Clay Blog Review: June 2016

Welcome to Clay Blog Review #6 of 2016. Half way through the year already! We have some amazing blog posts from the past month including a variety of great pottery videos, some helpful tips and a whole lot of great pottery.

The Can’t Miss

What were the “must read” pottery blog posts during the past month?

• Lori Watts: Stencils Part Deux: Making My Own
• Art By Fuzzy – News: Chris Gustin Workshop at Notre Dame

• Big Ceramic Store: Soap Bubbles And Clay – Who Would’ve Thought
• Blog – objective clay: Turn Your Waste into Want
• Marian Williams: My Homemade Fibre Raku Kiln
• Lori Watts: More is More: A Step-by-Step
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Marketplace | See the Future of Selling Ceramics on Mobile. 3 Trends You Need to Know
• Ceramic Artists Now: Learn How to Get Rich Selling Mugs with Katie Marks

Process and Technique

What do pots look like during the process and how are they made?

• Big Ceramic Store: Sgraffito in Terra Sigillata With BCS Customer Lisa Harnish – Conclusion
• Dawn Whitehand: Busy Day in the Studio
• Lori Watts: Stencil Me In
• Gary Jackson: The Monthly Holiday Ornament Challenge : May
• Brampton Pottery: new pottery operational
• Carole Epp: technical tuesday: Throwing a Bowl in a Bisque Mold | LISA ORR
• Tony Clennell: The Invisible Man
• Carole Epp: movie day: Figurative ceramist – Dan Les

• Gary Jackson: Big Bowls : Ready To Stamp
• Tony Clennell: My Worst Enemy
• Tony Clennell: Dan Goes Under the Knife
• Carole Epp: technical tuesday: Hydro-abraision Pottery Demo with Mike Stumbras
• Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: going big.
• Barb Rogers: Black-Eyed Susans
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: June visitors
• Rachel Dorn: Rotary Commission
• Barb Rogers: More pottery, she said
• Jose Maria Mariscal: VIDEO TORNEANDO PORCELANA / THROWING PORCELAIN

• Gary Rith: carving a pot, the before and after …
• Linda Starr: Leaf Pendants
• Rachel Dorn: Glazing for the Rotary Commission
• John Britt Pottery: How to Glaze a Vase

• Gary Jackson: More. More. More.
• Anna’s Ceramics: Teapots underway – a sneak peek
• Gary Jackson: Stamping Mug : Making Good Impressions
• Tony Clennell: Itinerant as a Tinker

Tips and Technical

How can I become a more efficient or knowledgeable potter?

• Rachel Dorn: Leaching Test for New Studio Glazes
• Carol Clarkson: Silkscreen Pottery
• Jenni Ward: Clay in the Classroom: Keeping it Clean
• Liz Crain Ceramics: Soup Can Tool Caddy
• Big Ceramic Store: Shaving Cream And Underglaze To Decorate Clay
• Liz Crain Ceramics: Smart Ceramic Troubleshooting

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• Liz Crain Ceramics: “Hey, This Handle’s Stuck!” or A Pictorial Diary of a Ceramic Repair
• Big Ceramic Store: Clay Shreds For Dimension Depth and Design
• Big Ceramic Store: Stoneware Clay Colors and Their Use
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | Matt Fiske Talks about the Science Behind His Glazes
• Gary Jackson: The Giffin Grip

Finished Work

Where can I see inspiring pottery?

• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Visitors’ Work
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | Adam Paulek: Functional Ceramics with an Evolving Narrative
• WALLYWARE: There’s a new kid in town.
• Catherine White: results
• Catherine White: #1 summer solstice 2016
• Gary Rith: mac and cheese or little zones of awesomeness
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Featured Potter | Justine Allison: The Simple Beauty of Clay
• Patricia Griffin Ceramics: Thank you to all!
• andy priestman: Dunragit slip with iron banding and celadon glaze
• Jenny Mendes: Inside you Inside me
• Gary Rith: because making the same dang thing over and over is BORING
• Whynot Pottery: summer fun
• andy priestman: Porcelain jar, copper slip, celadontwice fired.
• meesh’s pottery: East Meets West Exhibition
• Kim Murton: This morning-boats,flatheads and 4 legs
• Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Yolande Clark
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: June Pop-Up Shop | Branan Mercer’s Sensual Tea Bowls
• Shaun Hall’s Raku Ceramics Blogspot: June kiln firing fun….
• (title unknown): A few fun things
• Ron Philbeck Pottery: Soda Kiln Unloaded. Video.

