A little sinful Working in clay is a pleasure, and so much so that it may just verge on being a little sinful. You know the great feeling you get moving and molding his wonderful material in your hands. And when you try to describe it to a non-clay person, they either roll their eyes at your wackiness or they’re envious of your joy. If you’re looking for people who share your love of clay, Pottery Making Illustrated is it. In each issue, you’ll discover potters sharing tips, techniques and projects that are both creative and inspirational. When you subscribe to PMI, you’re joining a community of potters that share your passion and love of clay. |
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Each issue of Pottery Making Illustrated features creative techniques on every aspect of pottery making—throwing, handbuilding, glazing, decorating, firing, rakuing, extruding, tile making, casting, and more. You’re bound to discover something completely new, and the best part is that every new technique you learn lasts a lifetime. |
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One of the best parts about PMI is that contributing potters know what they’re talking about. When you read about a technique, you can be sure that all the details have been worked out over the years through lengthy trial-and-error experimenting. You can rely on the techniques in PMI and use them as a starting point for adding your own flair. |
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Pottery Making Illustrated is my best reference guide. I like the step-by-step illustrations and I always check before I start a new project. |
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When a potter submits a technique for PMI, they have to provide lots and lots of photos. We’re not nearly as interested in finished work as we are in the “how it’s made” photos. You’ll see messy hands, clay scraps, used brushes, and oftentimes even disorganized studios, but that’s pottery making at its best! And since many of our contributing artists have spent years teaching, they anticipate questions and understand different skill levels. |
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Pottery Making Illustrated is the best clay magazine for my beginning students. It gets them hooked from the beginning. BUT your magazine has matured and offers challenging projects, articles, etc. as well! |
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Depending on your skill level, you’ll find you may need to practice some techniques before you’ll feel comfortable with them. With PMI’s detailed instructions, you can jump in at any level and work your way through to the end of the process. You’ll even find yourself creating new variations of your own in no time! |
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Pottery Making Illustrated bills itself as “Your Resource for Ceramic Techniques” and they work to be true to that statement. This magazine has a lot to offer, no matter what your level of involvement is in creating with clay. It is practical, very understandable, very well-illustrated, and has a friendly feel to it.
One of Pottery Making Illustrated’s great strengths is its usual article format which gives an explanation of a technique followed by a project demonstrating that technique. Another serious advantage of their articles is that they are written by experienced potters and clay workers, and that experience shows through. –Beth Peterson, About.com |
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We’re potters who love to work with our hands, and Pottery Making Illustrated gets us to work smarter and more creatively. But you need to get to the studio and take the magazine with you. PMI isn’t for browsing, it’s for doing. We don’t show you innovative art, we show you innovative techniques. PMI is not a “pretty” magazine — it’s nuts and bolts (or slip and slurry!). |
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Please continue to keep the magazine practical and down to earth, that is what set you apart and why I love PMI and encourage my pottery students to subscribe. Thank you!
“PMI consistently comes up with new techniques that I and my classmates try in the studio”
“Since I’m primarily teaching myself, PMI is a wealth of things I don’t know.” |
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In addition to techniques, PMI provides a lot of practical ceramic-related information. You’ll discover things you didn’t know about the latest tools and equipment that might make your clay experience more enjoyable. Or maybe you’re looking for glazes and glaze combinations that might look good on your work—that’s there too. |
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There’s a lot of information on the Internet about ceramics, but it can be daunting to locate and decipher what’s good and what’s bogus. We’re constantly searching out information on clays, glazes, tools, equipment, maintenance, safety, underglazes, brushes and just about anything else you can imagine that you can find in the studio. |
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The world of clays and glazes can be a mystery to the uninitiated–even the seasoned pro for that matter. While certain things remain constant, other things change constantly as new materials appear and old supplies become exhausted. We highlight an ingredient or a glaze type in each issue giving you enough information to try out something new. |
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If you’ve ever attended a workshop or class, you understand how the instructor throws in a little demo or spices up a lecture with a few nuggets of really cool information. That’s the goal of many of our contributors and you’ll find something of use in every issue in this section. |
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The Instructor’s File is designed to help teachers, but it ends up helping all readers because, as anyone in pottery can tell you, we’re all students of clay until we stop. |
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Pottery Illustrated If you’re familiar with Cook’s Illustrated you know about the last page. Well, like that magazine here’s are tribute to the “Illustrated” in our title—a back page filled with wonderfully illustrated collections of forms, designs, motifs and anything else we think you’ll enjoy.
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