Clay Blog Review: June 2012

• Kelly Lynn Daniels shows how she used an EZ Screen for image creation.
• Kourtney Stone works with fabric dipped in slip.
• Hollis Engley pieces together the shards.
• Kristen Kieffer gets time to play and goes retro:

kristen kieffer: double walled basket

• Amy Huacani shows how to write on bowls.
• Lori Watts shows how she made the pot “of her dreams“
• Modern Pottery Studio shares a video of the Manos Pottery Studio.
• Jemerick Art gets ready for the big trip.
• Karatsu Pots works on a big pot and shares images from a workshop.
• Melissa at the Ceramic Shop makes napkin rings and a ladle.
• Whynot Pottery is working on the wheel.
• Rachel Dorn tells of her buffer week.
• Luke Langholz shows some pots in progress and some bowls.
• Ben Carter decorates some fence jars:

ben carter: fence jar

• Rae Dunn has an army of work in progress.
• Lucy Fagella takes a break and works on her biodegradable urns.
• Ron Philbeck is getting in the groove.
• Mariko A. Brown has new works in process.
• FetishGhost tries some new knobs.
• Michael Kline keeps the brushes limber on some paper plates and shares a very short video.
• Hobby Potter is glazing.
• John Britt shares a video demo by Phil Rogers:

Phil Rogers ‘Throwing Demonstration’ from goldmarkart.com

• Barbara Rogers turns a failed bowl into a fluted bowl.
• King’s Creek Pottery has a brain fart and considers re-firing.
• Gerry Wedd has pieces ready to glaze.

Tips and Technical

• Meagan Chaney shares a low fire Lizard Skin recipe.
• Whynot Pottery offers some tips about materials going wrong.
• Glaze Recipe Sharing: ^6 Frog Pond Green, ^6 Satin Cream/Rust, Sybil’s Black Stain.
• Jake Johnson shares two ways to make holes and shows how to bisque “the big ones“.
• Marian Williams suggests a chamois tip.

marian williams: chamois float

• Lori Watts offers a solution to foaming kiln shelves.
• Kings Creek Pottery has a hot mess of high iron. (They’re not that bad)
• The Hopeful Potter solves a glaze problem.
• FetishGhost finds sprig stars on the ground. (No snickering here!)

Recent Work

• Dahlhaus has some bluetiful work:

heather braun-dahl: teapot and cups (photo by curtis hildebrand)

• Jeanette Manchester Harris shows salt and pepper pieces.
• Barnbarroch has new pots for spring fling.
• Sue Pariseau has mostly bowls and bottles.
• Wild Iris has stackable mugs.
• Daria Claiborne has a variety of new work.
• Linda Starr finished some woven baskets (but they’re made of clay!)
• Barbara Rogers has a variety of work ready for market.
• Catherine White has a series of summer solstice posts. Here’s another. (Nice pottery, photos and words).
• Hollis Engley shows off some cups and bowls.
• Round Rabbit always has colorful jewelry.
• Jemerick Art finishes most of the landscape pots.
• Angela Walford shows some gnarly marbling.

angela walford: marbled bowl

• Michael Mahan shows results from a successful firing.
• Whynot Pottery has a few teapots.
• Art by Fuzzy finally has results from a ^6 glaze firing.
• Clementina Ceramics goes all white over charcoal clay.
• Rae Dunn has some nice black bouteilles.
• FetishGhost collaborates with Jessica Fong.
• Sequoia Miller previews the Etsy shop.
• Lori Watts is relieved after a successful firing.

Thoughts

• Carter Gillies (Maybe this section should just be called “What has Carter Been Thinking?”)
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Potter
  • The Darwinian Fate of Dreams
  • How Vulnerability Saves the World
• Scott Cooper gets in on the Dreams discussion.
• The Hopeful Potter considers the book Thinking Through Craft and ponders some more.
• Sophie Milne over thinks making pots similar to other people’s pots.
• Joel Cherico has Laura Fuller guest post about abstract expressionism.

The Rest

• Ron Philbeck gets tired of pots, draws on T-shirts. (Okay, he still works on pots too.)
• Lori Watts digs up some treatment for sore wrists.
• D. Michael Coffee offers a close up of an artist scam.
• Liberty Stoneware goes on a pug mill adventure.
• Brian Jones presents Jonescast #20 with Lisa Conway.
• Ben Carter has podcasts of his own, this one with Janet DeBoos, another with Shon Klose and Svetlana Bunic.
• Jesse Lu Bain shares an interview with Linda Fahey.
• Pottery by Lisa shares 10 surprises/lessons about studio potter life.
• Bella Joy Pottery shows the number one reason to insure your wares.
• FetishGhost shows the mudheads while firing the kiln and sets up a dungeon photo booth.
• DirtKicker Pottery adds some nature to the pottery photos.
• Mea Rhee shares a secret to selling pottery.
• Lori Buff has guest author Denise Gabbard share 15 marketing tips for artists and starts discussions about bookkeeping and card readers.
• Liz Crain looks at money and venues.
• Aaron Sober talks about healthcare.
• Woodfirer has images of kiln building and more kiln building. (Check the blog for more.)
• Liberty Stoneware shares photos of old kiln site artifacts.
• Dan Finnegan’s studio is under attack! (Raccoons AND clay eating mice?!?)
• Gary Jackson tells of his TV experience and explains how Facebook is getting greedy and what you can do about it.
• Tracey Broome: down with Facebook, stick with the blog (agreed!) and she shares the pottery of her Maine trip.
• Sophie Milne goes through a range of emotions after discovering her creative path has crossed another’s.
• Marian Williams shows how to make a banding wheel from a bike tire and shares an article about developing your style by Lana Wilson. Also, is not a terrorist but wears undies on her head.
• Scott Cooper shares a handful of interesting items including a NYT article.
• John Britt shares an article about pricing craft and a link to a 3D printing blog.
• Brandon Phillips shares a film about MN Potters.

• Carole Epp shares a movie about slip casting at the Emma Bridgewater Factory.
• The NCECA blog tells of a trip to China.
• Karen Mahoney has an interesting floor for the new studio and a way to keep it clean.
• DirtKicker Pottery has an interesting kiln monitor.
• Rachel Dorn learns about fused glass.

Thanks to all the bloggers for all their hard work and willingness to share. If you know of a great blog or post from the past month that should be added leave a comment.