Hollow Butter Dish
I make intricately assembled and decorated tableware. My forms are often hollow or incorporate a tactile element that can only … Read More
Tag: shrinkage
Permanent contraction of the clay in both drying and firing stages. Overall may be as much as 18%. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Crazy Beautiful Crazing: Uncovering the Mysteries of Snowflake Crackle Glazes
I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately. Though it is technically a glaze defect, … Read More
How to Make Paper Clay in Your Home Studio
In this post, we’ll show you how to make paper clay. Making paper clay is a great way to gain … Read More
How to Transform Your Clay Body into a Casting Slip
Ready-made casting slip is commercially available in all firing ranges, making it super convenient. But if you like to combine … Read More
Make Your Own Ceramic Mosaic Patio Table for Cookout Season
Cookout season is upon us, so I thought I would pass on a somewhat cookout-related project for this Monday morning. … Read More
A Couple of Cool Clay Sculpture Techniques
There are a multitude of clay sculpture techniques for ceramic artists to choose from. The possibility for expression is unlimited … Read More
Egyptian Paste: Building Sculpturally with Color
Egyptian paste or Egyptian faience is a low-fire mixture of ceramic materials containing clay, sand, colorants, frits, and soluble salts. … Read More
How to Create Agateware Pottery Using Colored Clays and a Plaster Press Mold
Michelle Erickson and Robert Hunter
Agateware pottery features swirling marbleized colors and was probably first developed to imitate the qualities of agate, a semiprecious stone … Read More
An Unmistakable Humanity: Jason Green
Renovating a 250-year-old house set Green down a path he is still exploring to this day: one focused on architecture, … Read More
Making Delicate Porcelain Sculpture with Porcelain Slip and Flaxed Paper Clay
Helen Gilmour is interested in the relationships between traditional crafts. So she decided to make traditional pottery forms–like teapots and … Read More
