Quick Tips: How to Make a Tombo Tool on the Cheap
Just about every aspiring potter longs to make a set of consistently sized pots at one time or another. And … Read More
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A t-shaped Japanese throwing gauge, used to measure the depth and rim diameter of a vessel, usually when throwing off the hump. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Quick Tip: Tombo Tool
The Japanese also named a delicate little potter’s tool after it that is used to gauge the depth and width … Read More
Parmesan Hash Brown Cakes
It’s Thanksgiving in the United States, and we are continuing our Thanksgiving Day tradition of posting a recipe (for food, … Read More
In the Potter’s Kitchen: Custom Muffin Pan
For years I resisted making a muffin pan out of clay. Too complicated, I thought. Well, I finally had to … Read More
Fumiya Mukoyama’s Zogan Yusai: Precise Pottery Decoration with Slip Inlay and Glaze Patterning
For a young potter in a region of Japan where Mingei is king, coming up with a unique style can … Read More
