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Clay Blog Review: March 2017

April 6, 2017 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 3 Comments

Welcome to the Clay Blog Review! I hope you find many interesting and useful things.

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

Thanks for visiting. Be sure to go visit all the great blogs above.

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Comments

  1. Lori Buff says

    April 6, 2017 at 1:46 pm

    Thanks for linking to my post about my soap/sponge holders.

    Reply
  2. Dawn Whitehand says

    April 9, 2017 at 9:54 am

    Great collection thanks for including me – sharing 🙂

    Reply

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