The Ombré Look: How to Create Smooth Color Blends with Colored Clay
June 17, 2013
The "Ombré" trend is pretty huge right now. Search the term on Pinterest and you'll find everything from ombré cakes to ombré hair color. In case you're unfamiliar with...
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Pottery Video of the Week: How to Dress up a Wheel Thrown Bowl with Curves
June 14, 2013
The cereal bowl selection at my house consists mainly of all of my reject bowls from over the years. It's a motley crew of old, wonky pieces that make...
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How to Make Tessellations with Simple Bisque Stamps
June 12, 2013
Amy Meya was fascinated by tessellation -- the repeated use of a single shape without gaps or overlapping -- and wanted to figure out a way to incorporate tessellating...
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Pottery Video of the Week: How to Make Three Cool Handbuilt Handles with Coils and Slabs
June 10, 2013
Handles can be the bane of a potters existence - at least they are for me a lot of the time. So I am always happy when I learn...
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Put Your Best Foot Forward: Suze Lindsay Shares Two Techniques for Handbuilt Feet
June 7, 2013
Historically, I have been more of a thrower than a handbuilder. I love handbuilt pots, but haven't quite gotten there with my handbuilding. One thing I have struggled with...
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How to Make Sophisticated Pottery Forms Using the Most Basic of Tools
June 5, 2013
The pinch pot is the most elemental of pottery forms requiring simply one's hands and a lump of clay. Because of this, it is often the first technique most...
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Potter Nan Coffin Shares the Story of Her Career in Clay
June 3, 2013
The Ceramics Monthly Working Potters issue is out! I always love this issue because I enjoy hearing other potters talk about how they got to wherever they happen to...
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Decals have been used on ceramic work for many years by independent potters and industry. But perhaps nobody has pushed the limits with them as much as Justin Rothshank....
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Belgian Artist Ann Van Hoey Wins 2013 Emerging Artist Peoples’ Choice Contest
May 29, 2013
The votes are in and about 2700 of you voiced your opinions on the Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists of 2013. But alas, there can only be one winner. This year...
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Testing Ceramic Glazes and Colorants to Expand Your Palette in Mid-Range Firing
May 27, 2013
Recently, Yoko Sekino Bove conducted extensive tests to determine how several base glazes do
with a wide variety of coloring oxides and carbonates. Today we are
sharing...
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