How to Create Agateware Pottery Using Colored Clays and a Plaster Press Mold
Agateware pottery features swirling marbleized colors and was probably first developed to imitate the qualities of agate, a semiprecious stone … Read More
Tag: wedging
Process of kneading the clay with the hands to remove air bubbles and ensure homogenous mass. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Wheel Throwing in Cross Section
When I was taking my first wheel throwing class, I remember staying in the studio late one night centering clay … Read More
Recycling Clay: Tips for Collecting, Storing, Reclaiming and Reprocessing Your Clay Scraps
We all end up with clay scraps when making pottery, and because this happens at various stages in the cycle, … Read More
Effective Side Firing
I’ve always loved ash glazes. For a long time, I fired in other people’s reduction kilns, often waiting months in … Read More
Stack and Slam Wire Wedging: An Efficient and Easy-on-the-Wrists Way to Wedge Pottery Clay
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is all too familiar to ceramic artists, especially those who work on the pottery wheel. But even … Read More
How to Make Marbled Effects on Pottery Using Colored Clay Slabs
Mixing contrasting ceramic stains into a white clay body and then handbuilding with them can lead to some incredible pottery … Read More
In the Studio: Skilled Opening
Opening begins the throwing process. The potter must maintain the strength of the clay, optimized by wedging and centering, during … Read More
Clay Culture: Blue Kashi Tiles
The effect created on building façades and the interiors of holy spaces using intricately painted ceramic tiles made in the … Read More
Creative Idea Helps a Potter Get Through School and Start a Ceramic Business
Supporting oneself as an artist is not exactly easy. In fact, ceramic artists are the hardest working people I know. … Read More
