Artist Q&A: Advice on Gaining Efficiency in the Studio from Hanako Nakazato
Ceramic Arts Network: Often it is difficult to streamline a studio practice. How do you tackle efficiency in the studio?
Hanako … Read More
Tag: shapes
Beauty and Challenges in Nature
My fascination with botanicals grew out of the hours spent playing in the woods as a child and watching my … Read More
Transition to More Possibilities
Shortly after graduating from college, I came up with a line of pottery using thrown and altered forms, a black … Read More
Unifying Form, Texture, and Surface
The evolution of my sprigged jars illustrates that form, surface, and texture have been very meaningful to my artistic development … Read More
How to Throw an Oblong, Asymmetrical Bowl on the Potters Wheel
Throwing bottomless pots and adding slab bases is a great way to play around with shapes other than round—without a … Read More
Layer by Layer: Building Narrative Pottery Surfaces With Intricate Stencils, Slips, and Sgraffito
Kip O’Krongly has a lot of patience and a very steady hand. She makes intricate stencils by cutting them out … Read More
Three Super Creative Mug Handle Ideas
Mike Cinelli, Ashley Kim, and Eric Van Eimeren
Looking for some new mug handle ideas? Getting bored with the status quo? Today’s post is just what you need! … Read More
A Simple Watercolor Majolica Technique
Ceramic stains and underglazes mixed with water painted on unfired white-glazed bisque is pretty similar to watercolor painting on paper. … Read More
How to Make Super Sharp DIY Sgraffito Tools
Clay is rough on tools, especially trimming and sgraffito tools. Fortunately, some of the most used tools in the box … Read More
Using a Pottery Wheel to Make Cool Slab Built Pottery
Most of us don’t think of the pottery wheel when we think about making slab built pottery. But there’s no … Read More
