Clay Blog Review: May 2017

Welcome to the Clay Blog Review! Here you will find the best pottery blogging from the past month.

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The Can’t Miss

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

• Pottery Making Blog: Clay Blog Review: April 2017
• John Bauman: Some pots from recent firings
• Contemporary Ceramics: May at the Contemporary Ceramics Centre
• Marian Williams: Wow! What A Successful Workshop! Malcolm Greenwood’s Workshop Extraordinaire!
• Gary Jackson: Class Demo: Carving & Slip Inlay
• Lucy Fagella Pottery: Making a Ceramic Teapot… Parts that Make a Whole

Process and Technique

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

• Peter Gregory: Firing a reconstructed wood fired kiln.
• (title unknown): Raku
• Linda Starr: Big Leaves & Drying on Open Grid Shelves
• Linda Starr: Big and Little
• Gary Jackson: Pulling Handles. Making Mugs.
• Gary Jackson: Tackling A Totem
• Courtney Martin: Glazing and thinking about pattern. I used my little de
• Courtney Martin: The inspiration for this pattern comes from the bottom
• Dawn Whitehand: Sunday Studio Visit – Mothers day
• Rachel Dorn: Protest Bulbs in Progress
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Something Old, Something New…
• Barnbarroch Pottery: Glazing and Glazed
• Gary Jackson: “Finishing” Flower Pots
• Peter Gregory: Second firing of the Redesigned Wood Fired Kiln.
• ang design blog: Ang Walford Ceramics_Pit Firing videos…
• Courtney Martin: Getting closer to completing glazing! I can really comp
• Ariel Bowman Ceramics: Animal Attitude
• Whynot Pottery: A day for planning
• Rachel Dorn: More Protest Bulbs
• John Bauman: We Are Family
• Arryn Vogan: Studio Production & The Fair

Tips and Technical

How can I become a more efficient or knowledgeable potter?

• Jenny Mendes: A reminder to slow down
• Big Ceramic Store: How To Safely Transport Greenware
• Barb Rogers: Tips for glaze painting butterflies again
• Bloomer Pottery Blog: Cobb Mountain Clays
• Big Ceramic Store: Pottery Studio Hazards
• The Smart Cat: Mug Feet
• meesh’s pottery: The Almost Famous Cheese Stone
• Carol Clarkson: Booth Display and Marketing
• Carol Clarkson: Creating a Ramp Schedule on Your Kiln
• Lori Buff: Why Soda Firing
• meesh’s pottery: New Letter Stamps
• bridges pottery blog: Demo Pieces for Classes
• Big Ceramic Store: Making Clay Logo Templates

Finished Work

Where can I see inspiring pottery?

• andy priestman: image by Shannon Tofts
• Kyle Carpenter: A selection of pots headed to Minnesota! #stcroixpotterytour #stcroixpotterytour2017 #saltfired
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Busy Work
• Tony Clennell: Potter’s Crack
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: NewsFile | A Farewell to Geert Lap and Rebecca Warren’s Inaugural Exhibition
• ANN TUBBS POTTERY STUDIO: and my most favorite one, from the just-unloaded kiln?
• Anna’s Ceramics: Art Show this weekend
• Céramique d’art – RSS: Bols céladon / Celadon bowl
• Dawn Whitehand: The End of the Pumpkin Season
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Virgil Ortiz’s ‘Taboo,’ Bound + Gagged with Ceramic Edgeplay
• Kyle Carpenter: More pots for the #stcroixpotterytour ! #piaonthemove #stcroixpotterytour2017 #studiopottery #828isgreat #prius
• Peter Gregory: Unloading the wood fired kiln.
• Rachel Dorn: DoVA Student and Faculty Exhibition 2017
• Jose Maria Mariscal: ULTIMAS HORNADAS
• Kyle Carpenter: This one is a favorite. One of the many, many pots I’m bringing to Minnesota, Mother’s Day weekend. #stcroixpotterytour #saltfired
• Bloomer Pottery Blog: New Work
• andy priestman: porcelain lidded jar from the recent firingceladon glaze on…
• Dawn Whitehand: Busy Afternoon in the Studio!
• Kristen Kieffer: Fresh Pots!
• paul the potter: Time to start planning for the show season.
• Peter Gregory: One or two favourites from the recent wood firing
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Spotted | Coca-Cola + Sunkist Ceramics, Furries, Ruffles and more!
• Céramique d’art – RSS: Artisanat d’art, Raku
• Barb Rogers: Test glaze vases
• Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: porcelain jewelry.
• Céramique d’art – RSS: Sylvestre Rivière artisan d’art
• CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | A Burst of Contemporary Ceramics Heading into the Weekend

