DIY Downdraft Kiln: How to Convert an Electric Kiln to Gas
Boris Robinson’s introduction to making pottery was at a well-equipped museum studio with two large gas downdraft kilns. When the … Read More
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How to Make a Cool Textured Handbuilt Tray from One Slab of Clay
Looking at the finished product of this project, it is obvious that it was slab built, but maybe not so … Read More
Pinch Pot Technique: A Fundamental Way to Make a Beautiful Pitcher
When you first decide you want to create your own pottery, it’s likely your first class will involve the pinch … Read More
Clay Culture: We Owe it to the River
The Cahokia represented one of the most social and political peoples of prehistoric North America. It is through their pots … Read More
Call for Entries: April 2020
Information on submitting work for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals. … Read More
Tips and Tools: Standing Test Tiles
A slotted firebrick for firing flat test tiles and a wooden rack for handling them outside the kiln function in … Read More
Carly Slade’s Oeuvre: Monuments to Everyday People
Foundational experiences from Carly Slade’s upbringing in a blue-collar family that valued hand work pervade her sculptures, which focus on … Read More
Downdraft Kiln Conversion
A combination of lost access to gas kilns due to a studio closure and limited funds led Boris Robinson to … Read More
Beyond Self Expression: From Psychology to Ceramics
Meg Beaudoin had been working for 20 years as a psychologist and psychoanalyst when she took a ceramics class and … Read More
Charlie and Linda Riggs’ Naked Raku Technique
Naked raku gets its racy name because during the process of firing, the outer shell of slip that was applied … Read More
