April has come and gone and it’s been another good month for the clay blogs. If you missed March here is last month’s Clay Blog Review. Also, all the links from NCECA 2013 are in the roundup, not here.
The Can’t Miss
- Graciela Testa Lynt shares how she does that when it comes to glazing striped mugs.
- DirtKicker Pottery keeps it simple trimming lids and throwing knobs.
- Glynnis Lessing gives a quick tutorial about fake wood texture.
- Joel Cherrico shares some thoughts on festivals and sales: Are They Worth It?
- Ang Walford shares images and a video of Tagines.
- Jemerick Art Pottery explains How the doubles were made.
- Meagan Chaney puts together a list of Raw materials needed for low fire glazes.
- Dennis Allen posts an Almost Silent Movie about grinding lids:
Process and Technique
- Judi Tavill is Switching to Brown.
- Bridgman Pottery adds text to pottery.
- Anna uses a nice shellac wash technique.
- Kitty Shepherd works on a FAB new jar.
- Hannah McAndrew shows Tygs and Text and Many Plates and many dots in progress.
- Melinda Marie Alexander has a new line: Mansfield Park and is busy Glazing Backwater Bay.
- Judy Abdelaziz is Happy to be creative again and shares her First YouTube Video:
- Gerry Wedd has a few projects.
- Gary Jackson has A Sweet Treat In The Studio, shows us the Berry Bowl Production, has Another Night Of Stamping and makes Bowls With Design.
- KaratsuPots welcomes you to Slabfest and goes with the flow.
- Steven Colby works on pottery. On Sunday?
- Karen Mahoney shares a few notes from a Yoshinori Hagiwara Demo Workshop.
- Meredith Host shows the making of…Dot Dot Floral.
- Alex Cluck shares a Mushroom box in progress.
- Potter Jo has new work for New firing arrangements.
- Woodfirer is still making as Winter starts up again.
- Tria Turrou is Back to blogging!
- Kim Murton is Painting plates and shows us the Bisque, glaze, and the bottom of the kiln.
- John Britt shares a video of Iwami Trimming:
- Margaret Brampton shows what’s in her studio.
- Michael Kline shares a week of instagram pics.
- Jemerick Art shares some Current studio images.
- Barnbarroch Pottery creates some Leopard spots.
- Mom Cave Pottery recreates Fred Flintstone’s bowl.
- Whynot Pottery is All in.
- Patricia Bridges works on Tripod Girl Pots.
- Matt Fiske shares a video of a Jingdezhen Thrower from a few years back:
- Blaine M. Avery has Pots Cooling.
- Kyle Houser blogs about Mermaids, Hula Girls and Glaze Failures.
- Eleanor Hendriks makes a Fairy House Box.
- Greta Michelle Joachim films Friday throwing.
- Ann Tubbs has demi-lune, in progress.
- Amy Huacani works on This and That- and Birdbaths Again.
- Bulldog Pottery fought the claw and the claw won.
- Liz Crain shows us the Way the Animal Cracker Crumbles.
- Carole Epp shares a video – Hand Building Handles with Bill van Gilder:
Tips and Technical
- Dennis Allen finds Things That Really Suck (good for glazing).
- Lori Watts shares The First Thing to Try for her big project.
- Rachel Dorn discusses Kiln Atmosphere.
- Lori Buff cracks down on Crack Pots and uses Magic Water.
- John Britt shares words of the day: KILN, Gintsugi.
- Patricia Bridges shares The Transporter for carrying pots to the kiln.
- Charles Hughes recalls Adventures in Sparky Kiln land.
- Gary Jackson: even his Test Tiles are fantastic.
Recent Work
- Ang Walford shares images from her marathon photoshoot.
- Phil Rogers posted new work including this Chawan and Wood fired Bottle.
- Dennis Allen posts Pictures, Pictures.
- Meredith Host has installed her “Dot Dot Floral” Wall Piece.
- Bulldog Pottery shares some Samantha Henneke and Bruce Gholson Yunomis.
- Gerry Wedd Gets Glost.
- Bella Joy Pottery has Porcelain Structures.
