Plaster Mixing 101: How to Mix Plaster for Ceramic Molds
Learning how to mix plaster is essential if you are interested in slip casting, but even if you’re not, mixing … Read More
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In the Potter’s Kitchen: Food & Fire
Food and clay have run together for eons, developing a relationship between families, forms, and flavors. Family gatherings often bring … Read More
Recipes: High-Fire Glazes
Natasha Alphonse and Terry Plasket
Working Potters Natasha Alphonse and Terry Plasket share recipes for high-fire glazes they use on their functional work. … Read More
Techno File: Water
From hardness to source, there are many misconceptions and questions about the water used to make clay, slips, and glazes. … 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
Passion for Pagodas
Like yoga and meditation, clay has always been a part of my spiritual practice. Creating ceramic vessels allows me to … Read More
5 Pottery Handle Techniques for Handles That Function Well
It’s one thing to learn how to make handles for pottery. It’s another thing all together to make pottery handles … 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
Etched in Clay: How to Make Beautiful Relief Surfaces with Shellac Resist
Not long into his ceramics career, Jim Gottuso discovered shellac resist is a great alternative to wax resist for creating decoration … Read More
Throwing with Templates
This technique involves using templates to repeatedly create an even, symmetrical form. In the coil-building exercise, you position the template … Read More
