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At the leather-hard stage, removal of excess clay from a piece, using any of a variety of sharp cutting tools. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook

Most of us don’t think of the pottery wheel when we think about making slab built pottery. But there’s no … Read More

From screenprinting to decals, there are many ways to transfer imagery onto pottery. There’s a nifty commercial product out now, … Read More

If there’s one thing I have learned in my time here as editor of Ceramic Arts Network, it’s that our … Read More

Recycling clay is not the most exciting part of being a ceramic artist, but it is necessary. We all end … Read More

Fluted pottery (which gets its name from fluting in architecture) is pottery that has a groove or set of grooves … Read More

Clay is rough on tools, especially trimming and sgraffito tools. Fortunately, some of the most used tools in the box … Read More

Throwing clay decanters and bottles can be a good way to challenge yourself when you become proficient at pottery wheel … Read More

Charlie and Linda Riggs began experimenting with saggar firing after being disappointed with the results of some of their pit … Read More

A potter can never have too many sponges, and when I saw Jared Zehmer’s genius hack for creating multiple throwing … Read More

It was a short leap to go from zesting leather-hard cylinders to zesting freshly thrown ones, and another short leap … Read More