- Karatsu Pots shares some new pots At long last.
- Ron Philbeck gives us a Video of Latest Pots:
- Wallyware tells us Nikola Tesla, meth addicts and grumpy Republicans all have in common.
- Catherine White shows some daffodil days pots.
- The Createniks get A Seal On It.
- Round Rabbit has a colorful Extra shop update.
- Patricia Bridges shows pots From the Kiln.
- Kyle Houser is Half Way There to the cone 5/6 transition.
- Kathy Catlin fires up Lucille with some fresh glazes.
- Varda Sharon Kramer shows off some Spring colors.
- Tony Clennell does some Black Velvet Painting on his pots.
- Hannah McAndrew shares The Pleasure of Finished Pots and is also Finishing, Flapping, Glazing and Packing.
- Paul Jessop Keeps Calm and Potters on.
- Kitty Shepherd pulls new work Out of the Kiln.
- Whynot Pottery gives us a peek of The Kiln Firing in April.
- Nan Rothwell has a Nice firing.
- Judy Abdelaziz shows New pots fresh out of the kiln:
- Barnbarroch Pottery shows how The Leopard Changed her Spots.
- Daria Claiborne has fantastic work from the April 2013 firing.
- Scott Cooper shares images from an April firing.
- Michael Douglas announces Pottery is here.
- Hollis Engley shows New pots from the kiln.
- Steven Colby gives us pottery, pots & pottery.
- Jemerick Art Pottery completed 3 April Firings, now Seeing Double.
- Blaine Avery shows the After pictures.
- Aaron Sober tells about Leaving out the Salt.
- Tria Turrou shares some colorful New work.
Thoughts
- FetishGhost is Looking for a Dream to Hang my Hat on (Part 1).
- Joel Cherrico is Working Towards a Standard Through Production Pottery.
- Carter Gillies looks for Heroes of the Everyday: An epic post, discusses Teaching ‘Looseness’: The genetic variations of organic art and responds to this video:
Interviews
- Connie Norman shares Lisa Pedolsky Part 2.
- Ben Carter talks to Emily Reason and Prouty, Puryear and Nickel.
- Bfree Clay interviews Brett Kern through email.
- Brian R. Jones talks with Clayton Bailey and Isaac Watson.
The Rest
- A few blogs share the new Brent model N video:
- Tracey Broome won’t Just Bend Over but will compare Outdoor shows vs. indoor shows and sold pendants.
- Lori Buff found the Pottery Notes App.
- Julie Bradley digs up some Red Prairie Dirt.
- John Britt shares a Free Glaze Calculator and says Try going digital.
- David Morrison Pike has a New kintsugi site.
- Dick Lehman shares some info about Kintsugi: Gold Repair of Ceramic Faults.
- Doug Fitch has a couple posts about his trip to Tokyo.
- Carole Epp shares some info about Objective Clay and a video by Jonathan Adler – Keep Other People’s Opinions Out Of Your Creative Process.
- Scott Cooper continues his Penland recap.
- Lori Watts shares a little history about Ceramic Cook Pots and feels that glaze calculation software is So Confusing!
- John Bauman is Getting Back To Pricing.
- The Hopeful Potter changes the pottery display.
- Diane McNeil presents Ask A Potter: Is It Hard To Sell Your Favorite Piece of Pottery?
- Ben Carter shares Highlights from Akar Design’s 2013 Yunomi Invitational.
- Just about everyone shared this:
- Heather Knight explores The Fine Art of Saying “No”.
- Hollis Engley is back … with apologies for going to the dark side (Facebook).
- Diving into the Clay shares things to keep in mind about Shifting A Light as we shoot photos of our pots.
- Michael Mahan is Making more Adjustments to Kiln Arch.
- FetishGhost asks Did Picasso have an Artist Statement? Part 2.
- Ivan Wozniak gives some advice on How to Choose a Pottery Wheel.
And that wraps up another month of pottery blogging. Unless you can suggest something that was missed!
If you’re looking for old editions of the Clay Blog Review you can find them here.
Thanks for reading. Keep potting, Keep blogging!
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