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Daily How to Create Surface Patterns with Wax Resist, Slip Inlay, and Glaze

When looking at Liz Pechacek's work, one might think the decoration is made using the sgraffito technique. But Liz actually uses a combination of wax resist, slip inlay, and glazing techniques to created her multicolored striped decoration.

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Daily How to Create Beautiful Texture with Thick Slips

Plates are so fun to make because of the large, mostly flat, blank canvas they provide. But rather than just slapping decoration on haphazardly, the most successful potters consider basic design principles when decorating their work.
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Daily How to Make a Wheel-Thrown, Scalloped-Handled Bowl

The pottery wheel is great for making round, regular shapes, but things get really fun when those shapes are altered! Today, I thought I would share a cool throwing and altering project from the September/October 2023 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated. 
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Daily Using a Grid to Transfer Patterns to Round Pottery

If you've ever struggled with transferring a pattern from a piece of flat paper onto a curvy piece of pottery, I have good news for you! In today's post, an excerpt from the July/August 2024 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated, Ali Schorman explains how to methodically transfer complicated designs to a cup using a grid system with a laser level.
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