Using Ceramic Molds – Slip Casting with Multi-Piece Molds
While it was once thought of as cheating, using ceramic molds is a technique that is increasing in popularity among … Read More
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Make Your Pottery Shine Without Glaze: The Basics of Burnished Clay
Historically, burnishing clay was a method used by early potters to make their pottery more watertight and sanitary. Nowadays, most … Read More
Aluminum Foil Saggars: An Easy Alternative to Traditional Clay Saggars
Saggar firing was originally developed to protect wares from ash-slagging and flame-flashing in wood firings, but in contemporary use, with … Read More
Crazy Beautiful Crazing: Uncovering the Mysteries of Snowflake Crackle Glazes
I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately. Though it is technically a glaze defect, … Read More
In the Potter’s Kitchen: Traditional Jugware
Center 4 pounds of clay on the wheel and open the interior quite wide, to about 4–5 inches in diameter … Read More
Harmony + Contrast
The annual readership contest explores the many interpretations of harmony and contrast, from formal investigations to explorations of narrative, cultural … Read More
Theo Uliano: State of Flux
Taking risks, working through failure, being self aware, and embracing less restrictive ideas of what makes a good pot have … Read More
How to Make a Bowl with a Unique Double Foot
There are lots of ways to trim wheel thrown pots and add a unique touch to your work. In today’s … Read More
How to Make a French Butter Dish
In this post, an excerpt from In the Potter’s Kitchen, Sumi von Dassow shows how to throw a French butter … Read More
Pottery Illustrated: Bud Vase Template
Excerpted and adapted from Deb Schwartzkopf’s new book Creative Pottery: Innovative Techniques & Experimental Designs in Thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics. … Read More
