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Clay Blog Review – January 2012

February 2, 2012 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 1 Comment

Back at it in the year 2012.  Slightly reorganized and still looking for the best blog posts from the past month.

Process and Techniques

  • FetishGhost shares a video of Jessica Fong cutting a foot ring by hand and decorating a platter.

  • DirtKicker Pottery extrudes handles with a pugger.
  • Lorri Buff has a video of throwing sets.

  • Liz Crain repairs a broken handle.
  • Mea Rhee shows how her graphic design experience helps her as a potter.
  • Paul Jessop has work in progress… and more.
  • Luke Langholz also has work in progress and bowls in progress and more.
  • Hannah McAndrew is  slip trailing and working on jugs and more jugs.
  • Lorri Watts makes a big bowl into something unique and shows the steps she used to make a flower brick.
  • Gary Jackson stamps mugs and ovals and talks about his signature.
  • Kyle Houser works on cups and wants feedback.
  • Jemarick Art shows work on an orchid pot… and another.
  • Cinderelish shares a short clip of trimming a large bowl.
  • Liberty Stoneware has images and videos of working on not-milkpans and shows off the “evil” pugmill.

  • Carole Epp shares a video about Max Cheprack’s extrusions.
  • Raven Hill Pottery prepares for Valentine’s Day.
  • Barnbarroch Pottery is working on boats, more boats… a little further along.
  • Marian Williams shares notes on glazing and firing.
  • Doug Fitch works on bowls and decorates jugs and makes bigger pots.
  • Linda Starr shares a pit fire pictorial and shows how she makes a pedestal bowl and admits sometimes things don’t turn out how she planned.
  • Michael Kline explains a slightly revised plan for his daily routine.
  • Art by Fuzzy has some images of work in progress.
  • Amy Manson shares a link to a collaborative carving experiment.
  • Lucy Fagella shows how parts come together to make a teapot.
  • Potter Jo tests plant imprints.
  • Lisa talks about her colanders.
  • Dawn Whitehand has a slideshow of her saggar bonfire firing.
  • Michael Mahan works on race awards and has video of throwing a bowl.
  • Ang Walford has new pots, stamps and handles.
  • Bfree pottery works with decals.
  • Keith begins the Clay 360 project (video).

  • Video of Cynthia Bringle throwing a goblet.
  • Mom Cave Pottery has an app for trying glaze ideas.

Tips and Technical

  • John Britt shares recipes: Bringle Liner Glaze, Linda’s Yellow Slip, Juicy Turquoise A, and a link to wadding and kiln wash recipes.
  • Also from the Clay Club, Erik shows off 940 glaze tests.
  • Meagan Chaney shares her favorite 04 Crawl Glaze recipe.
  • Lorri Buff talks chamois alternatives.
  • Bill Amsterlaw talks about his woodstove raku.
  • Lorri Watts tells what kind of drain is needed for a vessel sink and more.
  • Amy gets some answers to questions about setting up her studio.
  • Karatsu Pots builds a test kiln and tests it.
  • Michael Mahan shows some glaze layering tests.
  • Diving into the Clay talks Chrome and Manganese.
  • Trace Broome researches clay slabs and discovers going against the grain could be a problem.
  • Zizziba Studio starts good record keeping.

Finished Work

  • Hollis Engley has work from the New Year’s Eve firing and some shino pots.
  • Tammy Jo posts a video of the past year – 365 cups!
  • Lorri Watts has new pots.
  • Luke Langholz shows finished mugs and bowls.
  • Raven Hill Pottery looks back at the top selling item of the year.
  • Clay and Ginger shows video of a kiln opening.
  • Round Rabbit has finished pendants.
  • Peggy has a series of posts with finished pieces such as Up A Creek.
  • Clementina Ceramics has plates with faces.
  • Finished pots from Simple Circle Studios.
  • Bella Joy Pottery shows a preview of the new focus.
  • Aaron Sober has finished functional and decorative work.
  • Russell Wrankle shows a few rectangle tiles.
  • Linda Starr finished some once-fired shrines and some doors and pit fire pieces.
  • Tammy Jo has a slideshow of finished cups.
  • Art by Fuzzy has a variety of pots for the holiday season.
  • Bfree Pottery has finished work.
  • Gary Jackson shows off some glazed textures.
  • Kelly Lynn Daniels has pieces from a recent firing.
  • Patricia Griffin has pod mugs from the woodcut series.
  • Cathie shares some dream keepers.

Thoughts

  • John Bauman shares four reasons why custom orders are “bird repellent”.
  • Ron Philbeck gives his opinion on two statements that he’s tired of hearing.
1.  When people are talking to me about drawing and they say, “I can’t even draw a straight line.”2.  And the statement, “It’s all been done before.”
  • Aaron Sober shares some reasons for going to graduate school.
  • Michael Kline talks about other tools and blogging.
  • Carter Gillies is blogging about blogging.
  • Scott Cooper gets into the meta-blogging as well.
  • Lisa discusses the magic of clay.
  • Rae Dunn on “beautiful ugly”:

one of clay’s biggest life lesson for me is to not have your heart set on something. when you think you want something a certain way, it could turn out in a completely different way and you just might love it evenmore.

  • Dan Finnegan recalls memories of Ray and the motto “To Work is to Pray“.

The Rest

  • The Modern Pottery Studio links to the oral history interview with Warren McKenzie.
  • FetishGhost shares some advice from Austin Kleon.
  • Ben Carter continues his series on how we learn. Also, part 3 and part 4.
  • Lorri Buff encourages updates to your portfolio.
  • Paul Jessop redecorates the showroom.
  • Luke Langholz shares a funny videoabout a potter at an art fair.
  • Judi Tavill (and some visitors) discuss facebook vs. blogs.
  • Whitney Smith shares some marketing advice and asks how bad you want that nasty, dirty, pink and red money.
  • Carole Epp shares a video about 3D ceramic printing (no special glasses required).
  • Michael Kline says you don’t NEED a blog.
  • Clay and Ginger shares a video: 29 ways to stay creative.
  • Karen Mahoney has a (free!) craft fair checklist and a positive review of the mudsponge.
  • Remembering Ray Finch and Emmanuel Cooper: Doug Fitch and part 2, Hollis Engley, Carole Epp, Marian Williams.
  • Linda Starr looks to diversify.
  • KaratsuPots fires the test kiln.
  • Lucy Fagella wishes to be young again, or at least have the stamina of an 18 year old.
  • Patricia Bridges shows that it’s not all about making pots.
  • Neil Hazinski shares a pottery poem.

There you have it.  The best pottery blogging to bring in the new year.  A day later than usual… I guess I forget how long it takes to get all these links together.  But today is tomorrow. It happened.  To all the clay bloggers: thanks for blogging and keep up the good work!  And to all the readers: thanks for reading and feel free to leave some feedback!

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