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Clay Blog Review: November 2015

December 2, 2015 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 4 Comments

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.

Clay Blog Review - November 2015

Hey, we do this every month! If you missed last month check out the Clay Blog Review: October 2015. You can also sign up for a newsletter to get Pottery Making Info delivered directly to your inbox.

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

A video posted by Michael Kline (@klineola) on Nov 5, 2015 at 11:48am PST

  • 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!

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Comments

  1. gary rith says

    December 3, 2015 at 4:27 am

    Once again, thank you 🙂

    Reply
  2. Linda Starr says

    December 3, 2015 at 8:58 am

    thank you for including my blog

    Reply
  3. Lori Buff says

    December 3, 2015 at 9:49 am

    Thanks for including my blog, it’s nice to make the “Can’t Miss” section again.

    Reply
  4. leslie farin says

    December 8, 2015 at 10:36 am

    Thank you for including my blog!!

    Reply

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