Clay Blog Review: February 2017

Welcome back to the Clay Blog Review where you can find all the best pottery blogging from the past month!

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And now, on with the review!

The Can’t Miss

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

• Gary Jackson: A “Bag” Full Of Bowls
• Lori Watts: Drive-by Post: A Demo in 5 Pics
• Big Ceramic Store: How To Sculpt An Elephant – Part 5
• Pottery Making Blog: Clay Blog Review: January 2017
• Gary Jackson: Even Less Basic Are These “Basic” Bowls
• Big Ceramic Store: Mixing Glaze and Mason Stains For Effect
• Peter Gregory: Making Wine Goblets a step by step guide!
• Big Ceramic Store: How To Make a Triple Bud Vase
• Barb Rogers: Just bowls and flowers and bees
• Gary Jackson: Oval Casseroles : Now With Lids !!!

Also, if you didn’t catch it on social media, there is a new shirt design in the shop:

Process and Technique

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

• Gary Jackson: Tiny Fun. Mini Stamps.
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Now I’m a ‘Raider’
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Port Painters
• Courtney Martin: Can’t wait to see this collab come out of the kiln!! @j
• Barb Rogers: Celadon appliques on medium bowl
• Patricia Griffin Ceramics: Work in progress
• Gary Jackson: Mini Vases… Trimmed On My Giffin Grip
• Gary Jackson: Casseroles
• Gary Jackson: Stamped.
• Carole Epp: technical tuesday: Creating a Round Slab Cup with a Darted Squared Base From a Textured Slab with a Focal Accent

• Patricia Griffin Ceramics: High tide in the studio
• Gary Jackson: Kiln Filler
• Gary Jackson: More Mugs.
• Kyle Carpenter: Full deco mode over here.
• Big Ceramic Store: Decorative Garden Spikes
• Gary Jackson: Throwing With Intention
• Gary Jackson: Future Flower Pots
• Tony Clennell: Doing Crack!
• Linda Starr: Soy Candle Holder Assembly Line

Tips and Technical

How can I become a more efficient or knowledgeable potter?

• Big Ceramic Store: Graffito Paper Transfers for Pottery
• Gary Jackson: Tinted. So You Can Be Less-Squinted…
• Lori Watts: Well, the Damp Box Works
• Big Ceramic Store: Marx Aztec High Fire Mender and Other Ceramic Mending Agents
• Lori Watts: Flames Good, Flames Bad
• Carol Clarkson: Cone 04 Clear Glaze/ Deb’s Clear Base
• Carol Clarkson: Roul pat mat for clay

16.5 x 24.5″

23 x 31.5″

• Lori Watts: Love is a Clean Burner
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Tech advice for Cone 04
• Carole Epp: technical tuesday: Making Interesting Mug Shapes with Deborah Schwartzkopf

Finished Work

Where can I see inspiring pottery?

• At the water’s edge! Beachfront Pottery blog: Ceramic art pieces in the Shapes of Influence exhibit; part 2: sculptures.
• Patricia Griffin Ceramics: Leaping whales
• Marshall Colman: MY LATEST RANGE OF CERAMICS
• Courtney Martin: Oval with grey stars. #courtneymartinpottery #woodfire
• Lucy Fagella Pottery: Biodegradable Clay Urns
• Marian Williams: Am I Crazy? Copper Red Glazes Versus Simple Oxidation Glazes
• andy priestman: Lidded jar with a copper slip under a pale celadon glaze
• Caroline in clay: Pooling Glaze
• Lori Watts: House Numbers: Mission Accomplished!
• Jenny Mendes:
• WALLYWARE: I’m the guy who makes those electric car mugs.
• Lucy Fagella Pottery: Blue and White, Faceted, Footed Urns
• Marian Williams: Refires…Do They Work, Look Better?
• andy priestman: porcelain lidded jar, clay/ash/lime slip with fly ash glaze
• flyeschool.com: February 11th 2017 Teabowls
• At the water’s edge! Beachfront Pottery blog: Ceramic art pieces in the Shapes of Influence exhibit; part 4: assorted pieces.
• Barb Rogers: Speckled Brownstone with flowers!
• andy priestman: porcelain lidded jar
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Spotted | Floating Crystals, Selfies, a Pothead and more!
• Whynot Pottery: Tiles for 2017
• Courtney Martin: Serving rectangles. And cats! @jasonbburnett #courtneym
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Five show entries
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Yunomis and more
• Barb Rogers: Small bowls
• Carole Epp: emerging artist: Seth Charles
• Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Linda Christianson
• HaldeBlog: New in the shop: J-cut yarn bowls
• Mom Cave Pottery: Devine Vine
• Whynot Pottery: Ms. B in action
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | No Cleanup Required, Aylin Bilgic’s Fluid Porcelain Makes a Splash
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Three Raiders
• Stardust Pottery Blog: Sold
• Rachel Dorn: The Beauty of Clay at Columbia Center for the Arts in Oregon
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Mixing It Up
• Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Rebecca Zweibel
• meesh’s pottery: Ash Glaze Love
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Four February Raiders
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: New square plate
• Tony Clennell: What’s in those nuts?
• HaldeBlog: Recently in the shop: The February Mug
• At the water’s edge! Beachfront Pottery blog: Ceramic art pieces in the 2017 SWIC art faculty exhibit

Thoughts

What can I ponder while making pottery and ceramic art?

