Highlighting the best of the clay blogs… in case you missed something! If you’re new here, you can also take a look at the February or January Clay Blog Review.
Ah, March. A month full of lions and lambs, and NCECA, and Madness, and green beverages and even some eggs. Not to mention a bunch of great pottery blogging! Thanks to all of those great bloggers for sharing so much with the rest of us.
The Can’t Miss
- Dennis Allen shares his favorites during Tool Time.
- Carole Epp lets guest writer Melissa Monroe Talk about Wholesale Markets.
- Lisa gives a great overview about Slip Trailing.
- The Beads of Clay Blog has a tutorial about Making A Porcelain Flower.
- DirtKicker Pottery shares a quick corn starch and stamping clay tip and how she tried an underglaze wash.
- Lori Buff finishes part 3 of her teapot demo Spout and Handles and part 4 Adding Attachments.
- Bfree pottery shares the process behind the Seder Plate commission.
- Sea Bear gives a detailed description of each step from casting to bisque and Sandpaper to the Kiln.
- John Bauman shows images from each step of finishing a Casserole lid.
- Lori Watts shares her process for creating Pillow Soap Dishes.
Process and Technique
- Rachel Dorn shares instructions for a Second Grade Clay Rattle Project and the work in progress.
- Kim Murton is glazing.
- Gary Jackson breaks out the Power Tools, is Still working, shows the First Kiln Load of Spring and continues the Holiday Ornament Challenge.
- Varda Sharon Kramer’s work must go on.
- Michael Kline posts some images from the BGSU Ceramics Symposium and uses the Rope and Hump.
- Bridgman Pottery incorporates the written word.
- Ron Philbeck is Making and Decorating.
- Angela Walford is in a studio daze and does some glazing:
- FetishGhost is decorating pots.
- Robin Hopper shares a lot of information about MOCHA DIFFUSIONS.
- The Hopeful Potter works on handles.
- Alex Cluck works on a Mushroom cluster box and root bottle.
- Patricia Bridges shares two posts concerning “the colander”:
- The Createniks make some (faux) Sheet Metal Dog Bowls.
- Paul Jessop is going back to Old English Slipware.
- Barb Jensen is Gearing up for Ceramic Showcase.
- Pottery Jo shares some Recent photos of work.
- Sophie Milne is Thinking bowls.
- Jean Ann has been working on yarn bowls Lately.
- Cynthia takes part in the 12 x 12 challenge.
- Jackie Sedlock shares a tumbler demo video:
- Whynot Pottery Blog loads the kiln and shows the Mid-week rumble.
- Carter Gillies is Mugging for the camera.
- Judy Abdelaziz shows some Glaze Tests.
- Aaron Sober incorporates the Magpie.
- Lori Watts has a Straight Up Studio Day!
- John Bauman talks about CH-ch-ch-changes.
- Hannah McAndrew adds Some Slip.
- Woodfirer is on Day 4 at Red Lodge and is now Decorating bowls.
- Lori Buff explains Sagar Firing.
- BPracticalPottery works on Complicating Surface.
- Tracey Broome has a Raku Weekend.
Tips and Technical
- Meagan Chaney says Thick is the Trick for crawl glazes.
- Lisa demonstrates Recycling Clay!
- Tracey Broome talks about glaze problems.
- Carole Epp shares a video – Making A Stamp/Seal The Easy Way with Brookfield Pottery:
- Matt Fiske shares recipes and tests: Fisker’s West Palm Ash, Matt’s Volcanic Palm Ash, Tenmoku Test Tiles, Palm Ash Glaze Variations, Rutile, Ilmenite Variations.
- John Britt shares 3 words of the day – Auto- ignition – Pyrolysis – Spontaneous Combustion (Be careful out there!) and June Perry’s Oxide WASH list.
- Lori Watts shares some classic advice: Glaze Your Shinos First.
- Art by Fuzzy has some notes about soy wax and rutile.
- FetishGhost shares a recipe for Malcom Davis Carbon Trap Shino.
- Rachel Dorn and students perform some Glaze Leaching Tests.
- Lori Watts has a new Kickstarter reward Especially for Potters! (glaze recipes and notes.)
Recent Work
- Jemerick Art shares some Post Baltimore work.
- Kim Murton is Stocking up for Ceramic Showcase.
- Wallyware has CRAZY NEW MUGS!!! and shows where ideas come from.
- Jeanette Zeis shares New designs and one-of-a-kind cake stand.
- David Morrison Pike has some New work.
- Marian Williams has no Patience (and under-fired pottery).
- Kelly Lynn Daniels shows off Soda Fired Pitchers and Mugs.
- Rae Dunn uses both clay + calligraphy.
- Michael Douglas has some new work.
- Linda Starr is Feelin’ Groovy.
- Amy Sanders is excited about New low-fire work!!
