The best in clay blogging from the past month:
Technical, Techniques, Tips
- A nice pictorial demonstration of the slab and paddle technique by KaratsuPots, and construction images of a kiln from start to finish.
- John Britt shares ^10 glaze samples and recipes: Rutile 11, Mutsuo Black, shares an article about Snowflake Crackle glaze, and videos a throwing demonstration.
- View the process to make a press mold out of plaster at Jemerick Art.
- Tracey Broom shows her diy bead tree that she uses to fire beads and pendants and shares a turquoise glaze recipe for raku.
- See video of a workshop demo: printing on clay from Ang Design Blog.
- FetishGhost shares a ^10 Red Chun recipe and some blue glaze test results.
- Carole Epp shares a video of Carol Gouthro building with slabs and tar paper.
- Atelier Marla shares a process to test for thermal shock.
- Ron Philbeck demonstrates how to cut feet on bowls via “the ‘tube”:
- Liberty Stoneware has slip test results.
- Ann Tubbs explains how she prepares to glaze.
- Linda Starr shares recent work and talks firing temps.
- Lori Watts has a few notes from a soda firing.
Regarding Recent Work
- FetishGhost tests a few ideas.
- Doug Fitch has finished and in-progress work and more finished work.
- Lots of photos of the kiln and finished pots at Good Elephant Pottery.
- Keith at Mudstuffing Sketchbook shares a couple mugs with silkscreened decals.
- Finished pots by Brandon Phillips.
- Paul Jessop works on large bowls, unloads the kiln.
- Ron Philbeck has videos: 1, 2, 3, 4.
- Jemerick Art Pottery shows progress on an umbrella stand and pots at different stages and more.
- Linda Starr has ornaments and cutouts and handbuilt items and a myriad of mugs and talks about tiles.
- MudHeart Pottery has some finished porcelain pieces with other work in progress.
- Margaret Brampton has finished fish bowls.
- Michael Mahan shows off textured tree vases.
- Some just thrown pots at Simple Circle Studios.
- Deb Thuman shows some sculptures and recent low fire work.
- Gary Jackson shares what he has in the bisque kiln and finished work and on display.
- Recent woodfired work by Lee.
- Whitney Smith has a lot of cute stuff recently.
- Jim Gottuso works on interesting pots and finishes them.
- KaratsuPots has chawan and guinomi.
- Atelier Marla shows off some colorful cups and platters.
- Kyle Carpenter has salty surfaced pots for sale.
- Finished pots from St. Earth Pottery.
- Dan Finnegan unloads the kiln.
- Vitrified Studio has some nice images of new work.
- Kristen Kieffer showcases some elegant excellence.
- Urban Jeff shares recent wood firing results via facebook.
- Lucy Fagella stocks up for the holiday sale.
- Ariel Bowman shows off some ceramic sculptures.
Thought Provoking
- Dirty Girl Pottery explains what makes her happy.
I crave my time at the wheel because it’s when the ego goes away, the second mind shuts ups, all the tyranny of shoulds and have to’s disappear and all I hear is the sound of the wet clay slipping through my fingers and a faint whisper of the form that is being manifested right before my eyes. It’s exhilarating and humbling. It’s the feeling you have after a long deep meditation, trance or prayer. Creating a pot is sacred. Consciously creating our lives is sacred.
- Carole Epp shares a quote:
- FetishGhost tackles issues of legibility.
- Ron Philbeck rambles about being an artist:
We are often sensitive, unsure, lonely, self abusive, and have the self confidence of a maggot at the bottom of a trash bin. But we get to do what we love!
The Rest
- Linda Starr shares a pit firing video.
- Carole Epp shares a video about Steven Hill.
- Ang shares a 45 minute slipware video.
- FetishGhost shares a video of ceramics as performance art.
- A few blogs posted about the CNN story on Empty Bowls.
- Brandon Phillips shares a video about Mike Dodd.
- Togeii videos himself throwing bowls.
- Carole Epp shares and interesting website and finds a portable gas kiln and tells how you can help Craft Australia and International Ceramics Studio.
- John Britt shares a glaze website.
- Keith has a new booth with track lighting.
- Scott Cooper explains his change of card.
- Kristen Kieffer has an image summary of 2011 from her studio.
- Charles the Potter discusses maker’s marks.
- DirtKicker Pottery warns you to be careful of the names you use on Etsy.
- Ben Carter shares the CM article about his studio visit.
- Lori Watts digs up ways to accept credit cards.
- Good Elephant Pottery tries an indie-craft experiment and the results.
- KaratsuPots discusses throwing tools and how to make your own.
- Karen Mahoney offers five reasons to buy a handmade mug.
- John Baumann, quite apparently, will never learn. But he shares some interesting tool/equipment ideas.
- Ron Philbeck tries to explain the “hierarchy“.
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