Sincerity and Eccentricity
After 24 years of teaching, I’m increasingly motivated to share what I know and emphasize that teaching IS learning. I … Read More
Tag: velvet underglazes
Messing With Majolica: An Instructor Shares Tips for Learning and Teaching the Majolica Technique
As I continue to incorporate more imagery into the surfaces of my work, I have often considered taking a whirl … Read More
Building up Luminescent Surfaces with Commercial Underglazes
Wow! The first time I saw photos of Jeffrey Nichols’ pottery (and pretty much every subsequent time), I couldn’t help … Read More
Zen Glazing
I love color and patterns. I’m an avid quilter, bead artist, and have spent many years decorating Ukrainian eggs, known … Read More
Less is More: Using Simple Pottery Forms as a Canvas for Playful Underglaze and Majolica Decoration
Courtney Murphy deftly combines two somewhat disparate influences in her work: simple, well-designed industrial objects, and folk art and children’s … Read More
Making Sets Hang Together Using Stencils, Mishima, and Underglazes
The key to making good sets is to make them work well together both visually and functionally. With careful planning, … Read More
Hand-Crafted Cuisine
I began cooking around age eight, when my mother started a job that required her to work second and third … Read More
Keep It Hot, Hot, Hot
Using the potter’s wheel, I create clean, simple forms to showcase saturated surface decorations. I create visual and physical layering … Read More
How to Use Subtractive Layering to Make Surfaces with Great Depth
Angelique Tassistro’s intense layered surfaces came about through what we in the ceramics world call a happy accident. After spending … Read More
Carving the Sealed Earth
Try this sgraffito technique with a combination of porcelain and terra sigillata to discover a crisp graphic quality with your … Read More
