Greetings my clay-loving friends. If you are here in the US you probably just finished eating the leftovers from Turkey Day. I hope you got to spend some time with people you care about. As we think about what we are thankful for I wanted to say how much I appreciate the pottery blogs, social media groups, pottery podcasts and emails that let us interact with other potters and learn about working with clay. I am inspired by all of you nearly every day.
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The Can’t Miss
What were the “must read” pottery blog posts during the past month?
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: BBC Two’s The Great Pottery Throw Down Premiers with Mixed Reviews
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Commentary | Critic Says “Modern pottery is tasteful, simple, clean lined, and dull. Please don’t revive it.”
- Earth Work: Some recent results from the electric kiln
- HAND EYE FOOT BRAIN: THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS
- WALLYWARE: Bowled over by “The Great Pottery Throw Down”
- Future Relics Pottery Blog: Shimpo VL Lite vs Speedball ShimpClay Boss
- Centered – Focus on Clay and Creativity: Draw!
Process and Technique
What do pots look like during the process and how are they made?
- Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: Glazing & Firing for Holiday Show
- Claying Thoughts: Say NO to Bargain for Diwali Diya
- Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Another Batch of Spoons
- Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: bowled over.
- Sawdust & Dirt: More Hyper-lapse Than You Can (quickly) Shake A Stick At
- CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: On handles, with Eric Botbyl
- meesh’s pottery: Something New
- paul the potter: Pottery on National TV BBC2
- Love Sown: Pottery Update
- musing about mud: movie day: Harlan House RCA – Canadian potter at the throwing wheel.
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | Learn About Julian F. Bond’s Innovative “Pixel Casting” Device
- Carol Clarkson Pottery Blog: Working in a Small Space
- Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Inlaid Temoku
- Lucia Pottery: Making an Apple Baker
- Barnbarroch Pottery: Work in progress
- Jenni Ward: Work in Progress: New Shapes
- John Britt Pottery: Kurinuki
- Jenny Mendes: work in progress
- Blue Starr Gallery: Nerikomi or Inlay Clay & Cobalt Deco
- andrewwiddis: Greenware vase.
- Tim Lake Ceramics: New Dawn Traders Rum Flagons
- The Smart Cat: Sometimes…..
- Kyle Carpenter Studio Pottery: #texture
- Amy Handmade Ceramics: Library brooch making workshop
- Jenni Ward: New Video!
- BPracticalPottery’s Blog: Tech: Jigger
- Dirty Girl Clayworks: process process process
- musing about mud: movie day: CaCo
- Kitty’s Granada Studio: Getting Ready for the Kiln
- Barnbarroch Pottery: G is for gannets G is for Glazing
Tips and Technical
How can I become a more efficient or knowledgeable potter?
- Blue Starr Gallery: Glaze Testing
- Carol Clarkson Pottery Blog: Surface Enhancement with India Ink
- April Noble Studio – Notes from the Journey: Motivation
- Blue Starr Gallery: Glaze Test Results
- Clay Club: Alex Glover Discussing Kaolins
- John Britt Pottery: Kurinuki technique
- Whistle Creek: Everyone Struggles with Handles
- musing about mud: technical tuesday: Tips for Making Graceful Refined Handles Without Much Pulling – PAUL DONNELLY
- Tony Clennell: Singing Kumbaya
Recent Work
Where can I see inspiring pottery?
- weddwould: monday monday
- Kim Murton: Some from the latest firing
- Gary’s third pottery blog: sock hops….and lowwww to the ground….
- Jenny Mendes: Together Forever
- Tim Lake Ceramics:
- Alchemy of Clay: Sunshine envy
- Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Textured Spoons
- Claying Thoughts: Diwali Decoration with Terracotta Lamps
- Tim Lake Ceramics: Shino for Christmas at The Schaller Gallery
- Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: Glaze Firing Results
- Gary’s third pottery blog: when pigs fly…in airplanes!
- Jose Maria Mariscal – Ceramicas Mariscal:
- Alchemy of Clay: New color combo
- Gary’s third pottery blog: elephant pitchers: its a trunk thing…..
- Frogpondsrock…: My Exhibition Pieces. Asylum 2015
- Gaea Ceramic Bead and Art Studio Blog: Ready for Winter!
- Jose Maria Mariscal – Ceramicas Mariscal: Oro y negro
- Gary’s third pottery blog: when in doubt, add a purple accent…
- Blue Starr Gallery: Ribbon Wall Tile
- Future Relics Pottery Blog: Raku Firing
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | Julian F. Bond’s Pixelated Slipcast Designs
- Gary’s third pottery blog: purple piggies….
- Blue Starr Gallery: Overlapping Glazes
- Jenny Mendes: New bird!
- The Rabbit Muse: Shop Update TOMORROW, Friday November 13th!