- Lori Buff has New and Improved Juicers.
- Phil Rogers has a Wood fired Yunomi (and more on his site).
- Round Rabbit has an Extra Shop Update and another.
- Clementina Ceramics has plates for TOM WAITS FOR NO MAN.
- Ron Philbeck shows his Finished Trailed Pots.
- Hollis Engley has New pots, just before the spring show.
- Paul Jessop shows off New Slipware Pots Fresh from the kiln.
- Lori Watts shares Slip Embroidery Results.
- Jessica Gray finished two Vessel Sinks.
- Sandy Miller has (more than) two stacked Pho bowls.
- FetishGhost posts images from Kiln Day and more PotShots.
- Patricia Bridges shows some work after Testing glazes.
- Michael Mahan is Preparing for Catawba Valley.
- Lorraine shows pots after her Glaze firing completed.
- Bulldog Pottery has some fantastic Vases.
- DirtKicker Pottery realizes Black Wash Underglaze isn’t her thing.
- Luke Langholz shares Firings, New pots.
- Whynot Pottery shows work from the March Firing.
- Butterfly Farm Pottery talks about how Ideas Happen.
- Barb Rogers has finished dragons, Bowls and a Vase collection.
- The Hopeful Potter shares work with new glaze colors.
- Varda Sharon Kramer has some intricately decorated bowls.
- Tracey Broome and friend fire some raku pieces.
Thoughts
- Carter Gillies
- Scott Cooper – the last. Scott reflects on his adventure.
Interviews
- Jason Bige Burnett on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast.
- Carole Epp on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast.
- Connie Norman interviews Forrest Lesch-Middleton.
- Brian Jones episode #28 with Matt Ziemke.
- Brian Jones ep.#29 Chris Lyon.
- Amy Sanders and Ron Philbeck talk about pots:
The Rest
- Whynot Pottery shares a few tools.
- Tracey Broome shares a day of a Multi tasking potter, gives up glaze firing, and deals with her limitations.
- Taylor of WireRabbit Pots Can’t Have Too Many Shelves.
- Carter Gillies advocates for Artists, tells of Art Donations and shares what he learned from his encounter with Tony Clennell.
What influences today’s markets is not necessarily bells and whistles and new fangled hoo ha. Its not simply standing behind your product or serving it up in custom attentive detail. Rather, what stands out in the minds of customers is their experience in making that transaction and their experience of its connection to a larger sense of identity.
- Brandon Phillips tells about his Journeys.
- Lori Watts asks So, Who Died and Made Cone 10 King? and shares Two Approaches to business.
- Diane McNeil Believes in Mail Order Catalogs.
- Michael Kline speaks of Wood, Fire, and the Potter.
- Sue Pariseau starts a series explaning Things About Being A Potter.
- Bella Joy Pottery has an analogy: Pottery is to Baking, as Clay is to Dough.
- FetishGhost loves that the Shimpo Rides Again.
- Gary Jackson, after discovering what Glee has done, adopts The Zero Ghost Tolerance Policy.
- Liz Crain explains why Commissions Are Like Picking Scabs.
- The Createniks share how they make In-House Custom Stamps.
- Bfree Pottery burns shticks in the wood kiln.
- Michael Douglas shares his Photo set-up.
- Dawn Whitehand has photos from Visiting the Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill.
- Bella Joy Pottery says Don’t Get Mad, Get Even (and begins development of shopping cart software for artists).
- Scott Cooper is back, shares some photos, and more photos.
- Cynthia give some tips on Product Photography.
- Ben Carter shares thoughts about Social Media.
- Gary Jackson provides A “Dirty” Birthday Party (not THAT kind of dirty) and finds an article about The Thing You’re Most Passionate About.
- Jeanette Zeis is happy Being the potter that she is.
- Michael Kline tells who the winner is and adds a few more to the 12×12 challenge. He also shares a couple of videos: Pottery is Everything? Pottery is About People?
- John Britt (and FetishGhost) share the Best American Ceramic Graduate Programs.
- In case you missed it, there is a new Pottery Wallpaper available:
- Kelly Kessler shares a news story about a very valuable bowl.
- Dennis Allen feels like the Most Popular Blogger in Town.
- Heather Knight talks about her New Era.
- Cynthia is ready for Accepting Credit Cards on the Fly.
- Jeanette Manchester Harris is in favor of Sharing.
- Paul Jessop upgrades for his customers.
- Dahlhaus posts some images from the Canadian Clay Symposium.
- Barb Rogers shares the reasons she loves Bloggin’.
- John Bauman tells about life on The Roller Coaster and Spinning a mere quarter pound of clay.
- Jim Gottuso discovers a book inspired by porcelain.
There it is. The Clay Blog for March is complete. Hopefully you had a great month and are ready for a fantastic April. If there is anything you would like to add, let me know. Thanks for reading!
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