Wheel Throwing Video: Making a Squashed Vase
May 30, 2008
Today Simon Leach shares another technique with us from his sunny studio in Spain. The “squashed vase” or “purse pot,” as he calls it, is a great form to...
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A Builder of Pots: Combining Handbuilding and Throwing to Make Altered Functional Ware
May 28, 2008
When throwing pots for long hours at a time became too much for ceramic artist Marlene Jack’s wrists, she altered the way she worked, putting more emphasis on handbuilding...
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Precious Cargo – Transporting Fragile Pots to Kiln Sites or Craft Fairs
May 26, 2008
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Wheel Throwing Video: How to Throw Split-Rim Vases on the Potter’s Wheel
May 22, 2008
This week’s Video Tip of the Week comes to us from Ceramic Arts Daily subscriber Rikki Grace of Bluffton, Ohio. In this video, Rikki demonstrates a technique for creating...
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Low-Tech Silk Screens: An Easy Way to Repeat Images on Ceramic Art
May 21, 2008
Today’s feature comes to us from Ceramic Arts Daily subscriber C.A. Sanger of Waterville, Kansas. She was inspired to send this technique when she read Brad Menninga's article “Making...
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Multi-Purpose Chucks: Using Household Items When Trimming Difficult-to-Trim Pottery
May 19, 2008
At some point or another many potters are faced with a conundrum: their creativity goes unchecked and they artfully fashion a beautiful and delicate rim on a pot that...
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Handle Making Video: Pulling Handles Directly off a Pot
May 16, 2008
In this video, Andrew Sanders of Dixon, New Mexico, demonstrates pulling handles directly on the pot--a very handy skill indeed! This technique results in a more organic relationship between...
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From High Fire to Mid Range: Changing Kilns Leads to New Decorating and Glazing Techniques
May 14, 2008
After high firing in a gas kiln for 25 years, Wickford, Rhode Island, potter Harry Spring was forced by circumstances to switch to electric. This was quite an adjustment,...
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Wheel Throwing Video: Creating Rolled Rims on Pottery
May 9, 2008
It is an exciting day at Ceramic Arts Daily because we are rolling out the latest addition to our repertoire: video tips and techniques! Our first video comes all...
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Making Custom Silk Screens for Ceramics: Printing Process Opens Up Pottery Decorating Possibilities
May 7, 2008
So readers, after Monday’s feature From Flat to Round: Screen Printing Glaze Patterns onto Pottery, are you ready to try using foam to silk screen...
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