Clay Blog Review: July 2014

Hey clay peeps, another month is in the books. That means it’s time to take a look at all the great blogging that transpired in July. Or if you just tuned in, check out last month’s CBR and all the Reviews before that.

The Can’t Miss

The gems.

• JEANETTE MANCHESTER HARRIS: A Jar with a Perfectly Fitting Lid
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: Decorating the Rim on an Oval Casserole
• FetishGhost’s Secret Studio: Peeking in Our SideDoor
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: How to Make a Faceted Mug – Part 1
• Bentham Pottery: How to make Quarls
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: How to Make a Faceted Mug – Part 2
• NCECA Blog: Weathered Surfaces – Rhonda Willers in the Process Room
• Fine Mess Pottery: That One Image Transfer Technique
• Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: Measuring Shrinkage
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Another Video : Platter Stamping Demo

• Hobby Potter – Artist Tammy Jo Schoppet Official Blog: 30 Bowls ~ 30 Days ~ 30 Techniques

Process and Technique

How it’s doin’. How it’s done.

• Sue Pariseau Pottery: June Woodfiring
• Tony Clennell: Bastard porcelain
• Acorn Pottery: interrupting the flow
• Alchemy of Clay: Glaze step 1 Mandala wall hangings
• Mom Cave Pottery: Cobra stamp for mugs
• Tony Clennell: cuff in the lug
• Blue Starr Gallery: Sgraffito Before and After
• Peter’s Pottery: Geese, Spoonbills, Greek pots, Fermentation, and Firing!
• Pottery, Sculpture (and a few poems): Tall vase
• The Hopeful Potter: 07.07.14
• Claying Thoughts: Clay Nameplates for Home
• musing about mud: technical tuesday: Throwing / Making a Flat Porcelain Teapot with Hsin-Chuen Lin
• Blue Starr Gallery: Driftwood Handled Baskets
• Tony Clennell: Excess is never enuff!
• FetishGhost’s Secret Studio: FireFlies Bones & Angels
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Bowls On Purpose… With A Twist
• Tony Clennell: Definition of Craft
• Peter’s Pottery: Good pots and Things that go Bump… in the Kiln! A Cautionary Tale!
• Blue Starr Gallery: Baskets, Mushroom and Flower
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Class Bowl Demo : Trimming & Finishing
• Whistle Creek: Life Gets Tedious
• musing about mud: technical tuesday: Rolling a foot on a plate with New Earth Clay Pottery

• Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: Another Bike Wheel Base
• CleanMud: Pulled Handles
• Fine Mess Pottery: So Many Plates
• Hannah McAndrew: Slip and sunshine
• Barnbarroch Pottery: Out of this World at ‘Potfest in the Park’
• Kitty’s Granada Studio: More Bird
• Blue Starr Gallery: Revisions
• weddwould: Pot culture
• part time pottery: Once Fire in Progress…
• New Day Pottery: Creative Day
• FetishGhost’s Secret Studio: Image Transfer and Carving

• meesh’s pottery: Summer returns to North Carolina
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: New Mugs, What a Relief
• musing about mud: movie day: Alternative methods of ceramic shaping / The Blast / Adam Železný / UMPRUM
• part time pottery: A Busy Week….
• Hannah McAndrew: Post Potfest Tiredness

• riverwife clay: full vessels, embossed textures and pigeons
• Alchemy of Clay: Geometry approximati
• Combat Medic to Ceramic Artist…a Disabled Veteran’s Story: Lady Liberty – Update
• Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: Larger Base (in progress) for Spinning Bike Wheel
• Liberty Stoneware: Updates in Photos

Tips and Technical

Tricks of the trade.

• Clay Club: Ceramic Quiz 5
• Matt’s Ceramic Action: Started out with Kamada Koji’s big bang glaze in mind.
• Clay Club: Ceramic Quiz 9
• A Love Affair With Clay: Aventurine Glazes: I Have One! A Gift!
• Blue Starr Gallery: Use A Straw

Recent Work

The goods.

