Handbuilt Pottery Video: Handbuilding with Mitch Lyons
November 21, 2008
I keep a lot of things in my studio that I think may one day be useful for texture or as a tool of some sort. I also cannot...
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Building Complex Glaze Surfaces with Multiple Firings
November 19, 2008
In today's post, Nicole Copel describes how Yoshiro Ikeda has worked out a system of multiple firings that allows him to assess the application of glaze at each stage...
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Protecting Your Pottery and Ceramic Sculpture: Hints for Even Drying
November 17, 2008
Sometimes, when I'm really on a roll in the studio, I find it difficult to be patient and let the work dictate the pace of the process. If it's...
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Mold Making Video: Making a Plaster Reclaim Slab
November 14, 2008
Whether you work in a shared studio, at a community arts center, in a luxurious private studio or in a corner of your basement, chances are that space is...
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Tips for Designing Ceramic Tile: A Maiolica Mural, Part 2
November 12, 2008
There is a reason that making tiles and installing them are separate professions. There are entirely different skills and tools required. Then again, us clay folk tend to be...
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Tips for Designing Ceramic Tile: A Maiolica Mural, Part 1
November 10, 2008
One of the best ways to make a large, complex piece of work is to break it down into its component parts and tackle them one by one. Suddenly,...
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Ceramic Bead Video: Making Hollow Clay Beads
November 7, 2008
If anyone was looking for proof that ceramics really does cross over into all sorts of creative endeavors, this week's video is that proof of that assertion. Barbara Hanselman...
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Pottery Decorating Video: Tom Turner Workshop DVD
October 31, 2008
If you've ever attended a workshop, you know that you come away with more information than you could possible remember or apply, and your head is swimming with new...
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The Month in Clay – November 2008
October 27, 2008
If you're going to be anywhere near Chicago in early November, you need to go check out SOFA (Sculpture Objects and Functional Art) on Navy Pier, November 7-9. There...
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Pottery Trimming Video: The Superchuck
October 24, 2008
If you trim your pottery using a bisque-fired chuck—or even if you don’t—you’ll love the superchuck. Watch the video to check out what Tim See has come up with,...
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