- Kim Murton: Cups and plates
- HaldeBlog: Five gifts for the mug collector in your life
- Kyle Carpenter Studio Pottery: Fresh pots from the salt kiln. Come get some this weekend! Asheville’s River Arts District Studio Stroll is Saturday & Sunday 10–5. Nov. 14 & 15. #saltkiln #asheville #riverartsdistrict #828isgreat #kilntotable
- Kyle Carpenter Studio Pottery: #ropeimpressed #saltfired #tile6 #yunomi #?
- Gary’s third pottery blog: purple is great, but sometimes raspberry is better….
- Frogpondsrock…: An invitation to take a deeper look.
- Acorn Pottery: it’s local!
- groszceramika: Jesienne lampiony.
- Kyle Carpenter Studio Pottery: Large bowl with a cut foot. #etsy #saltfired
- Blog – Clay By Laura: Fulfilled
- New Day Pottery: New Items listed in my Etsy shop
- Gary’s third pottery blog: conjoined twins meet GODZILLA!
- Tim Lake Ceramics: Back from Art in Clay, Farnham
- Gary’s third pottery blog: morning glory pitchers….
- Around and About with Bulldog Pottery: Objective Clay Holiday Exhibition
- Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Last Minute Masks
- CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: I could have been a farmer
- Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: A Trio Of Tempting
- Sue Pariseau Pottery: Holiday Sales
- April Noble Studio – Notes from the Journey: Insallation
- Nell Hazinski | Pottery, Phoenixville, PA, Chester County: Black Friday/Brown Pots Pottery Sale
- Tony Clennell: Old Dawg, new trick!
- Marian Williams Pottery: Sculpture – A New Direction
- Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Textured Wall Blocks
- Gary’s third pottery blog: kinky food combos: sweet potato latkes with guac and the hamster on the wheel…
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Studio Pottery | Ken Akaji Brings Youthful Energy to Contemporary Japanese Pottery
- Courtney Martin Pottery: Grey double tray. #courtneymartinpottery #woodfired #st
- Lucia Pottery: Mugs for my Holiday Open Studio
- Gary’s third pottery blog: bored to death and giving to self…
- Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: new tools.
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Art | Sharan Elran’s Endless Series: A Vase for Everyone on the Planet
- paul the potter: Pots are like people in so many ways.
- weddwould: High tide Yuletide
- support your local potter: Online Sale
- inspirations — ?kv?pimai: ..pour ceux qui n’ont pas encore vu mes oeuvres de l’été * ..dar ne visi manté mano vasaros darbus
- Blue Starr Gallery: Gift Tag Ornament Sale
- Liberty Stoneware: Missing in Action
Thoughts
What can I ponder while making pottery and ceramic art?
- CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Responding to Tom Sutcliffe on The Great Pottery Throw Down
- Jenni Ward: Holiday Shopping…Why buy Art?
- Tony Clennell: It Should Have Been Better
- this artist’s life: sharing the work
- Leslie Farin: I Want Patience and I want it NOW!
- Blog – objective clay: A New Understanding of Collaboration
- Tony Clennell: Leap of faith
- Jenni Ward: Why do I teach community clay classes?
- April Noble Studio – Notes from the Journey: A Question of Medium
- April Noble Studio – Notes from the Journey: So, What is Art?
Interviews and Podcasts
What do potters have to say?
- The Potters Cast: Instagram for Marketing | Sarah Pike | Episode 158
- The Potters Cast: Making a Statement | Derek Reeverts | Episode 159
- The Potters Cast: Maturing in Art | Zach Houillion | Episode 160
- Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 123: Live from Asheville: Green energy and the sustainable studio
- The Potters Cast: Etsy for Selling | Eric Van Eimeren | Episode 161
- NCECA Blog: Clay Stories, NCECA 360 Podcast, episode 3
- The Potters Cast: A Professor on Sales | Rob Kolhouse | Episode 162
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Interview | Art Aurea speaks with Ipek Kotan
- The Potters Cast: Nature & Art | Leili Towfigh | Episode 163
- Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 124: Timm Muth on powering an art center with green energy
- Blog – objective clay: Side by Side with Joshua Green and Sherman Hall
- The Potters Cast: A Potter’s Business Story | Noel Bailey | Episode 164
- The Potters Cast: Old School and Relevant | Sam Scott | Episode 165
The Rest
What else do potters blog about?
- Alchemy of Clay: My life as background to creativity
- Hannah McAndrew: From Oxford to St. Ives
- making | jackie sedlock pottery: October glory and mason hill clay studio progress
- Fine Mess Pottery: Well, This Explains A Lot
- NCECA Blog: Monday with Mary – Demonstrating Artists, Part 1
- CFile Foundation for Contemporary Ceramic Art: Design | Noah Riedel Creates a Modern Seamless Experience in Functional Ceramics
- Anna’s Ceramics by Anna Ryland: The Blog Review entry for October
- CFile Foundation for Contemporary Ceramic Art: Happy 2nd Birthday CFile! Learn About Our 2 Big Celebratory Changes
- HAND EYE FOOT BRAIN: POTTERY THROWDOWN: CERAMICS THAT MAKE YOU WEEP WITH JOY
- musing about mud: movie day: The Great Pottery Throw Down (might get removed by youtube so watch it quick!)
