Clay Blog Review: March 2017

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The Can’t Miss

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

• The Smart Cat: Handbuilt Mug
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: “What gets you up in the morning?” and other wisdom from the Linda Christianson workshop, acts one and two
• Pottery Making Blog: Clay Blog Review: February 2017
• Gary Jackson: What?…. No Stamps?!
• Gary Jackson: The Carving & Decorating Challenge
• Gary Jackson: Bone Dry Clay Reclaiming By The Bag
• The Potters Cast: Turning the Mic Around | Paul Blais | Episode 300
• Lori Watts: Check Out This Press Mold Tutorial (Original Post)
• Big Ceramic Store: Slip Trailed Bird Nests For Easter Eggs And Spring Decor´
• Blog – Clay By Laura: No Glaze, No Foul!
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Jason Walker talk
• zephyrvalleypottery: Getting Started with Decals
• Pots and pieces: Mark Hewitt: Ginger Jar Production. Spring, 2017.
• Matt Fiske: Copper Sand
• Joel Cherrico Pottery: The Art of Throwing Pottery on a Kick Wheel
• Peter Gregory: Cone 8 Glazes, Change and New Clay
• The Potters Cast: Quick Convention Conversations | NCECA 2017 | Episode 304
• Big Ceramic Store: Pretty Little Soap Dishes
• Liz Crain Ceramics: With a Little Help From My Hens – A Process Storyboard

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Process and Technique

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

• HaldeBlog: Works-in_Progress Wednesday (03/01/17)
• Jenni Ward: Work in Progress: Umbel Series
• Gary Jackson: Class Bisque Kiln
• Gary Jackson: Back To Bubbles
• Jenny Mendes: Yunomi
• Big Ceramic Store: Clay – Putting Handles In Motion
• Gary Jackson: Repeat… Repeat… Repeat…
• Barb Rogers: More hints as to what I’m making
• Barnbarroch Pottery: Dishes and Jars
• Lucy Fagella Pottery: Instructional Video on Making Spoons and Scoops
• John Bauman: Communion
• meesh’s pottery: Ready, Set, Go…
• Scott K Roberts: Decorating
• Brampton Pottery: Still working
• Whynot Pottery: Just another day in the studio
• Barb Rogers: Otters oh my!
• meesh’s pottery: Expanding Ideas
• Jenni Ward: Video: Umbel Series | Work in Progress

• Barb Rogers: Phoenix
• Lucy Fagella Pottery: Slow Made Pottery
• Rachel Dorn: Raku Firing in the New Space
• June Perry: Alex Matisse East Fork Pottery video

• Gary Jackson: Beveled Bowl
• Carole Epp: technical tuesday: Masterclass with Sarah Scampton | Ceramic Review
• Big Ceramic Store: The Cross On The Hill
• At the water’s edge! Beachfront Pottery blog: The trials of designing a support for Beachfront Pottery ceramic sculptures, Part 2.
• Big Ceramic Store: Kids Easter Bunny Clay Project
• Gary Jackson: Porcelain Production
• Il Vasaio A5f11: Japanese Drago Head…Work in progress…
• Kim Murton: Back in the Studio
• Dan Finnegan: It’s Firing Season!
• Whynot Pottery: Next week it is all about Ms. B
• Jose Maria Mariscal: VIDEOS DE TORNO Y FOTOS DE PIEZAS

Tips and Technical

How can I become a more efficient or knowledgeable potter?

