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The Can’t Miss
What were the “must read” pottery blog posts during the past month?
- Big Ceramic Store: Making Transfer Paper With Laser Printed Images
- Pottery Making Blog: Clay Blog Review: June 2016
- meesh’s pottery: The Creation of The Whimsical Flower Pig
- pots and pieces: Visit to Clive Bowen’s Pottery (Shebbear Pottery), Devonshire, UK, May 6th 2016.
- CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Advice for beginning potters
- Pottery Making Blog: 23 Pottery Tips from A Year of Reading Pottery Blogs
- DirtKicker PoTTerY: Underglaze Inlay Application YouTube
Process and Technique
What do pots look like during the process and how are they made?
- Gary Jackson: The Monthly Holiday Ornament Challenge : June
- Tony Clennell: Unique Pretty Well Figured Out!
- Blog – Clay By Laura: Cut It Out !
- FetishGhost: Point of Origin
- Acorn Pottery: details, process, failures
- Carole Epp: technical tuesday: A Creative Way to Use Trailing Slip – LISA ORR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96C7coBnEK4
- Rachel Dorn: First Summer 2016 Sculpture(s) in Progress (1 of 3)
- FetishGhost: R&D evaluation
- Rachel Dorn: First Summer 2016 Sculpture(s) in Progress (2 of 3)
- Ron Philbeck Pottery: Post from June 21
- bridges pottery blog: Round and Round Recycling Clay over and over
- Gary Jackson: Detailing
- BPracticalPottery’s Blog: Studio: Alfred Summer School
- Rachel Dorn: First Summer 2016 Sculpture(s) in Progress (3 of 3)
- Kyle Carpenter: Cutting feet.
- Rachel Dorn: Bad Throwing Day!
- Ron Philbeck Pottery: Glazing Some Pottery. Two Videos
- Gary Jackson: Basic Bowls… And Not So Basic Bowls
- Barb Rogers: Glaze is on the flower pots
- Gary Jackson: Detailing : Even More “Not-So-Basic”
- Gary Jackson: Round Is Over-Rated
- andy priestman: copper, limestone, shino, dunragit and bajarg slips
- Jose Maria Mariscal: TORNEANDO EN BLANCO Y NEGRO
- Whynot Pottery: Raw clay
- Rachel Dorn: Small Sculptures This Week
- Rachel Dorn: Sitting is Difficult
- Tony Clennell: The Evolution of WTF’s
- Rachel Dorn: Glazed Mugs for Storytelling Show
- Dawn Whitehand: Sunday Studio Visit – Filling Custom Orders
Tips and Technical
How can I become a more efficient or knowledgeable potter?
- Jenni Ward: Clay in the Classroom: Staying Organized
- Carol Clarkson: Firing a Large Platter
- Whynot Pottery: Did you
- Big Ceramic Store: Stoneware Wind Chimes
- Marian Williams: I’m Getting Copper Reds Again! What I Was Doing Wrong.
- Linda Starr: Petri Dishes, Oxide Mixing Dishes
Finished Work
Where can I see inspiring pottery?
- Tony Clennell: Would you like fries with that?
- Tony Clennell: A Casual Smoker
- Whynot Pottery: Ms. B Just in time for more summer fun
- DirtKicker PoTTerY: words on pottery
- Barb Rogers: What’s new with painting?
- Rachel Dorn: New Glazed Work
- Carole Epp: emerging artist: Amelia Butcher
- Gary Rith: princes and dragons….
- Tony Clennell: A Bloody Canvas
- At the water’s edge! Beachfront Pottery blog: Ceramic art pieces (part 1 of 5) in the 5th Central Time Ceramics exhibit at Bradley University
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Featured Potter | Vessel Experiments by German Artist Johannes Nagel
- Kitty’s Granada Studio: New Pots for a New Exhibition
- Gary Rith: July fest this weekend in Binghamton, NY!
- Patricia Griffin Ceramics: Swimming along
- JMN Pottery: Busy, busy, busy!
- Brandon Phillips: New Work on Etsy!
- andrew widdis: Small footed bowl.
- Caroline in clay: This is what happens when…
- John Bauman: STARwhite Carolina Clay
- FetishGhost: Collaborating With the Hands that Hold
- Carole Epp: emerging artist: Ella Valge-Saar
- Whynot Pottery: It’s getting to be a lot like
- Blog – Clay By Laura: Getting In Shape
- Bloomer Pottery Blog: New work for sale!
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Andile Dyalvane: “Camagu” at Friedman Benda, New York
- Barb Rogers: A Jar of roses, with or without a lid
- Gaea Ceramic Bead and Art Studio Blog: New Sets and Giveaway…
- Gary Rith: back into it…
- Barb Rogers: Bears on mugs, oh my!
- Gary Rith: the tale of the elephant in the PJs….
- meesh’s pottery: It’s a Celebration Weekend!
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Sponsor | Annual Bray Auction Launches with 3 Outstanding Collaborative Works
- Carole Epp: emerging artist: Talon Smith
- Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Cheng-Ou Yu
- Art By Fuzzy – News: Mugs from the First Half (of 2016)
- Catherine White: something extra
- Rachel Dorn: Lidded Jars with Spoons
- Barb Rogers: Planters are finished!