• riverwife clay: pre-market photoshoot
• Blue Starr Gallery: Akira Satake Workshop Results
• Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: Bike Wheel Modifications
• Gary’s third pottery blog: bowled over…
• Pottery, Sculpture (and a few poems): Rotations
• Pottery, Sculpture (and a few poems): …a few things
• Michael Douglas – Blog + New Work: Work for Disaster show
• trista hudzik pottery: Salt fired love!
• trista hudzik pottery: Salt fired love, the grand finale!
• Whynot Pottery Blog: Teaching an old dog
• Emma Smith Ceramics: Wood Season
• Kim Murton: Yesterdays firing
• meesh’s pottery: The results are in
• Euan The Potter: I remove the bricks from the kiln door two at a time
• Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: inspiration.
• this artist’s life: new work this weekend
• The Rabbit Muse: Shop update TOMORROW, Friday July 11th!
• Mom Cave Pottery: Cobra mug
• Tony Clennell: Nope!
• Jose Maria Mariscal – Ceramicas Mariscal: [no title]
• Stray Dog Pottery Blog: Congratulations – Peyton & Rachelle
• Art by Fuzzy: Glaze Fire Results from May
• dahlhaus: Mid-Summer Up-date and New Vases
• Blue Starr Gallery: Green Muse, Refired
• Gary’s third pottery blog: lions and tigers and bears OH MY!
• part time pottery: blue blue blue blue blue blue
• Learning to be Fearless: Still chasing after texture
• Alchemy of Clay: Cat paws
• Whynot Pottery Blog: Testing out Ms. B
• Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: Paper Layers
• part time pottery: Firing the last of it.
• The Rabbit Muse: Shop update TOMORROW, Friday July the 25th!
• Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: New Stacking Gear Piece
• Gary’s third pottery blog: mugshot Monday and MORE
• WALLYWARE: You say tomato, I say “Fun art project!”
• Kim Murton: stock for upcoming Art in the Pearl
• Kristen Kieffer: Free to Be…Yunomi

Thoughts

Philosophizing.

• NCECA Blog: A Passion for Clay
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Art’s ambition
• Tracey Broome: It ain’t cheap, it ain’t easy

Interviews

Talkin’ pots.

• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: Carter Pottery: Garth Clark on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast
• Patricia Griffin Studio: What do Nick Joerling, Seth Godin, Alyson Stanfield and Carolyn Edlund have in common?
• The Potters Cast: Stefan Andersson | Stephan Andersson Ceramics | Episode 24
• jenallenceramics: Simon Levin: Potter of the Month
• The Potters Cast: Ben Carter | Tales of a Red Clay Rambler | Episode 25
• Brian R. Jones Ceramics: ep.#54 Matthew Causey
• Sawdust & Dirt: The Sawdust and Dirt Podcast, Finally!
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: Carter Pottery: Alleghany Meadows on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast
• The Potters Cast: Chris Snedden | Chris Snedden Pottery |Episode 26
• The Potters Cast: Adam Field | Adam Field Pottery | Episode 27
• Brian R. Jones Ceramics: ep.#55 Forrest Lesch-Middelton
• The Potters Cast: Kim Murton | Kim Murton Ceramics | Episode 28
• weddwould: Bigmouth Strikes Again
• The Potters Cast: Gina Feddersen | Isola Bella | Episode 29

The Rest

Everything else.

• musing about mud: movie day: The Potter from Turquoise Mountain
• ang design blog: the big clay day out…
• A Love Affair With Clay: Wooden Stamps For Pottery
• Combat Medic to Ceramic Artist…a Disabled Veteran’s Story: Artist Statement
• Tony Clennell: Things that work!
• Fine Mess Pottery: Need a Website?
• Shambhala Pottery: Interesting selling quandry
• paul the potter: Barrington Pottery Meets HRH Prince Charles
• Art by Fuzzy: Pottery Weekend
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Icheon Master Hands : Korean Ceramics

• Liberty Stoneware: Traveling Potter Part II
• A Love Affair With Clay: How To Set Up A Marketing Stall For Your Pottery
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: Google Webmaster Tools and Other Geekery
• Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist: Pit Firing Ceramics – The Book Launch At Last!
• Shambhala Pottery: Where will we go from here.
• Blue Starr Gallery: Pottery Displays & Surfacing Ecourse
• Hannah McAndrew: I Give You The Baluster Jug
• Learning to be Fearless: A larger studio
• Carol Clarkson Pottery Blog: LONG Butane Lighter for Kiln Lighting
• Tony Clennell: Sitting on the can at Peter’s Valley
• Art by Fuzzy: Clay Studio Notes: July 2014
• This Week At St. Earth: gratitude
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Mom’s Handmade Pottery Aprons Are Back !!!
• Lucy Fagella Pottery: The Pottery Studio Re-Design
• musing about mud: guest post: “show us your influences” with Amanda Barr
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Chess Camp : Complete
• Joel Cherrico Pottery: American Craft Council, “A Potter’s Journey: Art Experiences Outside the College Classroom”
• BPracticalPottery’s Blog: Opportunity: Show musing your inspiration
• A Love Affair With Clay: Women Who Fire With Wood
• Mug Revolution’s blog: Telling it like it is: Mel Jacobson

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