• Liz Crain Ceramics: The Courage to Dis-brand
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Recovering the Mojo
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Is this an artist’s statement I should give to the folks at AKAR?
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Intention and Execution
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Repost: The Rules of Communication
• HaldeBlog: What do you do when you feel like you can’t catch up?
• Liz Crain Ceramics: Wabi-sabi and the Two Leonards

Interviews and Podcasts

What do potters have to say?

• The Potters Cast: Creativity in Making and Marketing | Noa Weintraub | Episode 288
• The Potters Cast: Binge Making in a Busy Life | Christopher Melia | Episode 289
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 170: Jane Shellenbarger on ego-free teaching
• The Potters Cast: Carving Through the Layers | Joshua Flicker | Episode 290
• The Potters Cast: Going Small to Go Big | Jon Almeda | Episode 290
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 171: Bryan Hopkins on deconstructing the porcelain vessel
• The Potters Cast: Some Thoughts on Studio Practice | Daniel Gillberg | Episode 292
• The Potters Cast: Finding a Voice that Goes with Your Heart | Lesley McInally | Episode 293
• Blog – objective clay: SNEAK PEEK INVITED ARTIST – REIKO YAMAMOTO
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 172: Wally Higgins on teaching at Alfred University and his time as a Tuskegee Airmen – Special guest Roberto Lugo
• The Potters Cast: Diversify to Thrive | Joan Bruneau | Episode 294
• The Potters Cast: Launching a Studio as an Event | Matthew Vrettas | Episode 295
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 173: Andrea Gill on challenging students to dig deeper
• The Potters Cast: Growlers, Brewers, & Doing Big Installations | Shay Church | Episode 296

Opportunities

What’s out there for potters?

• Carol Clarkson: Trey Hill/ Josh DeWeese Workshop April 15 & 16
• Carole Epp: job posting: ACAD
• Carol Clarkson: CERAMIC RESIDENCY, JUNE – AUGUST 2017, THE BASCOM, HIGHLANDS , NC
• Carol Clarkson: Call for Entries/First Mug Show/Dog’s Eye Gallery
• Carole Epp: job posting: Northern Clay Center
• Carole Epp: call for submissions -Okotoks Art Gallery
• Carole Epp: call for entry: The Salt Spring National Art Prize
• Carole Epp: call for submissions -Okotoks Art Gallery
• Carole Epp: call for entry: The Salt Spring National Art Prize
• Carole Epp: Fusion Conference with Mariko Paterson, Paula Murray and Sarah Pike
• Carole Epp: residency opportunity: Salt Spring Island Artist in Residence AiR program.
• Clay Club: Woodfire NC 2017 in Star, NC with pre-conference events across North Carolina
• Carole Epp: job posting: AB Craft Council Gallery
• Carole Epp: residency opportunity: Lillstreet Art Center
• Carol Clarkson: Woodfire NC, June 8 – 11 , 2017

The Rest

What else do potters blog about?

• Jenni Ward: Video: Packing for NCECA
• meesh’s pottery: Delivery
• Lori Watts: Welcome, Fire Rooster
• Tony Clennell: Faces in the flames
• Ellison Bay Pottery Studios – News: 2017 Marks John Dietrich’s 50 Years in Pottery
• Hints and Tips for the Potter: 52. A COOLING DOWN PERIOD
• Lori Watts: Between the Storms
• Carole Epp: new ceramic publication: The Ceramics Reader

Preorder

• meesh’s pottery: New Clay
• bridges pottery blog: Practical Considerations
• Jose Maria Mariscal: Workshop febrero
• Linda Starr: Studio Tours
• Mea Rhee: A Second Photostand
• Mea Rhee: New Display Shelves, Customized Exactly For Me
• Tony Clennell: America working
• Carole Epp: movie day: A love of Mud ~ Kolkata and the Durga Puja

• Nell Hazinski Ceramics: David Shaner
• Tony Clennell: Collective Energy
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Books | Review of ‘Contemporary Clay and Museum Culture’

Buy It

• Tony Clennell: Come on funny feeling
• Tony Clennell: Sagger Makers Bottom Knocker
• Carole Epp: technical tuesday: Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture Myanmar Pottery

• Carol Clarkson: Art Law by Ann Avery Andres, Esq
• Jenni Ward: Ceramics in the News
• Big Ceramic Store: Glaze Color Charts and Their Use
• Carole Epp: movie day: Gerry Wedd

• Tony Clennell: Bringing Your Own Cheerleaders
• Blog – Kara Leigh Ford Ceramics: Thank you
• Jenni Ward: More Clay, Less Plastic

As always, thanks for reading and sharing! I appreciate your support!

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