Clay Blog Review: June 2017

Thanks for visiting the Clay Blog Review. Below you’ll find a collection of the best blogging about pottery, ceramics and other interesting clay-related information.

The Can’t Miss

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

• Gary Jackson: Class Demo By A Visiting Artist : Kate Chenok
• Pottery Making Blog: Clay Blog Review: May 2017
• Ariel Bowman Ceramics: Playing with Porcelain
• Marshall Colman: MASTERCLASS ON TIN-GLAZED EARTHENWARE
• John Bauman: Getting An Aerial View
• Sparano Arts » Feed: Glazing, the elephant in the room
• Pottery Making Blog: 7 Superb Slip Trailing Videos

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Process and Technique

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

• Linda Starr: Sanding Bisque Inexpensively
• meesh’s pottery: Just Work.
• Kim Murton: Worktable yesterday-progress shots
• Tony Clennell: Will work for love
• Lucy Fagella Pottery: Making Small Porcelain Urns
• Tony Clennell: Tight as a Cat’s Arse
• Jenni Ward: Work in Progress: Lichen Series
• Big Ceramic Store: Hand Built Recipe Card Holder
• Gary Jackson: Flask Task
• meesh’s pottery: Black and White
• Gary Jackson: Stamp. Stamping. Stamped.
• Big Ceramic Store: Functional and Decorative Log Candle – Part 1
• Lori Watts: Garden Inspired
• Barb Rogers: Rough gal for winds of change
• Gary Jackson: A Trio Of Teapots
• Gary Jackson: Summer Camp : Trimming, Stamping, Detailing
• Acorn Pottery: mini churn making
• Big Ceramic Store: Functional and Decorative Log Candle – Part 2
• Gary Jackson: Porcelain Patterns

Tips and Technical

How can I become a more efficient or knowledgeable potter?

• Lori Watts: Yeah, That Was Me
• Sparano Arts » Feed: The Dreaded Attaching of Handles
• Rachel Dorn: studio photo setup
• Clay King-How To: FYI Friday (Clay Terms)
• BHClaysmith – Atom: The Squat Darted Frustum CUP
• bridges pottery blog: Tool Tip…… Favorite tools for Handbuilding

• Clay King-How To: Using Sculpey to Make a Stamp
• Carol Clarkson: Filling Pottery Cracks with Bray Poxy
• Sparano Arts » Feed: When Glazing goes Wrong

Finished Work

Where can I see inspiring pottery?

• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Shahpour Pouyan’s ‘We owe this considerable land to the horizon line’
• Courtney Martin: We kept this one. #courtneymartinpottery #pottery #wood
• Catherine White: #1 summer solstice 2017
• HaldeBlog: The Marie Collection
• Lori Buff: First From the Salt Kiln
• Courtney Martin: Serving platter. #courtneymartinpottery #woodfire #wood
• Whynot Pottery: Ms. B makes Queen of the day
• Courtney Martin: Stars. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. If you
• andy priestman: Photo
• Marian Williams: Barrel Fire Love – A Body Of Work
• Catherine White: #4 summer solstice 2017
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Spotted | TASTE-y Ceramics, Polka Dotted Porcelain Pumpkins and Gun Wielding Figurines
• Pic Works Pottery: Sometimes Thing Just Happen
• Barb Rogers: Day after Monday Mugshots
• John Bauman: Firing June 7, 2017
• Gary Jackson: The Soda-Fired Mug Exchange
• andy priestman: stoneware bowls
• Whynot Pottery: We live in
• Linda Starr: Small Vases Stone Mountain Clay
• Bloomer Pottery Blog: New work in my Etsy Shop 
• Barb Rogers: A new method for pitchers
• weddwould: Queen Bitch
• Clay and Ginger: I love black and white – especially in cats! These black kitty…
• Shaun Hall’s Raku Ceramics Blogspot: New pots arriving at Buckenham Galleries in Southwold
• Rachel Dorn: Protest Bulbs
• Carol Clarkson: Ceramic Peace Ladies
• Courtney Martin: Dessert plates. Some winners there… some patterns did
• Brampton Pottery: Wassail Bowls
• Shaun Hall’s Raku Ceramics Blogspot: Raku a go go
• Kim Murton: Kiln this morning -still more
• Lori Buff: New Libation Cups
• Catherine White: #16 summer solstice 2017
• Gary Jackson: A Lidded Jar Collaboration
• Gaea Ceramic Bead and Art Studio Blog: Today…
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Spotted | Blue and White Octopi, Miniature Universes and more!
• Catherine White: #20 summer solstice 2017
• Catherine White: #21 summer solstice 2017
• Kyle Carpenter: Before & after. Great firing. . . . . . #saltfired #saltkiln #studiopottery #beforeandafter #asheville #828isgreat #potsonthegreen #pottery #handpainted #ceramics
• Rachel Dorn: First Summer 2017 Firing
• andy priestman: porcelainous stoneware bowl, porphyrite inclusions
• Pots and pieces: Great Pots from the Traditions of North & South Carolina: Exhibition at the Pottery Center in Seagrove, North Carolina.
• fetishghost: Micro-batching
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Can a Bird be a Mug?
• The Cloud Pottery: Magpie {54}