• Shaun Hall’s Raku Ceramics Blogspot: Back in the USA….
• Gary Rith: some tasty odds and ends…
• Gaea Ceramic Bead and Art Studio Blog: La Vie En Rose… New Sets and Giveaways Today
• Whynot Pottery: Random Pots from the kiln
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Kirk Mangus: “A pot, a joke, a rhythm, a theory” at James Cohan, New York
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Featured Potter | Ute Kathrin Beck: Marine Life and Artifacts of Esoteric Power
• HaldeBlog: Friday Five: Five new and restocked items at HaldeCraft that the yarn lovers will go crazy over
• Kyle Carpenter: I think this turned out well. ? #saltfired #ropeimpressed #ncpottery #ncclay #828isgreat #asheville #birdjar #riverartsdistrict
• Gary Rith: dinosaur bank
• The Smart Cat: Tyrion Tortise
• Nell Hazinski Ceramics: Nerikomi
• Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Sébastien Lopes et Christine Zablocki
• Kristen Kieffer: Shop the First Day of Summer!
• Gary Rith: dragons AGAIN…
• Ron Philbeck Pottery: I Have Fewer Pots Now
• Gary Rith: ocean blue….
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: 7.4 Billion Little Steps
• The Smart Cat: Teapot
• WALLYWARE: Creative Heaven and Potluck Hell
• Courtney Martin: From the CMP Instagram
• Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: i n d i g o .
• flyeschool.com: June 14th 2016
• Whynot Pottery: don’t you find it hard
• meesh’s pottery: Pigs are Multiplying
• Gary Rith: the roses….
• Patricia Griffin Ceramics: Look what happens when I turn my back on these pots!

• Ceramic Artists Now: See How Joanna Powell Strips Pots to Their Essence, Then Rebuilds
• Carole Epp: emerging artist: Grace Han
• Gary Rith: T-rex and bowling pins…..
• At the water’s edge! Beachfront Pottery blog: Inspiration for my pottery: ocean critters on a Hawaii night dive
• Gary Jackson: A Kelly Green Platter
• Catherine White: #19 summer solstice 2016
• Gary Rith: polka dots and larceny…
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Hold The Pickles, Hold The Lettuce . . .
• Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Alev Ebuzziya
• Whynot Pottery: those tea pots and tiles
• weddwould: La,lala lee
• Jose Maria Mariscal: BLACK AND GOLD- REDUCTION FIRING
• Shaun Hall’s Raku Ceramics Blogspot: Work on show – Charlie Blim Gallery, Nevada, USA
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Featured Potter | Jongjin Park’s Papery, Colorful Vessels Seek to Deceive
• Ceramic Artists Now: Ceramic Design Meets Old World Turkey with Didem Mert
• Dirty Girl Clayworks: and how the photos turned out…
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | Ceramics of Note Collected from Design Miami
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Latest creations
• Barb Rogers: Black Eyed Susan smiles
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Anselm Reyle: Keramik at CFA Berlin

• Gary Rith: some pretty odds and ends…
• CleanMud: Kiln gods
• Acorn Pottery: vessels
• Gary Rith: day of the pigs…
• Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Jessica Brandl
• Whynot Pottery: We make Birdhouse, and, yet
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Studio Pottery | Claudia Biehne’s Fresh, Experimental Porcelain
• Barb Rogers: Finally one that is right
• Kyle Carpenter: Floor vase. #saltfired #studiopottery #ncclay #ncpottery #828isgreat #asheville #ceramics #pottery
• Tim Lake Ceramics: New pots from this weeks firing.
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Tight Squeeze
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Art | Utah Sculptor Russell Wrankle in His Own Words
• Gary Rith: beauty and the beast…
• Ceramic Artists Now: Find Out How Mike Gesiakowski Explores Degrading Memories Through Ceramics
• Rachel Dorn: Glazed Work for Rotary Commission (Completed)

Thoughts

What can I ponder while making pottery and ceramic art?

• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Commentary | Garth Clark on NCECA: Is It Time for a Conference of the New?
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Intending the best
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Is there such a thing as too much art?
• Tony Clennell: Tell Heaven
• this artist’s life: nuance and variation

Interviews and Podcasts

What do potters have to say?