- CFile Foundation for Contemporary Ceramic Art: Exhibition | Kim Dickey: Cloistered Power in New Animal Sculptures
- CFile Foundation for Contemporary Ceramic Art: Commentary | Diaspora: Two Years that Have Changed Ceramics Forever
- JEANETTE MANCHESTER HARRIS: CLAYART – The Organization and Internet Discussion Site
- Frogpondsrock…: Some pots just need to rest for a bit.
- HAND EYE FOOT BRAIN: LEACH POTTERY STANDARD WARE
- John Britt Pottery: Access Ceramics –
- NCECA Blog: CLAY’S NOURISHMENT: HANDBUILDING INTERDEPENDENT COMMUNITIES – Lauren Sandler’s submission to Across the Table, Across the Land
- Paine Falls……….: Another kick butt week here in the Falls
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Marketplace | Small Auction House Finds Lost Hoard of Hans Coper Pots, Grosses $1.4 million
- ang design blog: THE big clay day out 2015
- NCECA Blog: Inside NCECA: Vol 2, No. 3 – Guest Blogging
- Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: Palmer Martin Hall, in Use and Tour Next Tuesday
- Fine Mess Pottery: This Train’s Running Right on Time
- BPracticalPottery’s Blog: A GIFt for you.
- Jenni Ward: Why Make Art? – Richard Serra
- NCECA Blog: Guardian Monster Engagement
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | “Beauty, Wonder, and Joy” at Everseon Museum of Art, Syracuse
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Ralph Bacerra: A Must-See L.A. Tribute to Opulent Vision and Virtuoso Skill
- Whistle Creek: WNCPF Trip in Review
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: NewsFile | Ceramists Selected for $50k United States Artists Fellows Awards
- Tony Clennell: Devotion
- NCECA Blog: Inside NCECA: Vol 2, No. 4 – Money Saving Tips
- Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: So True…
- Clay Club: November Clay Club recap: The Wedgwood Cherokee kaolin connection
- Marian Williams Pottery: A Wheel Table: Setting Up Your Pottery Studio
- NCECA Blog: Topical Discussions and NCECA Connections help to kick off 2016 NCECA Conference
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | Tale’s Drinking Glasses that Mimic the Moon
- Paine Falls……….:
- paul the potter: Barrington Pottery is entering a New Chapter in it’s white Knuckle ride.
- HAND EYE FOOT BRAIN: “OUT OF THE TUB”, A FILM ABOUT R J WASHINGTON
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Market | Francis Priest: Seen at SOFA Chicago with Tansey Contemporary
- Tony Clennell: Sweet baby Jane
- Pinchpots: Retrospective exhibition at Applehouse Gallery, Guldagergaard, Skælskør
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Marketplace | Lucio Fontana: A Group of Major Ceramics go on the Block in Vienna
- BPracticalPottery’s Blog: Resource: AMOCA: American Studio Pottery pictures
- BPracticalPottery’s Blog: Research: Vase 1963
- Paine Falls……….: Eeeeck, They Are On There Way……..
- BPracticalPottery’s Blog: Research: The Mad Potter of Biloxi
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Commentary | BBC’s “Get Creative” Campaign Asks, “Team Pottery? or Team Bagpipes?”
- Joel Cherrico Pottery: 3 Pieces of Advice from an Astronaut, an Astrophysicist and an Author
- BPracticalPottery’s Blog: Research: Book Review//The Greatest Art Potter on Earth, 2013
- HAND EYE FOOT BRAIN: AI WEIWEI: CREDIT AND AUTHORSHIP
- CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: My pots for a song
- musing about mud: movie day: Twilight of the Masters
- blog – Julia Walther Handmade Pottery: “Anatomy of a Pitcher”
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Exhibition | Martin Smith: Minimalist Master Levitates Volume at the Marsden Woo Gallery, London
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Education | The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation Launches Continuing Education Portal
- Whistle Creek: Shelves Again
- CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | Matt Wedel Discusses Large-Scale Ceramic Sculpture in Athens, Ohio
Can you believe there’s only one month left of 2015? I hope you had a great year. Pottery Making Info sure did. Be on the look out for some great posts including the top pottery blogs of the year!
Thanks for reading!
Once again, thank you 🙂
thank you for including my blog
Thanks for including my blog, it’s nice to make the “Can’t Miss” section again.
Thank you for including my blog!!