6 Great Tips for Carving Pottery
Carving pottery can add not only a pleasing design on a pot, but it can also be tactilely pleasing. Users … Read More
Tag: slip trailing
Application of decoration to wet or leather-hard clay by flowing on lines of slip with a fine pointed dispenser, such as a rubber syringe. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
How to Make “Clay Stickers” by Slip Trailing Designs on Plaster
Blair Clemo has always pushed boundaries in terms of techniques in clay. His most recent body of work is no … Read More
Creative Commercial Glazes: Great Combinations for Interesting Effects
Some folks feel like using commercial glazes is cheating, but I say, hogwash! I have been using commercial glazes for … Read More
Piece of Cake: How to Decorate Your Pots Like a Pastry Chef
Slip trailing is a great way to add decoration to pots. Most ceramic artists use a fairly liquid slip when … Read More
Slip Trailing for Beginners: A Primer on a Great Ceramics Decorating Technique
Slip trailing is a great way to use clay slip as a decorative tool. Like its cousin glaze trailing, slip … Read More
How to Use a Clay Ribbon Tool and a Slip Trailer for a New Twist on Inlay Ceramics
Sumiko Takada with Kaname Takada
We’ve done a lot of articles on inlay ceramics—often called slip inlay or Mishima—here on Ceramic Arts Network. Here’s a … Read More
Porcelain Slip Trailing
My pottery style has evolved over the years, but there has always been one constant: I have a passion for … Read More
Editor’s Note: Looking Forward
To help you get started, this issue of Pottery Making Illustrated is all about tools—both the physical tools you use … Read More
Image Transfer with Pyrofoto: Another Cool Way to Put Images on Pottery
There are various processes for transferring images to clay, from photocopy transfers, silkscreening and stencils, to laser transfer decals and … Read More
