Clay Blog Review: October 2015

October had some really great things happening, especially in the clay blogs. In fact, I propose that we change the name of the month to Pot-tober! Or, we’ll just take a look at all the best pottery blogging below…

On a related note, I just sent out the October newsletter. You can view it here or you can sign up to get it sent directly to your own email address!

The Can’t Miss

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

• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Bowls : Details, Details, Details… And The Stamps That Did it.
• Blog – objective clay: Bye, Bye, Bisque
• Pottery Making Info » News: Pottery Podcasts
• Rough Ideas: dust prints
• John Britt Pottery: What is in your store bought glaze or additive
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Share your thoughts on why clay matters
• The Potters Cast: Self Discovery of an Artist | Mark Skudlarek | Episode 155
• Marnie’s Creations: A closer look at the new Amazon Handmade section and Follow up

Process and Technique

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

• Lucia Pottery: Work in Process – Tall Two Piece Forms
• Kim Murton: Slip
• Gary’s third pottery blog: tortoise and the hare….
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Throwing With Intention
• GretaMichelle Joachim: Pieces Of My World: Just Slipping Along
• Anna’s Ceramics by Anna Ryland: Holiday weekend in the studio
• Blue Starr Gallery: More Big Pots & Historic Rains
• ang design blog: seppeltsfield studio and the big clay day out…
• Lucia Pottery: Carved, Etched, Engraved, Incised?
• NCECA Blog: Jennifer Allen in the Process Room

• Pinchpots: Progress
• Big Dog Pots Pottery Blog: It’s October and the Holidays are HERE….
• Tony Clennell: OOps, an oversight!
• weddwould: Fire Pots Not Guns
• Clay and Ginger: Next bird tray…a happy Robin in a walnut tree. #pottery…
• Tony Clennell: I’m hearing voices!
• Pinchpots: Day 6
• Lucia Pottery: I Love Freshly Pulled Handles on Porcelain
• Hannah McAndrew: Wood Firing Frenzy
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Bowls On Purpose & With Style
• bfree pottery: i’m working!
• Lisa’s Clay Chronicles: Slips and Molds…. Studio sale is coming!
• The Smart Cat: New Stuff
• Amy Handmade Ceramics: Glazing workshop pieces
• Marian Williams Pottery: Feather And Horsehair Raku
• April Noble Studio – Notes from the Journey: Linda Swanson Workshop
• Kim Murton: in progress
• Jenny Mendes: post serbia
• Pinchpots: Carved light holders and linocuts
• Gary’s third pottery blog: morning glories and me
• Tony Clennell: No change in me!
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Patterned Porcelain
• Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: glaze daze.
• Hannah McAndrew: Pots for The New Craftsmen
• Tony Clennell: Four!
• Lucia Pottery: Shellac/Wax Resist Process Video

• Kim Murton: finished painting w/slip
• Pinchpots: Decorating and printing
• weddwould: Scrimshaw stylee
• Blue Starr Gallery: The Clay Spoke Twice
• Clay and Ginger: My newest yarn bowl coming soon with this curious kitty….
• musing about mud: technical tuesday: Creating Lively Surfaces with Wax Resist Brush Decoration | NICK JOERLING
• Pinchpots: Decorating cups for the wood kiln
• Blue Starr Gallery: Woven Basket
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Why Don’t You Slip On A Little Lacey Number?
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Bisqued Bowls
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Stamped Cylinders
• Lucia Pottery: Quick Pottery- Making a Thrown Knob for a Lid

• Blue Starr Gallery: Conquering Digital Fears
• Gary’s third pottery blog: microscopic pottery….
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Colored Slip Accents
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Mugs… Mugs… And More Mugs.
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Trimming Holiday Ornaments
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Wheelthrown Ornaments : One Step Closer
• Kim Murton: Glazing glazing

Tips and Technical

How can I become a more efficient or knowledgeable potter?

• Combat Medic to Ceramic Artist…a Disabled Veteran’s Story: Use of Ferric Chloride – Safety Precautions
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Plastic Bats Makes Better Bowls
• Peter’s Pottery: Crystalline Glaze with Nickel Blue
• The PottersFriend’s blogspot: Pottery and the colour Blue
• Fine Mess Pottery: Do the Math
• musing about mud: technical tuesday: Guidelines for Altering Straight-Sided Cylinders
• HAND EYE FOOT BRAIN: TEST AND TRIALS: SPONGING
• John Britt Pottery: BEAD
• John Britt Pottery: Stabilizer for glazes

Recent Work

Where can I see inspiring pottery?