• Tony Clennell: Dan’s got bigger!
• Big Ceramic Store: Disappointment When Opening The Kiln
• Liz Crain Ceramics: This Cracks Me Up
• The Smart Cat: Follow Up
• Carol Clarkson: Mayco Designer Stencils
• Carol Clarkson: Kiln Fillers
• Gary Jackson: Bowl Carving Demo
• Carole Epp: technical tuesday: Carving with Care – How to Carve Exquisite Patterns on a Mug | ADAM FIELD

• andy priestman: six slips… back row left to right: Shino 1, Luce Bay clay,…
• Carol Clarkson: Wooden Drape Molds
• Big Ceramic Store: Dressing Up Your Easter Baskets
• Carol Clarkson: Revised Water Blue (cone 6) Recipe
• Gary Jackson: Berry Bowls : Playing With Power Tools
• Carole Epp: technical tuesday: SIMON LEACH POTTERY – Peeling and fluting the trinket boxes
• Whynot Pottery: Little sister, making pots and glazing tiles
• Carol Clarkson: Spraying Glazes
• Whynot Pottery: Keeping your eye on your kiln

Finished Work

Where can I see inspiring pottery?

• groszceramika: Rozmowa.
• andy priestman: Photo
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Vancouver afternoon
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Recap – Top Artists Shaping the Future of Ceramics
• Jose Maria Mariscal: Exposición en Galeria Natalia Ferré- Montblanc
• Gary Jackson: Sneak Peek : Flourish
• Carole Epp: emerging artist: Amanda Bury
• Gary Jackson: Flourish : Lillstreet Ceramics Faculty Showcase
• andy priestman: Photo
• Rachel Dorn: First Place at The Beauty of Clay
• Contemporary Ceramics: Spring at Contemporary Ceramics Centre
• Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Meredith Host
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Last Cone Standing
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: A Celebration in Clay
• Marian Williams: Frustrating 16 Hour Firing! But…Great Results!
• Kyle Carpenter: Unloading the salt kiln this morning! #saltkiln #nceca2017 #ncclay #studiopottery #828isgreat #asheville
• Marian Williams Pottery: Frustrating 16 Hour Firing! But…Great Results! – Marian Williams Pottery | Marian Williams Pottery
• Tim Lake Ceramics: It’s been a while since I posted!!
• groszceramika: Ma?a z placka.
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Peter Voulkos + Jesse Wine, a Cross-generational Collaboration
• Catherine White: topsoil
• Pic Works Pottery: Communion Set time again. . . along with some recent bowls
• Gary Jackson: Blue Bubbles… But No Green ???
• groszceramika: Naprawd? gro?ny.
• Naomi Linehan: New Work, Folksy revamp
• Carole Epp: monday morning eye candy: Christina Bryer
• Lori Watts: Bowl of Cuties
• Tim Lake Ceramics: Some new pots
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Clay 17 Fraser Valley Potters Guild
• paul the potter: Barrington Pottery has never been so busy !
• Barb Rogers: The fun of drawing on a round object
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Women in Focus
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | Understated Elegance – Vorster + Braye’s Parabolic Carafes and Geometric Vases
• andy priestman: porcelain lidded jar
• Acorn Pottery: Empty Bowls 2017 and some honey jars
• Carole Epp: emerging artist: Patrick Rademaker
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: NewsFile | Evocative Garden, Crafting Resistance, 3D Printed Ceramics and more!
• WALLYWARE: NEW STUFF! WOO-HOO! NEW STUFF!!!!!
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | Lee Broom’s Glam Ceramic Stripe Tease and Balancing Act
• Barb Rogers: Teapot
• Tony Clennell: Wild Clays
• groszceramika: Ptaszek do herbaty.
• Dawn Whitehand: Sunday Studio Visit – an Etsy Weekend!
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Six Friends show at AKAR
• Lori Buff: Pandas
• John Bauman: Instant Antique
• Lucy Fagella Pottery: Biodegradable Urns, Encaustic Painted
• Barb Rogers: Teapot
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Spotted | Disfigured Kitsch, Ceramic Portraits, a Golden Stamen and more!
• Tim Lake Ceramics: Late evening sun and new pots from the new kiln
• meesh’s pottery: A Handsome Pig
• Barb Rogers: Bugs and bowls that shout cheerfully, but quietly…
• Jenny Mendes: OMG the sun is out!
• Rachel Dorn: Installing Ericano Bulbs for Yakima Maker Space Sculpture Show
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Art | Satirical Evil Genius Turned Ceramist Roger Law’s Giant Vessels
• andy priestman: Lime/Ash/Clay slip under pale celadon glaze, iron earth banding

Thoughts

What can I ponder while making pottery and ceramic art?

• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: “What gets you up in the morning?” and other wisdom from the Linda Christianson workshop, acts one and two
• meesh’s pottery: Big Magic

• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: The trajectory of style
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Branding
• HaldeBlog: I can’t get any work done for all this thinking!
• Tony Clennell: Changing of the Guard

Interviews and Podcasts

What do potters have to say?

• The Potters Cast: Hacks to Grow the Business | Eunbi Cho | Episode 297
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 174: The graduate school experience with Brown, Newman-Wise and Lee
• The Potters Cast: Making After Work | Paul Tholl | Episode 298
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Pop-Up Shop | Potter Adam Gruetzmacher on Saint Paul, Marketing and More
• The Potters Cast: Capturing Our Stories Before They’re Lost | Luke Huling | Episode 299
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 175: Bill Carty on teaching artists to think like ceramic engineers
• The Potters Cast: A Community College Teacher | Howard Koerth | Episode 301
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 176: Shoko Teruyama on developing rich patterns for earthenware pottery
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 177: Double episode: Matt Metz on mining the subconscious to develop personal iconography and Brian Jones on the relaunch of the Jonescast
• The Potters Cast: Pottery as Cash | Sam Parry | Episode 302
• The Potters Cast: A Potter, An Entrepreneur | Jeff Rottman | Episode 303
• The Potters Cast: Some of His Process Explained | Steven Showalter | Episode 305

Opportunities

What’s out there for potters?

• Clay Club: Studio give-away for a student
• Carole Epp: Deliberate Designs Ceramic Workshop
• Carole Epp: job opportunity: Santa Fe Clay
• Carole Epp: call for artists: College Collective
• Carole Epp: Open call: fully-funded residencies in New York City
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Job | Alfred University in New York Seeks Assistant Ceramics Professor
• NCECA Blog: Call for Entry – 2018 NCECA Annual
• Carole Epp: call for entry: 2017 Art Kudos Juried Competition
• Carole Epp: job posting: Studio Manager @ Lawrence Arts Center
• Carol Clarkson: Free Webinar

The Rest

What else do potters blog about?

• Lori Watts: Drop It Like It’s Hot
• Carole Epp: movie day: Fire Clay Flour
• Jenni Ward: March Studio News
• Dawn Whitehand: Sunday Studio Visit – bits and bops
• Tony Clennell: Canada Invades Korea.
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: NewsFile | Polarizing Ceramics, Ian McDonald and Oh-So-Hot Hairbrushes
• Joel Cherrico Pottery: Where Will You Be One Year From Today?
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Art | Ceramic Endeavor, Creating a Pagoda Pavillion
• Carole Epp: must read: Studio Potter – Successful Women Do Have Children
• Gary Jackson: Handmade Pottery Aprons : New Inventory!!!
• Tony Clennell: The Sweet Smell of Grass
• Lori Watts: A Twist on a Tradition: Seed Ball Easter Eggs
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Fresh Start
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Library | Ostracon 2: A Guide to Recent Books, Books, Books
• Tania Verdez: The Imagine Lovely Studio Tour
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: R:evolution Canadian Clay Symposium 2017
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Ceramic Roadshow 2017
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | A Discussion of 3D, Digitally-Assisted Printing With Clay

• Tony Clennell: I can change!
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Symposium Presenters
• paul the potter: The Pottery Throw Down has been inspiring people!
• meesh’s pottery: Technology on a Potters Budget
• Tony Clennell: FU
• Gary Jackson: When Classic Pottery and Modern Contacts Collide
• Pinchpots: A little history

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