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Clay Blog Review: July 2012

August 3, 2012 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz Leave a Comment

Highlighting the best of the ceramics and pottery blogs over the past month. In case you missed something.

Process and Technique

  • Paul Jessop has a lot of pots in progress.
  • Jeanette Manchester Harris finds some momentary inspiration.
  • DirtKicker Pottery tells of reglazing a fired piece of pottery,
  • Emily Murphy shows how she makes square plates on the wheel.
  • Hannah McAndrew finishes lots of pots.
  • Jerry works on mug sets.
  • Carole Epp shares a video of throwing a pitcher:

  • Mea Rhee makes elephants without electricity.
  • Melissa at Raging Bowl is Meditating on Mugs (400!).
  • Ben Carter tiles patterns on cups and lectures on Using color to alter pattern and form.

  • Rachel Dorn shares her Summer Studio Progress and works on bike part bulbs and other clay + bike parts sculptures.
  • Amy Huacani loads the kiln.
  • Scott Reed works on Custom Goblets, throws with a mirror and shares a Little Vid about throwing a lidded jar:

  • Scott Cooper has been making pots.
  • Luke Langholz has Two weeks to go before show time.
  • Tony Clennell describes Toning Your Bottom.
  • Art by Fuzzy has Pottery in Progress.
  • Angela Walford has a lot going on in july.
  • Rob considers a change in his work.
  • Judy Abdelaziz has a few Vases and a teapot and Uses bolts for texture.
  • Linda Starr is working on towers.
  • Ann Tubbs layers patterns for surface depth.
  • Ron Philbeck has an update From the Studio.

  • Aaron Sober decorates pots.
  • Lori Watts tries Two Things to make a wavy plate and shows how she makes Rope-Textured Handles.
  • Glynnis Lessing shares a few thoughts On Disappointment.
  • Jake Johnson gives a bud vase tutorial.
  • Michael Kline makes shows off a few new pots.
  • Gary Jackson works on his favorite form.
  • Doug Fitch has a massive video update.

  • Jeanette Manchester Harris makes Clay Picture Frames.

Tips and Technical

  • John Britt found the PDF ^10 glaze recipe collection to end all PDF collections and shares some Shaner Red Recipes.
  • Marian Williams shares the magic of magic water and a tip to keep gold lustre from tipping over.
  • Meagan Chaney tests a low fire base glaze with mason stains.
  • Art by Fuzzy shares a few studio notes and finds a texture machine.
sprinkler texture

sprinkler texture

  • Barbara Rogers shares a little bit about recycling clay.
  • Glaze Recipe Sharing: Black Magic ^10 Reduction.
  • Rob shows off his new bat system.
  • Melissa from the Ceramic Shop shares some info about Amaco glazes.

Recent Work

  •  Scott Reed shows off a Custom Order and shows how to keep Paula Dean out of your butter.
  • Barbara Rogers completes a Tree goddess, some bathroom items and Fluted bowls.
  • Marian Williams posts a video of the Kiln Opening:

  • Kings Creek Pottery has re-fired results and more photos.
  • DirtKicker Pottery has a few Celtic Goblets.
  • FetishGhost shows some results of Collaboration.
  • Hollis Engley has pots with coffee beans.
  • Linda Starr has Something Fishy Going On.
  • Amy Woo has some finished work.
  • Ron Philbeck unloads the kiln wand shares the images:

  • Clementina Ceramics finishes some dishes for a client.
  • Round Rabbit has another colorful shop update and another.
  • Dennis Allen has Lotsa Pictures of pottery.
  • Luke Langholz is finishing pots in a Heatwave.
  • Hannah McAndrew has some wood fired slipware

  • Linda Starr has finished Lots of Towers and more.
  • Sequoia Miller has some new pots for Etsy.
  • Art y Fuzzy has some images of recently fired work.
  • Mea Rhee has New Pots for Artscape:

  • Patricia Griffin is making work and making sales.
  • Angela Walford has a surprise post of new work.
  • Dahlhaus talks espresso.
  • Ann shares some recent results.
  • Alex Cluck has some hand carved pendants.
  • Alison Arnold is Preparing for Spring.
  • Rob experiments with underglaze pencils.

Thoughts

  • Carter Gillies
    • “Beauty is subjective” Oh yeah? Says who?

What I would argue is that agreement isn’t always the test of a thing’s worth. Its not THAT we agree that is important as much as why we agree and what we are agreeing about.

    • The secret life of mysteries…
    • Talking about pottery
    • Monty Python help explain pottery, language, and the imagination (and who doesn’t love Monty Python?!)
    • The Ministry of Pots “Trust me to stretch a metaphor beyond recognition…”
  • Michael Kline writes of Change.

Boredom with one’s work is not necessarily a negative thing. Not recognizing when we are bored is.

  • Ben Carter – Clay: The Good Obsession
  • Scott Cooper – Unknown Knowns

It occurs to me that there is tons of evidence that such things can be less mysterious: the work of hundreds of other potters I admire.

Interviews

  • Ben Carter: Nicole Teng and Brut Cake.
  • Connie Norman: Don Davis – Plinth Gallery Artist Interview.
  • Paul Kowalchuck: Louis Mendez.
  • Ben Carter: Caroline Cheng and the Pottery Workshop.
  • Jesse Lu Bain: Jenny Gawronski.

The Rest

  • Tracey Broome shares images and descriptions from By Example.
  • Ron Philbeck talks of FB vs. Blog, Craft Shows, a bit more about shows, and Pugmill Repair:

  •  Patricia Bridges puts the lamp in ceramic lamps.
  • Joy Tanner has a New Artist Statement.
  • Dan Finnegan shares some history of Winchcombe.
  • Lucy Fagella can rapwrap. (Maybe she can rap too?)
  • Paul Jessop gets in on the FB vs. Blog discussion.
  • The Modern Pottery Studio shares Dieter Rams’ Ten Design Principles.
  • Catherine White reflects on her time at Penland.
  • Yolande Clark shares a lot of images of The Kiln Coming Along.
  • Dawn Whitehand solves her problem of the local ceramic supply store closing.
  • Kristen Kieffer gets some Fabulous Fan Mail.
  • Marian Williams Made Her Own Bamboo Brushes and shares a Studio Tour Video:

  • Hollis Engley is not an electrical engineer.
  • FetishGhost (and Aaron Sober) share a few notes from juror Jack Troy.
  • Dennis Allen can’t take his pots anywhere.
  • Ann Tubbs tells how she upgraded the exhaust vent window.
  • Tony Clennell discovers that there will be a course designed for becoming a professional potter.
  • Whitney Smith shares some notes about people in her booth.
  • Dahlhaus will not be at any summer shows.
  • Ivan Wozniak drops some knowledge about art deco.

The End.

If you come across something that should be included or have a suggestion for the future let me know. Thanks for reading!

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