• John Britt Pottery: Oil Spots
• Tim Lake Ceramics: Ceramics in the City
• Acorn Pottery: mask
• Kim Murton: Small stuff for November sale
• Blue Starr Gallery: Glaze Bloopers
• Whynot Pottery Blog: Yes, it’s wet
• Alchemy of Clay: Still creating pottery
• Gary’s third pottery blog: elephant bank…!
• Blog – Clay By Laura: At Your Service
• Clay and Color: 38 ANNUAL BOITE DE NOEL SALE.
• Gary’s third pottery blog: slow and steady wins the race….
• lisa w.b. walker: Pottery Trunk Show at the Dedham Guild
• Courtney Martin Pottery: Mancala! I spend ages thinking about these and finally
• Clay and Ginger: Kiln opening – top layer first with gorgeous platter designed by…
• Courtney Martin Pottery: Three cups. #courtneymartinpottery #sprucepinepottersma
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: Condiment Dish
• HaldeBlog: Five new ceramic pieces at HaldeCraft
• Courtney Martin Pottery: Three new slab bowls. #woodfire #courtneymartinpottery
• Gaea Ceramic Bead and Art Studio Blog: Fall, Winer, Spring…
• Tim Lake Ceramics: New pots added to my selling site
• Whynot Pottery Blog: October brings color
• Phil Rogers Pottery: Exhibition at Schaller Gallery (USA)
• andrewwiddis: White bowl, small foot.
• Kyle Carpenter Studio Pottery: Small cups at @grovewoodgallery in #asheville
• andrewwiddis: Blue above.
• Peter’s Pottery: Hot Work…
• Blue Starr Gallery: Ornaments & Leaf Dishes
• Jenny Mendes: More than a green thumb
• andrewwiddis: Vase.
• Blue Starr Gallery: From Salad to Sushi and Beyond
• Gary’s third pottery blog: ribbet….
• Courtney Martin Pottery: One of my new small trays (about 9? x 9?). I’m having s
• adriana christianson: The Cup Collaboration
• Artworks of Johnson Tsang: Security Summit
• The Rabbit Muse: Shop update TOMORROW Friday October 16th!
• Acorn Pottery: make it your own
• Alchemy of Clay: What I’ve been making while moving
• groszceramika: Nowe kubki.
• Jenni Ward: New Video Launch of the Bone Series | Atlantic

• Gary’s third pottery blog: life is just a pair of bowlies…..
• Anna’s Ceramics by Anna Ryland: The week that was… and an echidna
• Blog – Clay By Laura: Making It!
• Rae Dunn … clay » clay.: seeing stars.
• part time pottery: christmas sales already….
• Gary’s third pottery blog: party like it’s….1990….
• Pottery, Sculpture (and a few poems): Catching up….
• Gary’s third pottery blog: not exactly junk food…..
• HAND EYE FOOT BRAIN: OPENING THE KILN
• Down to the Earth Pottery: Preparing for First Friday and Thinking Big
• Blogs … & Life its own self | Chris Campbell: ‘Life on a Coral Reef’
• Gary’s third pottery blog: the cat just ate half a spider plant and….
• Gary’s third pottery blog: save it for later!
• Pic Works Pottery: Teapots, Once More
• DeBuse-On-The-Loose: Fair Shares
• Courtney Martin Pottery: Little condiment pots. There’s something quite cheerful
• Kim Murton: 3 for the Sitka Art Invitational
• homefry sketchbook: BOO!!!
• PATRICIA GRIFFIN CERAMICS – BLOG: The sun came up differently today
• The Rabbit Muse: Shop update TOMORROW Friday the 30th!
• Around and About with Bulldog Pottery: Pots from the Recent Firing
• Blue Starr Gallery: Ribbon Vessels in Black and White
• groszceramika: Dwie miski. Two bowls.

Thoughts

What can I ponder while making pottery and ceramic art?

• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Navigating the wilderness, Ceramics style
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: The Importance of Arts Programs for Kids
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Making a connection with history
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Passionate teaching
• CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Pete Pinnell – Transcending the Naked Truth
• this artist’s life: a tiny lesson in creativity

Interviews and Podcasts

What do potters have to say?

