Great Pottery Blogging from the Past Month

Welcome back to the Clay Blog Review. Or if it’s your first time, thanks for taking a look. This is where you will find some of the best pottery blogging from the past month. If you missed last month, you can go see the Clay Blog Review: April 2016.

May was a busy month for the pottery bloggers. Lots of great work coming out of the kilns, prepping for and attending festivals, wrapping up the school year, pictures of flowers and sunshine, and even a new book!

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The Can’t Miss

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

• Carol Clarkson Pottery Blog: Water Color Green (Steven Hill)
• Big Ceramic Store: Liquid Latex For Design and Protection
• Anna’s Ceramics: Wedding Favours – a technique using moulds
• Big Ceramic Store: Darts For Aesthetics
• Ceramic Artists Now: AKAR’s Yunomi Invitational Isn’t about TeaBowls… It’s WAY more Interesting
• Big Ceramic Store: Sgraffito in Terra Sigillata With BCS Customer Lisa Harnish – Part 1
• Barnbarroch Pottery: Mega making – the run up to Spring Fling
• John Britt Pottery: Great article on bisque
• CFile: Fashion | Hit the Block in a Pair of Porcelain-Inspired Sneakers
• Pottery Making Blog: Mastering the Potter’s Wheel by Ben Carter – Book Review

If you haven’t considered Ben Carter’s new book “Mastering the Potter’s Wheel” you should definitely take a look. It is fantastic!

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Just like that, a quarter of 2016 has passed. Have no fear, the pottery bloggers are still going strong. There are a few stories and some content from NCECA making it’s way out into the world. There were some great videos shared this month, including some from the potters of periscope. Thanks to all the bloggers who take the time to share their thoughts, struggles, tips, process and more.

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The Can’t Miss

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

• The Potters Cast: Die As An Individual | Robin Hopper | Episode 195
• Joel Cherrico Pottery: We broke the Pottery World Record!!
• Lucia Pottery: Making Oval Pitchers
• NCECA Blog: Artists & Accounting, now online!
• Ariel Bowman Ceramics: The White Hart
• News – Pottery Making Info: Pottery Blog Series – Planning a Blog

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