- Gary Rith: some new mugs and ideas for them…
- Tony Clennell: Results from the Minnesota Fireball
- Gary Rith: putting on your A game
- Carole Epp: emerging artist: Jihyun Kim
- Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Kat Hutter and Roger Lee
- Jose Maria Mariscal: OIL SPOT
- Barnbarroch Pottery: Pots for Potfest in the Park
- April Noble Studio: Critique
- Tony Clennell: T is served
- Artworks of Johnson Tsang: Looking for a Star
- Carole Epp: emerging artist: Amanda Dexheimer
- Patricia Griffin Ceramics: New work at Vault Gallery
- Tim Lake Ceramics: The ‘Pocket Rocket’
- Barb Rogers: Mugs and bowls Monday
Thoughts
What can I ponder while making pottery and ceramic art?
- John Bauman: Real Dreams
- Rebecca Lyn Beaird: How can there be art after ferguson?
- CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: The art of decoration
- zephyrvalleypottery: Living my best life
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Commentary | Josh Green of NCECA and Garth Clark on the Way Forward
- Tony Clennell: What’s the best schoolin’?
- CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Uncomfortable questions for the arts
Interviews and Podcasts
What do potters have to say?
- The Potters Cast: Making a Choice to Be What You Want | Nikki Mizak | Episode 228
- The Potters Cast: A Skutt Champion | Herrick Smith | Episode 229
- Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 148: Jeni and Forrest Gard on socially engaged craft
- The Potters Cast: A Woman in Art | Lauren Gallaspy | Episode 230
- The Potters Cast: A Family Story of Clay | Risa Nishimori | Episode 231
- Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 149: Kathy Erteman on straddling the art and design worlds
- The Potters Cast: Getting Past the Fear of Waste | Ian F. Thomas | Episode 232
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Art + Interview | Elizabeth Jaeger Discusses Her Work
- Gard Studios: Tales of the Red Clay Rambler Podcast
- The Potters Cast: Finding Values | Robert Piepenburg | Episode 232
- The Potters Cast: Rekindling a Love for Clay | Sarah Thompson | Episode 234
- The Potters Cast: Some Thoughts On Social Media | Matthew Schiemann | Episode 235
Opportunities
What’s out there for potters?
- Carole Epp: call for entry: 49th National Port Hacking Potters Competition
- Carole Epp: call for entry: Good Things … Come in Small Packages – Juror: Doug Peltzman
- Carole Epp: call for entry: 4th Annual Cup Show & Sale juried by Courtney Murphy
- Carole Epp: job posting: Adjunct Assistant Professor in Ceramics, Ohio University in Ohio
- Jose Maria Mariscal: CRYSTALLINE WORKSHOPS IN MY STUDIO / CURSO DE CRISTALIZACIONES EN MI ESTUDIO
- Carole Epp: Zach Tate & Tom Bartel: Death and Taxes
- Carole Epp: call for entry: LEAP awards
- Carole Epp: workshop: THE PRINTED FIGURE: Cristina Córdova and Jason Bige Burnett
- Carol Clarkson: Call for Entries, Potter’s Council Juried Show
- jenallenceramics: Potters Council Event October 8, 2016
- Carole Epp: call for entry: A National Juried and Invitational Cup Show
- Carole Epp: call for entry: Set the Table @ Studio 550
- Carole Epp: call for entry: Upcoming events @ Clay Arts Vegas
The Rest
What else do potters blog about?
- Jenny Mendes: Kakiemon: a history of making Japanese porcelain
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: NewsFile | Floods Strike the Porcelain Capital of China
- Gary Jackson: So Many…
- Ashleigh Christelis Ceramics: This is heavy, just a warning
- Rebecca Lyn Beaird: Becca’s Must Reads: Archives, Spring 2016
- Gary Rith: the millions of odds and ends it takes to make a pot….or at least, get it in front of YOU
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Oddity | Swedish Study Finds Bronze-Age Pottery Crafted by Children
- Big Ceramic Store: Functional Accessories For Your Clay Projects
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Technology | Ceramic Water Filters Prevent Illness in Cambodia
- Art By Fuzzy – News: The Elkhart ArtWalk Was Great
- Sandy Miller: Recap of Shows and catch up
- Jenni Ward: Create with Clay Project Book 4 is out!
- meesh’s pottery: It’s Official!
- DirtKicker PoTTerY: Stamp Organizer Dream Cart – Ikea Hack
- John Bauman: Daybreak
- Joel Cherrico Pottery: Cosmic Geode: Lunar Pottery Giveaway and Colorful Cosmic Mugs
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | Bone China Throwing Tools by RCA Student Christopher Riggio
- Liz Crain Ceramics: In Which I Find My Art Reception Mojo
- Clay Club: Recap: July Clay Club at the Melting Mountain Pottery “kiln zone” in Marshall
- John Britt Pottery: Karen Karnes, Remembered by Mark Shapiro
- Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Summer of Ceramics
- Tony Clennell: Still Kickin’ at 92
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Art | Vases that Encourage Those Shipping them to Play Rough
- Peter Gregory: I’m enjoying decorating! Dealing with the ACC… An appeal for help…
- Blog – Clay By Laura: Hot Hot Hot – The Dog Days Of Summer Are Here !
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: NewsFile | Garth Clark Remembers Karen Karnes, 1925 – 2016
- Tony Clennell: Canada wins Silver!
- Hannah McAndrew: Long Time No Blog
- Tony Clennell: Do you approve???
- Carol Clarkson: Making Time to Make Pottery
- Bloomer Pottery Blog: New Work & Clayscope Sale
- Gary Rith: ten years blogging…whoa 🙂
And that’s a wrap. Thanks for reading!
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