• The Potters Cast: Mastering The Potters Wheel | Ben Carter | Episode 219
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Interview | Ron Nagle on Donald Trump: “You Can’t Trust a Guy With that Kind of Haircut”
• NCECA Blog: Fueling Innovation
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 145: Jayson Lawfer on determining value in the secondary market
• The Potters Cast: Geekin’ Out On Instagram | Tom Kemp | Episode 220
• The Potters Cast: The Potter & The Actor | Peter Sheldon & Ellen Woglom | Episode 221
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 146: Kansas City Urban Potters on the goals of their group
• The Potters Cast: Scientist to Ceramicist | Anna Mulders | Episode 222
• The Potters Cast: The Value of the Apprenticeship | Clary Illian | Episode 223
• The Potters Cast: Bringing A Message to Your Work | Jessica Putnam-Phillips | Episode 224
• The Potters Cast: Periscope for Potters | Neil Celani | Episode 225
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 147: Wood fire aesthetics with Christianson, Helland-Hansen, McKeachie-Johnston, and Oesteritter
• The Potters Cast: Living the Experiment | Rachel Donner | Episode 226
• The Potters Cast: Doing Things They Say You Can’t Do | Emily Free Wilson | Episode 227

Opportunities

What’s out there for potters?

• Carole Epp: call for entry: University of North Florida International Ceramics Exhibition
• John Britt Pottery: Ceramics Job at Northen Kentucky
• Carole Epp: Grayling Ceramics is looking for a studio assistant.
• Carol Clarkson: Education and Communication Coordinator/ Red Lodge, Montana
• Carole Epp: call for entry: AMOCA Ceramic Annual – Biomorphic
• Carole Epp: call for entry: The Clay Cup: Vessel, Icon, Canvas
• Carole Epp: call for artists: Can Craft? Craft Can! Biennial Residencies Open

The Rest

What else do potters blog about?

• Sandy Miller: PIB……Really!
• Carole Epp: movie day: Ron Nagle on the ceramic “revolution” via San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• paul the potter: Busman’s Holiday to visit Clive Bowen.
• NCECA Blog: Fueling the Imagination

• Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke: Meet the Cousins….. Seagrove, North Carolina on June 4-5, 2016
• this artist’s life: playing catch up
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Oddity | The Not-Quite-Ancient Art of Repairing Ceramics with Embroidery
• Liz Crain Ceramics: I Don’t Throw Pots…But I Review This Book
• Tony Clennell: Lost in Translation
• Ron Philbeck Pottery: Prepping for Firing. Practicing Yoga.
• NCECA Blog: Fab Friday – Demonstrations from the 2016 Fab Lab with Jo Kamm & Keith Simpson
• FetishGhost: The Money Hole
• FetishGhost: Refitting the Money Hole
• Tony Clennell: Korean Canadian Exchange
• Tony Clennell: Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
• Blog – Clay By Laura: One Good Turn…
• meesh’s pottery: East Meets West Reception Part 2
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | Tech and Nature Go Hand-in-Hand with Rosenthal’s PorceLAN
• Liz Crain Ceramics: Molly Hatch’s Surface Design Book: YUM!

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• April Noble Studio: Within the Lines
• Nell Hazinski Ceramics: Hegemonic Eye
• meesh’s pottery: Pottery on The Grounds – East Meets West
• Marshall Colman: CERAMICS OF VIETRI AND A GLAZE RECIPE FROM THE 1920s
• Clay Club: Recap: June Clay Club at Reems Creek Pottery
• Ceramic Artists Now: Create Experiences and Collect Stories with Ceramic Design by Nick Moen
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Oddity | Aganetha Dyck Coaxes Bees to Mend Broken Ceramics
• Dawn Whitehand: Sunday Studio Visit – bits and pieces
• Carole Epp: movie day: Don Norman: 3 ways good design makes you happy

• Jenni Ward: Book 3 of Create with Clay Projects for Kids Available!
• Liz Crain Ceramics: The Cat Came Back, A Farcical Timeline
• Ceramic Artists Now: CAN is Proud to Partner with ‘Pots Getting Action’
• NCECA Blog: Fab Friday – 2016 Fab Lab Friday Session 4
• Joel Cherrico Pottery: Enjoy Reduced Shipping Costs: Pottery Orders Just Got Cheaper
• The Cloud Pottery: Show up 2
• Dan Finnegan: Looking Forward
• Linda Starr: The Vase in Question
• Carol Clarkson: Rubber Plugs for Salt and Pepper Shakers
• Marian Williams: U 2 Can Raku!
• Tony Clennell: Woodstoke!
• Jenni Ward: Clay in the Classroom: Step by Step Projects
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Technology | Admatec’s Admaflex 130, an Industrial Strength Ceramic Printer
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: History File | 5,000-Year-Old Pots Contain Ancient Chinese Beer
• Big Ceramic Store: Trending Glaze Colors

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