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Pottery Blog Series – Planning a Blog

March 29, 2016 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 1 Comment

So, if you’ve read the first article in this series about blogging, maybe you’ve decided to start your own pottery blog. Or maybe you want to refine your current blogging efforts. Fantastic! But now what? Where do you begin?

Planning a Pottery Blog

You can always just jump in and learn as you go. But it may help to organize your thoughts and come up with a plan. Especially if you hope to grow a following or sell products. Below you will find some things to think about when starting a pottery blog. These should be considered loose guidelines and not rules set in fired stoneware.

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Filed Under: Articles, information Tagged With: blogs, clay community, information, pottery blogs, social media, technology, websites

Clay Blog Review: February 2016

March 2, 2016 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 2 Comments

Happy Leap Year! An extra day in February and more great pottery blogging. Hopefully both brought you something good!

February Clay Blog Review 2016

The big news in February seems to be the #pottersofperiscope. Read more about the Potters of Periscope here. There is a great community of potters already going strong but there is always room for more clay friends!

Also, if you’re into email newsletters, sign up for the Pottery Making Newsletter! It is full of good stuff. I’m also looking for more people to share their clay space. If you are interested, read this. Let’s get to the clay bloggin’.

The Can’t Miss

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

  • Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Bowls On Purpose. Bowls With A Purpose.
  • Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Bowl Demo : Part Two
  • Blog – objective clay: Latex Resist: A Surface Tool
  • Marian Williams Pottery: Bill Powell: Pottery Rock Star Strikes Again!
  • Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Pottery Making Illustrated : March /April
  • CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Making our pots understood
  • News – Pottery Making Info: Potters of Periscope
  • Hints and Tips for the Potter: 49. WAX RESIST
  • musing about mud: technical tuesday: how to add gold leaf to pottery with Steve Irvine
  • NCECA Blog: Marvelous Marge – Closing Lecture
  • CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Design | White Origami Porcelain Forms Comprise “Enchanting Geometry” by Ann Van Hoey

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Filed Under: Online Community, Clay Blog Review Tagged With: 2016, blogs, ceramic artists, ceramics, clay community, february, links, potters, pottery, pottery blogs

Clay Blog Review: January 2016

February 2, 2016 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 3 Comments

Happy New Year! I hope your 2016 is off to a great start. The clay blogs have started strong. There was a lot of great feedback for the Top Pottery Blogs of 2015. Don’t forget to subscribe to the blogs that you really enjoy and connect through the comments on those blogs. Also thanks for sharing and commenting here on the Pottery Making Blog.

January Clay Blog Review

If you’re new to the Clay Blog Review, it’s basically a monthly recap of all the great pottery blogs from around the ‘net. They are sorted by category to make reading a little easier. If you know a pottery blog that should be included that isn’t on the blog list let me know!

So, let’s get to the blogs!

The Can’t Miss

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

  • Kristen Kieffer: Studio Cycles Pictorial 2015
  • CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Best of CFile.Daily |15 Potters to Watch in 2016
  • Whistle Creek: A Tip, A Tool, and a Technique.
  • Barnbarroch Pottery: Teapots
  • Gary’s third pottery blog: CRUSTY… a potter’s workplace
  • HaldeBlog: Five things HaldeCraft did wrong in 2015
  • Tony Clennell: Some and some
  • Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: New Stamps For The New Year
  • Blog – objective clay: Throwing Molds on the Wheel
  • CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | “The Valley of the Potters:” Meet one of the Oldest Clay Traditions on Earth
  • Love Sown: Pulling Spoons
  • CFile – Contemporary Ceramic Art + Design: Video | How to throw a Banana on the Potter’s Wheel
  • Lucia Pottery: 10 Practical Considerations when Pulling Handles for Mugs
  • CARTER GILLIES POTTERY: Ironies of the potting profession

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Filed Under: Clay Blog Review, Online Community Tagged With: 2016, blogs, ceramic artists, ceramics, clay community, january, links, potters, pottery, pottery blogs

Top Pottery Blogs of 2015

January 3, 2016 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 15 Comments

This is old news! If you are looking for a more recent version, check out The Top Pottery Blogs of 2016!

Happy New Year! As we begin a fresh year, let’s take a look back at 2015 and see the top pottery blogs of the past 12 months!

Top Pottery Blogs of 2015

Top Pottery Blogs of 2015!

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Filed Under: Lists Tagged With: 2015, blogs, ceramic artists, clay community, links, potters, pottery blogs, top 10

Clay Blog Review: December 2015

January 1, 2016 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 8 Comments

Here we are, the end of 2015, the last Clay Blog Review of the year. If this is your first CBR, make yourself a drink, get comfortable and enjoy some of the best pottery blogging of the past month. Then check back next month for more great stuff. Or you can sign up for the Pottery Making Newsletter to get updates once or twice per month. Or even take a look at previous reviews.

Clay Blog Review: December

Also, if you are a potter or ceramic artist and you would like to try out this “blogging” thing, check out the first post in a series about starting your own pottery blog!

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Filed Under: Clay Blog Review, Online Community Tagged With: 2015, blogs, ceramic artists, ceramics, clay community, december, links, potters, pottery, pottery blogs

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