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Clay Blog Review: April 2013

May 4, 2013 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz Leave a Comment

Clay Blog Review - April 13

Clay Blog Review – April 13

April has come and gone and it’s been another good month for the clay blogs. If you missed March here is last month’s Clay Blog Review. Also, all the links from NCECA 2013 are in the roundup, not here.

The Can’t Miss

  • Graciela Testa Lynt shares how she does that when it comes to glazing striped mugs.
  • DirtKicker Pottery keeps it simple trimming lids and throwing knobs.
  • Glynnis Lessing gives a quick tutorial about fake wood texture.
  • Joel Cherrico shares some thoughts on festivals and sales: Are They Worth It?
  • Ang Walford shares images and a video of Tagines.
  • Jemerick Art Pottery explains How the doubles were made.
  • Meagan Chaney puts together a list of Raw materials needed for low fire glazes.
  • Dennis Allen posts an Almost Silent Movie about grinding lids:

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Filed Under: Clay Blog Review, Online Community Tagged With: 2013, April, blogs, ceramic artists, ceramics, clay community, links, potters, pottery, pottery blogs

Link Roundup: NCECA 2013

April 20, 2013 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz Leave a Comment

2013 NCECA

NCECA Houston 2013

NCECA Houston

NCECA (the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) puts on a giant conference every year for ceramists, students, teachers and clay industry folk. This year it took place in Houston, Texas on March 20-23rd. Check out the NCECA blog year round.

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Filed Under: Links Tagged With: 2013, ceramics, conferences, houston, links, nceca, pottery

Clay Blog Review: March 2013

April 2, 2013 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz Leave a Comment

Highlighting the best of the clay blogs… in case you missed something! If you’re new here, you can also take a look at the February or January Clay Blog Review.

Ah, March. A month full of lions and lambs, and NCECA, and Madness, and green beverages and even some eggs. Not to mention a bunch of great pottery blogging! Thanks to all of those great bloggers for sharing so much with the rest of us.

The Can’t Miss

  • Dennis Allen shares his favorites during Tool Time.
  • Carole Epp lets guest writer Melissa Monroe Talk about Wholesale Markets.
  • Lisa gives a great overview about Slip Trailing.
  • The Beads of Clay Blog has a tutorial about Making A Porcelain Flower.
  • DirtKicker Pottery shares a quick corn starch and stamping clay tip and how she tried an underglaze wash.
  • Lori Buff finishes part 3 of her teapot demo Spout and Handles and part 4 Adding Attachments.

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Filed Under: Clay Blog Review, Online Community Tagged With: 2013, blogs, ceramic artists, ceramics, clay, clay community, links, March, potters, pottery, pottery blogs, videos

Clay Blog Review: February 2013

March 1, 2013 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz Leave a Comment

Highlighting the best in pottery blogging each month. In case you missed something!

i love pottery blogs

i love pottery blogs

The Can’t Miss

  •  Carole Epp shoots a video of Ben Carter @ Red Lodge Clay Center. He’s decorating:

  • Gary Jackson shares his process for making New Stamps and then tries a Kieffer inspired stamp technique.
  • DirtKicker Pottery Throws Pitchers and adds Spouts and Handles.
  • Dick Lehman explains some of his figurative work and shares a museum’s worth of finished pots.

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Filed Under: Clay Blog Review, Online Community Tagged With: 2013, blogs, ceramics, clay community, february, links, potters, pottery, pottery blogs, videos

Clay Blog Review: January 2013

February 3, 2013 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 3 Comments

Welcome 2013! Here you’ll find the first Clay Blog Review of the year. For new readers, this monthly column lists the most interesting, inspiring, or educational information from blogs by potters and ceramic artists. (If you haven’t checked it yet, see the top pottery blogs of 2012.)

Clay Blog Review January 2013

Clay Blog Review January 2013

The Can’t Miss

A new section for a new year that includes the “best” posts of the month (in the humble opinion of one guy).

  • Molly Hatch shares her Process: House Numbers.
  • Whynot Pottery Blog has a series of images: Throwing a small lid.
  • Patricia Bridges shares 6 Tips on Stencils.
  • Lori Watts presents a stacking jars tutorial: Part 1, Part 2.
  • Gary Jackson gives us Twelve Tricks to Avoid Simple Round Bowls (not that there’s anything wrong with simple round bowls), makes New Stamps, and considers WWKKD?
  • Emily Reason shares some clips of Beth Kendall working with soft slabs at the Red Lodge Clay Center: Part 1, Part 2.
  • John Britt makes a video: Glazing a Plate (idea to implimentation to variation).
  • Carol Epp shares a video of Ben Carter decorating pots at the RLCC:

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Clay Blog Review, Online Community Tagged With: 2013, blogs, ceramics, clay community, january, links, making pottery, pottery, pottery blogs

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