How to Make Homemade Pottery Brushes to Make Marks that Are Truly Your Own
There are countless types and styles of brushes on the market that can be used in the pottery studio, but … Read More
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Granular silica. Major grit besides grog used to give clay bodies structure for throwing and hand building, high shrinkage in high-temperature clay bodies, but gives smoother fired surface than grog. Toxic in inhalation. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Scratching the Surface: A Guide to Sgraffito
If there’s one thing I have learned in my time here as editor of Ceramic Arts Network, it’s that our … Read More
Decorating with Nerikomi Colored Clay Patterns
If you’re bored with glazing, working with colored clay is a fun way to get color and pattern onto your … Read More
A Better Butter Dish
I’ve always loved the butter dish form, perhaps because of what’s hidden inside it. Throughout the years, I have occasionally … Read More
A Lotus Lesson
As an ancient form of devotion and communication, they carry many meanings. While they are individually ephemeral, as a tradition … Read More
Stenciling on Clay
My creative process proceeds not from form to decoration, but in reverse. I start with the development of a graphic … Read More
Techniques and Tips for Saggar Firing in a Raku Kiln
Charlie and Linda Riggs began experimenting with saggar firing after being disappointed with the results of some of their pit … Read More
Clay Culture: From Toilet to Pipeline
Adding recycled ceramic waste (like bricks and sanitary ware) as aggregate in concrete production may be one way to make … Read More
How to Make a Bread Cloche
When Isatu Hyde had a studio above a cafe in London, she became inspired to create lidded baking dishes for … Read More
How to Make Ergonomic Pottery Throwing Sticks
David Ogle became frustrated when the throwing sticks he bought were too unwieldy for making the narrow necked forms he … Read More
