forms
and marketing. … Read More
The Legacy of Caroline Risque Janis
How much do we know about the teachers and mentors who inspired our love
of clay? Jere M. Grimm set … Read More
How to Make a Tagine Pot
A few years ago a friend of mine had us over for dinner and served one of the most delicious … Read More
How to Make a Clay Ocarina
All kinds of musical instruments can be fashioned from clay, with one of the simplest being the clay ocarina. If … Read More
Cardboard Stencils and Colored Slips Add Imagery and Texture to Slabs
I love using stencils in my work. I’ve tried lots of different materials as stencils, but I had never thought … 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
Editor’s Note: Looking Forward
To help you get started, this issue of Pottery Making Illustrated is all about tools—both the physical tools you use … Read More
