Make Your Pottery Shine Without Glaze: The Basics of Burnished Clay
Historically, burnishing clay was a method used by early potters to make their pottery more watertight and sanitary. Nowadays, most … 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
Quick Tip: Removable Worktop
My half of a shared second bedroom oscillates in use from clay-working area to crafting workspace to work-from-home office. To … Read More
Precise Piercing: Using Geometric Principles to Create Stunningly Carved Pieces
I first saw Eric Stearns’ work on social media. He posted this crazy cool video of his piercing process and … Read More
How to Make Banding Wheel Pins for Centering Ease
I am impatient when it comes to centering work on a bat on my banding wheel. But a banding wheel … Read More
A Visit to James Watkins’ Lubbock Texas Clay Studio
I have to admit, reading about James Watkins’s spacious Lubbock, Texas, studio in the September 2021 Ceramics Monthly made me … 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
Make Play Not Work
In order to adapt my thinking from the repetition of daily studio work to exploration mode, I need a shift … Read More
In the Studio: The Right Tools for the Job
Using the right tool for the job is always a good idea, but in ceramics, using the right brush is … Read More
The Particulars of Clay Body Plasticity
Ahhh plasticity! It’s the property of clay that got us hooked on it in the first place. Caused by just … Read More
Studio Visit: James Watkins, Lubbock, Texas
In a three-part space split between wet-work studio, glazing and firing area, and gallery, James Watkins creates and displays large … Read More
