Make Your Own Ceramic Mosaic Table Top
DIY mosaic table tops are a wonderful way to dress up furniture with a handmade touch. You can even use … Read More
Tag: warping
Distortion of clay forms caused by uneven stresses within clay due to forming method, uneven drying, uneven support in firing, or uneven or excessive heat in firing. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
In the Studio: Empirical Learning
The sound of an entire stack of pots falling over in a wood kiln at peak temperature isn’t as bad … Read More
Decorating with Nerikomi Colored Clay Patterns
If you’re bored with glazing, working with colored clay is a fun way to get color and pattern onto your … Read More
How to Find the Best Kiln Wash for Your Firing Temperature and Methods
Most potters don’t give much thought to kiln wash and just use the recipe they used when they first learned … Read More
How to Make Paper Clay in Your Home Studio
In this post, we’ll show you how to make paper clay. Making paper clay is a great way to gain … Read More
Kiln Wash Simplified
This week’s Tip of the Week comes to us from ceramic artist Sylvia Nagy of Brooklyn, New York. If you … Read More
Persnickety Porcelain Clay: How to Minimize Your Loss Rate
Porcelain clay is a clay body that draws in many a potter because of its bright white color, translucency, and … Read More
How to Add Visual and Structural Strength to a Form with Coils
If you’re looking to add a striking graphic quality to your pots, you’ll enjoy today’s post. Today, Elisa Helland-Hansen explains … Read More
Flat Tiles The Easy Way
Recently, I decided to replace the aesthetically challenged house numbers on my abode with something that better fit the character … Read More
In the Potter’s Kitchen: Milk + Cookies
An invitation to participate in the exhibition “Decadence of Display: Ceramics for Dessert” at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, in … Read More
