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Magic Water is a simple, easy to make solution that will improve the bond when you attach one piece of clay to another. Perfect for making pottery with coils, slabs, or handles.
Make magic water for pottery with 3 simple ingredients in a few minutes. This video shows a recipe and how to combine the ingredients to make your own magic water.
How do you make an amazing pot instead of just a ‘good’ pot? Maybe a new pottery decorating technique or tip will help!
Below you will find some amazing tips and techniques that some of the top pottery bloggers posted in the past year. Including carving, resists, glazing, slip and more.
[Read more…]Are you looking for pottery tips, techniques and advice about making pots? You are in the right place!
Read on to see some of the best pottery bloggers on the internet share their tips and advice for making pots.
Are you always searching for pottery tips and inspiration? Me to! In fact I regularly scan a few hundred pottery blogs to learn more about pottery. You can see the best stuff that I find each month in the Clay Blog Review.
Below is a small sample of the pottery tips, videos and techniques from the pottery blogs in the past 12 months.
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You can recycle clay, or reclaim clay, so it can be used again. Many potters keep their non contaminated (21) clay scraps from trimming, broken greenware, or old throwing slurry (3) to recycle and reuse. As long as clay has not been fired it can be recycled (10, 21). It can be a time consuming process (2), physically demanding and take up a lot of space (14) but it doesn’t have to be an unreasonable amount of work (3). Plus, recycled clay is clay that you don’t have to buy! As the old saying goes, there are about as many ways to recycle clay as there are potters. Many variations are presented below. Find the process that suits your situation the best. Of course, if you have access to a pugmill, it can be used to easily recycle clay. (20).
The most notable hazard to be conscience of when you recycle clay is breathing clay dust from dry clay (11). To be safe, wear a good quality respirator mask and eye protection (14). Also be careful when lifting large amounts of clay to be sure not to strain any part of your body.
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