• Linda Starr: Spring Fling Saturday
• Lori Watts: New Pots!
• Tony Clennell: Your cold cold heart
• Barb Rogers: Some of my work on display
• Kim Murton: A few photos from the last few weeks
• Shaun Hall’s Raku Ceramics Blogspot: New Raku
• Lori Watts: Blue and Russet Vase with Flowers
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: From Ashes to Art
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: More BC Pottery
• Jose Maria Mariscal: post-reduction and acid muriatic
• meesh’s pottery: New Pigs On The Block
• Dirty Girl Clayworks: what i have been working on
• Jenni Ward: New Work Up!
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: New Jugbirds
• Tony Clennell: The Magna Carter
• Tony Clennell: Beautiful Scars
• Matthew Blakely: Drips and blushes
• Lori Buff: Mugshot Monday
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Pushing Limits
• Tony Clennell: The Potter’s Porsche
• Gary Jackson: Soda-Fired Pottery
• Peter Gregory: Blessings from the Kiln!
• Linda Starr: Tribal Inspired Pendants
• andy priestman: Photo
• meesh’s pottery: Making Sets
• Tony Clennell: Giving it all away!
• Lori Buff: Owl Jar
• Caroline in clay: Lots out of the kiln
• Gillian McMillan — Rara Avis: Spoils from ‘Raids’
• Courtney Martin: I unloaded my kiln today. I think it’s good. Yes, it’s
• Courtney Martin: These guys were on the fire face and got blasted by ash
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Red, White, and Blues
• Tony Clennell: The Second Mouse
• Courtney Martin: Finished platter. I love this one. #courtneymartinpotte
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Pottery sale this weekend (!)
• Lori Watts: Matching Plates Are So Over
• Kim Murton: New batch going to Boulder, CO – Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery
• Courtney Martin: Sectioned tray. #woodkiln #pottery #courtneymartinpotte
• Barb Rogers: Happy cups/tea bowls

Thoughts

What can I ponder while making pottery and ceramic art?

• NCECA Blog: The Art of Curiosity

• Whynot Pottery: Living with Mr. Doubt
• Tony Clennell: Learn to fail, it ain’t so bad!
• Tony Clennell: Expectations spell failure
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: failure
• Tony Clennell: You’re full of it, so is your house!
• Tony Clennell: Blame it on Mac
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Being There for the arts
• Lori Watts: Challenging Aesthetics, Or, The Last Juicy Mug from The Juicy Firing

Interviews and Podcasts

What do potters have to say?

• The Potters Cast: A Ceramicist Changes Countries | Daisy Cooper | Episode 314
• The Potters Cast: A Niche Clay Story- Vantiki | Henrik Van Ryzin | Episode 315
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 180: Thor Thoreson on Marguerite Widenhain’s Pond Farm School
• The Potters Cast: Pottery, Pets, and People | Hadley Sedgwick | Episode 316
• The Potters Cast: Branding for the Small Business | Lainey Fink Scott | Episode 317
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 181: Vicki Grima and Stephen Creech on increasing ceramic outreach through national open studio events
• The Potters Cast: Having a Message | Isaac Scott | Episode 318
• The Potters Cast: From a Garage to a Barn… A Potter’s Story | Ulrika Weijmer | Episode 319
• The Potters Cast: The Student Became The Teacher | Molly Sanyour | Episode 320
• The Potters Cast: Launched and Looking | Liana Agnew | Episode 320
• The Potters Cast: Planning Events for Potters | Catie Miller | Episode 322
• The Potters Cast: Honoring a Fallen Brother | William Moon | Episode 323

Opportunities

What’s out there for potters?

• NCECA Blog: Students: Your Voice, Your Chance.

The Rest

What else do potters blog about?

• John Bauman: The Un-Instructible
• April Noble Studio: Keep Pushing
• Tony Clennell: Rocks in my head.
• Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: my book has launched!

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• John Bauman: W/Apologies To Cindy Walker
• Arryn Vogan: Home Studio Reveal
• Lori Watts: POP Goes the Cone Pack
• April Noble Studio: Becoming…
• Lori Watts: Who’s Afraid of a Little Rain?
• John Bauman: Keeping Real
• meesh’s pottery: New Photography Trends
• Tony Clennell: Advice from Big Bobby Clobber
• Tony Clennell: Emma my love
• Tony Clennell: You shoulda’ been a dentist- signed mum
• shin shin: studio story 2
• John Bauman: Surviving Butterfly Wings
• Ariel Bowman Ceramics: Setting the Scene: Graduate Research on the Picturesque Aesthetic
• Barb Rogers: What did and didn’t sell!
• Tony Clennell: The Road Not Taken
• this artist’s life: do the work
• Lori Watts: The Glaze Challenge
• DirtKicker PoTTerY: creating a working cycle that says that I give a damn about my future self
• Mea Rhee: Another Sneak Preview / Instructional Videos
• Lori Watts: Notes of a Mundane Nature
• Carol Clarkson: Setting Up Pro Panels for Art Shows

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