Great Pottery Blogging from the Past Month

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The Can’t Miss

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

• Pottery Making Blog: Clay Blog Review: July 2017
• Peter Gregory: How the wood fired kiln works!
• Lori Watts: Garden Inspired Slip Inlay
• Big Ceramic Store: String and Underglaze for Unique Patterns
• Rachel Dorn: Under Glazing Three-Color Pods: Part 1
• Pottery Making Blog: 13 Pottery Decorating Techniques and Tips
• Sparano Arts » Feed: Every cup needs a bottle
• dicklehman: A CONVERSATION WITH DICK LEHMAN

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Process and Technique

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

• Rachel Dorn: Under Glazing Text Bulbs
• Kim Murton: Studio today- bisque and greenware
• Tony Clennell: Adjusting my meds
• Marian Williams: Rabbit Trails: My Nemesis
• Tony Clennell: Potter’s Condoms- Size Large
• Barb Rogers: Yoga cats continuing
• Gary Jackson: Textured & Painted
• Sparano Arts » Feed: Carving a double wall vessel

• Tony Clennell: Don’t Quit Your Day Job!
• Dawn Whitehand: Pit Firing Community Project – The Creative Legacy of Edna Walling.
• Rachel Dorn: What’s On My Plate
• Gary Jackson: Anonther Packed Bisque Kiln
• Gary Jackson: Collaboration Countdown
• Gary Jackson: Glaze Inlay In The Stamped Indentations
• Kyle Carpenter: Painting pots on a Saturday evening.
• Tony Clennell: Potter’s Tag

Well the money is gone and I’m thinking of making for the market place again. The lower the bank account the tighter the pots!

• Rachel Dorn: Under Glazing Three-Color Pods: Part 2
• Acorn Pottery: box in a box
• Kim Murton: Days work
• Linda Starr: Elevated Cat Bowl, Pinch Slab Coil
• Gary Jackson: Bowls With Stamped & Fluted Rims

Tips and Technical

How can I become a more efficient or knowledgeable potter?

• Sparano Arts » Feed: What to do with a closed form
• Mom Cave Pottery: Thermocouple Replacement
• Liz Crain Ceramics: Reclaiming Clay: A Rationale and Pictorial How-To
• Porcelain By Antoinette Badenhorst – Blog Details: Kilns suitable for porcelain
• Hints and Tips for the Potter: 53. I LOVE MY SHIMPO ASPIRE WHEEL.
• Lori Watts: FAB Raku Results, & Recipe
• Big Ceramic Store: Making Multiple Clay Handles
• BHClaysmith – Atom: Ahhh…Earthenware for Beads!
• Sparano Arts » Feed: Bottles vs Pitchers
• Carol Clarkson: Adding Decals and Gold Overglaze
• Sparano Arts » Feed: Elevate your cup, make a goblet

Finished Work

Where can I see inspiring pottery?

• Lori Buff: Iridescent Batter Bowl
• The Cloud Pottery: Magpie {55}
• Tony Clennell: Truly Free
• flyeschool.com: August 4th 2017
• WALLYWARE: The world’s greatest tomato art pots!
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Hit and Miss — All Part of the Process
• Whynot Pottery: Who’s there?
• Carol Clarkson: Stencils on Pottery
• ang design blog: Ash Glazing…
• Marshall Colman: NEW CERAMICS BY MARSHALL COLMAN
• Marshall Colman: NEW CERAMICS BY MARSHALL COLMAN
• andy priestman: Photo
• Gary Jackson: Soda-Fired : Texured Slab & Wheelthrown Combo Mugs
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Soda Pots
• Whynot Pottery: Mugs!
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Summer Flock
• Jose Maria Mariscal: WORLD CERAMIC ART AND CRAFT BIENNALE
• Barb Rogers: Red Sunflower inspiration
• Pottery, Sculpture (and a few poems): Recent pots
• Blog – Kara Leigh Ford Ceramics: Time for something a little bit different…