Thoughts

What can I ponder while making pottery and ceramic art?

• Lori Watts: Gotta Hustle
• Barb Rogers: Art and optimism
• Liz Crain Ceramics: Crying “FIRE!”
• April Noble Studio: Trust
• Marshall Colman: DESIGNER AND EXECUTANT: AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN WALTER CRANE AND LEWIS FOREMAN DAY
• Handbuilder’s Magazine » Free Blog Category Feed: Why We Hand Build Pots

Interviews and Podcasts

What do potters have to say?

• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 182: Forrest Middelton, Arash Shirinbab, and Raeshma Razvi on their collaboration “To Contain and To Serve”
• The Potters Cast: Printing With Clay | Mitch Lyons | Episode 324
• The Potters Cast: Instagram Insights From a Potter’s Perspective | Chris Casey | Episode 325
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 183: Live story telling from Kansas City!
• The Potters Cast: Mom & Maker | Maya Rumsey | Episode 326
• The Potters Cast: Getting The MFA Paid For | Erin Ryan | Episode 327
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 184: Birdie Boone on the emotional impact of color
• The Potters Cast: Finding a Voice with Limitations | Caitlin Andrews | Episode 328
• The Potters Cast: Crystalline Potter & He’s 17! | Jackson Fyfe | Episode 329
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 185: Tyler Lotz on the circular nature of creativity
• The Potters Cast: Social Media as a Tool in the Hands of This Irish Artist | Darren Francis Cassidy | Episode 330
• The Potters Cast: Beating Up The Idea that “Artists Can’t Make Money!” | Anna-Marie Wallace | Episode 331

Opportunities

What’s out there for potters?

• Carol Clarkson: Artist Residencies at New Harmony Clay Project in Indiana
• Handbuilder’s Magazine » Free Blog Category Feed: Special Savings for Potters and Ceramicists
• Mea Rhee: The Online School is Now Open!
• Clay Club: Now Accepting Applications: ISM Program at The Village Potters

The Rest

What else do potters blog about?

• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | Ceramics Summer Camp: Children Take their First Spin on the Wheel
• John Bauman: 60 Minute Man
• April Noble Studio: Prepping
• Lori Watts: Here We Go Again: Etsy Wholesale
• Rachel Dorn: Kid’s Art Project: 3rd Grade
• meesh’s pottery: Remember “Big Magic”?
• Tony Clennell: No man is an island
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | The Music and Rhythm of Clay Drums (plus How to Make Your Own)

• Whynot Pottery: This
• Marshall Colman: RICHARD LUNN: THE FIRST POTTERY TEACHER
• The Cloud Pottery: Work space
• Tony Clennell: The Pilgrimage
• Tony Clennell: The Stew of My Life
• John Bauman: I Think That I Shall Never See A Copy Of A Potter’s Family Tree
• Catherine White: #15 summer solstice 2017
• Jenny Mendes: Paulus Berensohn
• Tony Clennell: No foundation

Abstraction can only be done well after mastering realism.

• Clay Club: Recap: June Clay Club at Doe Ridge Pottery Gallery and Studio in Boone
• Clay Club: RIP Paulus Berensohn
• Jenny Mendes: A Tribute to Paulus Berensohn

• Lori Watts: As I Always Say…
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Shedding New Light
• NCECA Blog: Remembering Paulus Berensohn (1933-2017)
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: NewsFile | UPDATE! Farewell to Paulus Berensohn, Grayson Perry Brags and more
• Jenny Mendes: Paulus Berensohn: Why We Create
• Big Ceramic Store: Boost Your Pottery Sales By Adding Accompanying Items
• Jenny Mendes: Paulus and clay

• Gary Jackson: Checkmate : Chess Camp For Kids

Thanks for reading!