• The Potters Cast: Artifacts and Art | Jessica Brandl | Episode 148
• The Potters Cast: Potters Talk | Steve Kelly & Brian R Jones | Episode 149
• Blog – Function – by Jennifer Creighton: Creative Income: Meet A Maker
• The Potters Cast: Pricing Your Work | Mariko Paterson | Episode 150
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 120: Randy Johnston on the growth of wood firing in North America
• The Potters Cast: Feeding Creativity | Rachel Wood | Episode 151
• The Potters Cast: Making Good From the Ghetto | Roberto Lugo | Episode 152
• NCECA Blog: Now Online – 2015 Roundtable conversation

• NCECA Blog: Maintaining an Authentic Voice: Today on the NCECA360 podcast!
• The Potters Cast: Details is Creativity | Tom Budzak | Episode 153
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 121: Mark Pharis on using CAD to make ceramics for the edges of utility
• The Potters Cast: New Adventures as an Art Business | Martha Grover | Episode 154
• musing about mud: movie day: Janet DeBoos: An Interview by Jan Howlin
• Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast: 122: Linda Christianson on digging through self-doubt to find creativity
• The Potters Cast: Caution to the Wind | Heidi Fahrenbacher | Episode 156
• musing about mud: movie day: Garth Clark Interviews Beth Cavener on her Newest Sculpture Series
• The Potters Cast: Building a Teaching Income Stream | Lora Rust | Episode 157

The Rest

What do potters blog about other than pottery?

• HaldeBlog: Studio update: let’s talk work spaces!
• Tony Clennell: The Long Ball
• Jenni Ward: October Studio News
• judi’s kiln…: SWITCHING IT UP!
• Liz Crain Ceramics: Studio Tour Part Four: West Wall
• Pinchpots: Fiskars Residency
• HaldeBlog: Five things to know to rock your next craft show (or your first craft show)
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Mug Modules?… or Cabinet Cup Cubicles???
• Joel Cherrico Pottery: Cosmic Friday: Free Mug Giveaway, Studio Shot and One Cool Quote
• Tony Clennell: Birds of a feather
• Blue Starr Gallery: Reading List
• Carol Clarkson Pottery Blog: Tim Carlburg’s new pottery wheel
• paul the potter: 31 Day’s of Madness at Barrington Pottery October 2015
• Fine Mess Pottery: Screamy Feet
• Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist: Sunday Studio Visit – visiting other studios!
• judi’s kiln…: INTRODUCING JUDI’s KILN : YouTube Channel!
• Diving into the clay: A ceramics show in a U-Haul? Yes, yes, yes. October 3, 2015,…

• musing about mud: movie day: The Ceramicist
• Clay Club: Anita Funston wins gold at the North Carolina SilverArts competition in Raleigh
• Alchemy of Clay: How many years of blogging about pots and…
• Carol Clarkson Pottery Blog: Evenheat Tap Controller
• Combat Medic to Ceramic Artist…a Disabled Veteran’s Story: A Review of “The Extruder Video” by Daryl Baird
• judi’s kiln…: OFFICIAL EPISODE 1 of JUDI’S KILN VIDEO BLOG IS UP!

• Blog – Clay By Laura: Get Used To It!
• meesh’s pottery: Sketchbook
• Tony Clennell: Looking for a 12 year old
• Tony Clennell: Yuck!
• BPracticalPottery’s Blog: Jugtown
• Blue Starr Gallery: Bamboo Shoe Display for Pottery
• Tim Lake Ceramics: Ceramic Review article in this months issue…..
• Clay Club: John Britt Pottery : I Need a Cone 6 Glaze that Doesn’t Craze!!!!
• judi’s kiln…: JUDI’s KILN VIDEO BLOG EPISODE 2!
• HaldeBlog: Getting Your (Craft) Mojo Back
• Ellison Bay Pottery Studios – Pottery and Other Related Thoughts: The Studio Never Sleeps
• Courtney Martin Pottery: Shameless. #i?pottery #courtneymartinpottery
• Whistle Creek: Iffen’ Grip
• Jenni Ward: Words of Inspiration
• Carol Clarkson Pottery Blog: Custom made clay stamps
• Tony Clennell: Studying Italian
• NCECA Blog: Inside NCECA: Vol 2, No.1 – Conference Overview
• Paine Falls……….: Hello Blog ……….
• Alchemy of Clay: My Art on the Lawn experience
• Tony Clennell: I’ve been usurped!
• New Day Pottery: New Space
• HaldeBlog: HaldeCraft Policies
• Pinchpots: Firing and lights in the night
• Jenni Ward: The Business of Art
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Article : The Clay Will Tell You How You Are
• musing about mud: Wrapping up the ‘Beyond Limitations’ workshop… By Kim Seungtaek, Curator of Clayarch Gimhae Museum
• Tony Clennell: Tony and Mario
• Hints and Tips for the Potter: 48. MY VISITOR FROM JAPAN.

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