• Rachel Dorn: Chain Mugs
• Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: falling.
• Kim Murton: Some finished pieces and the abstract head
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Intimate Confessions + Awkward Moments in Julie Green’s ‘My New Blue Friends’
• Blog – Clay By Laura: You Can Help!
• Shaun Hall’s Raku Ceramics Blogspot: New work at Galleries just in!
• At the water’s edge! Beachfront Pottery blog: Unexpectedly social manta rays swim in friendly circles
• Barb Rogers: Glazes interacting with each other
• Tim Lake Ceramics: Wow it’s been ages….and it’s been so busy…
• Jenni Ward: New Video: Drone Footage of the Umbel Series Installation

• Tony Clennell: A bird in the hand
• Barb Rogers: Sunflower bowl
• Mom Cave Pottery: More Minis
• Marshall Colman: ISIS CERAMICS

Thoughts

What can I ponder while making pottery and ceramic art?

• John Bauman: Moments
• Tony Clennell: An Applause Free Room
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Talking Points | Copyright, Intellectual Property and Derivative Works

Interviews and Podcasts

What do potters have to say?

• The Potters Cast: Being In Between | Nick Kesler | Episode 341
• The Potters Cast: Chasing the Dream | Parker Hunt | Episode 342
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Podcast | Launching Cfile.org’s ‘Casita Confessions with Garth Clark’
• The Potters Cast: Exposure that Creates an Explosion | Dana Bechert | Episode 343
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 188: Simon Levin on understanding the dynamics of wood firing
• Blog – objective clay: A Conversation Between Deb Schwartzkopf & Shawn Spangler
• The Potters Cast: Finding His Way Back to Clay | Gus Villalobos | Episode 344
• The Potters Cast: Bringing Color to Life | Dean McRaine | Episode 345
• The Potters Cast: A Conversation on Instagram Strategies | Gina Zycher | Episode 346
• The Potters Cast: Production Potter Stars His Own Production | Kevin Leiva | Episode 347
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 189: Jacob Meer and Ian Connors on their apprenticeship experience
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 190: Learning to wood fire at Simon Levin’s Mill Creek Pottery
• The Potters Cast: Potter, Pilot, Musician, Farmer… | Martin Swart | Episode 348
• The Potters Cast: An Eye for Building Relationships | Trevor Youngberg | Episode 349
• Blog – objective clay: Conversation with A. Blair Clemo and Emily Schroeder Willis

Opportunities

What’s out there for potters?

• Clay Club: Call for entries for the Fine Contemporary Craft Exhibition at Artspace in Raleigh, North Carolina
• NCECA Blog: NCECA Student Opportunities!
• John Britt Pottery: Let’s Help Stan Anderson

The Rest

What else do potters blog about?

• BPracticalPottery’s Blog: #Muglibrary
• Tony Clennell: My Dirty Little Secret
• Carol Clarkson: International Ceramic Artists Network
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Talking Points | Brick-and-Mortar Art Galleries are Closing, Why + What’s Next?
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | Ceramics that Go Smashy for Art, Performance and Therapeutic Relief

• John Bauman: John Wilts Booth
• paul the potter: The Pottery Show season is in full swing 2017
• John Bauman: Follow-Up
• June Perry: RESTORED 1930’S VIDEO OF JAPAN POTTERY VILLAGE MASHIKO

• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Soda Ash & Baking Soda
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Soda Ash & Baking Soda 2
• Tony Clennell: Staggering around half loaded
• Gary Jackson: More Handmade Pottery Aprons
• Jenni Ward: Video: Umbel Series | Dandelion Time Lapse
• paul the potter: Barrington Pottery Blog Back on Track
• Marshall Colman: GEORGE J. COX, PIONEER POTTER
• zephyrvalleypottery: A Bad Marketing Plan
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Spotted | UPDATED Modular Mugs, Mankey’s Giant Feet and more!
• zephyrvalleypottery: “Riding the Dragon”
• Marshall Colman: HUNGARIAN STUDIO CERAMICS
• Lori Watts: The Smell of the Crowd
• Pots and pieces: Summer Kiln Opening, Firing 97, Mark Hewitt Pottery.

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