Tips for Trimming Bowls on the Pottery Wheel
Love it or hate it, trimming pottery (sometimes called pottery turning) can transform a weighty Earth-bound pot into one that…
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Hand Building Pottery – 4 Easy Techniques
The beauty of hand building pottery is that you can get started without having to fork out for a lot…
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Six Great Tips for Carving Pottery
Carving pottery can add not only a pleasing design on a pot, but it can also be tactilely pleasing. Users…
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Kiln Wash Simplified
Most potters don’t give much thought to kiln wash and just use the recipe they used when they first learned…
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Naked Raku Technique from Experts Charlie and Linda Riggs
Naked raku gets its racy name because during the process of firing, the outer shell of slip that was applied…
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How to Use a Chum to Trim Mugs from Top to Bottom
If you’ve ever wanted to trim a pot from the top to the bottom, but the lugs attaching the pot to the…
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How to Carve Custom Pottery Stamps That Last
There are a ton of commercial stamps on the market, but your work becomes more personal if you make your…
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A New Approach to Faceting Pottery w/ Dick Lehman
Faceting pottery is a great way to take pots out of the roundness that the wheel creates, and is often done…
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How To Use Plastic Wrap As A Mold Release
Danielle, The Clay Lady, shows a simple trick using a common house hold product in the studio for hand building….
