Working Potter Mark Knott Shares his Secrets to Success in Pottery
I never get tired of talking to other potters about not only their processes in the studio, but also how … Read More
Tag: solution
A liquid mix where the components are fully dissolved (as in a water/soda ash solution for vapor-glazing), where materials will not settle out via gravity. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
How to Use a Throwing Stick
Tall narrow-necked forms are challenging to master as a potter because, once you begin to collar in the neck, getting … Read More
Ceramic Substrates as Canvas: A High-Tech Ceramic Material Gets Artsy
If you’ve ever wanted to draw or paint on your claywork, but have felt challenged by translating a two dimensional … Read More
Working Potters: Charity Davis-Woodard
I became a potter later in life, following a previous career that never felt quite right—as though I was given … Read More
Throwing Ribs
Even though our fingers serve as our primary throwing tools,
there are times when a throwing rib does a better job. … Read More
Steve Reynolds: Off the Wall
Steve Reynolds’ work is a poke in the eye; enmeshed in contradiction, it is deeply intelligent, prickly, and tough-minded. His … Read More
Lisa Clague, Bakersville, North Carolina
I don’t believe I had an initial or conscious reason to pursue ceramic
sculpture as a profession; it just evolved through … Read More
Lisa Hammond: Intuited Grace
It is not surprising that Lisa Hammond has been described as the best
woman potter working in Britain at the moment. … Read More
The Nichrome Wire Solution: An Alternative to Raku Tongs Makes Raku Firing Large or Lidded Pots Easy
After the Paul Soldner video last Friday, I decided I would go on a bit of a raku kick here. … Read More
Slipware Marbleizing
Marbled dish, Italian slipware, ca. 1620-1640 (from the Chipstone Foundation collection). Photo credits (unless otherwise noted): Ceramics in America, photographer, … Read More
