A selection of slip trailing videos showing a range of possibilities and inspiration.
Learn more about slip trailing here!
Charan Sachar
Clay Blog Review: March 2013
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.
Pottery Wheel Galaxy Wallpaper #1
Another installment of pottery wallpaper. Not the paper that goes on actual walls, backgrounds for your computer or tablet! Now with a high-resolution iPad 3 version!
pottery wheel galaxy 1
Image of hands at the pottery wheel by Amanda Schwartz. Image of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 by NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA. Images combined and modified by Brandon Schwartz.
Use the links below to find just the right dimensions for your screen or device.
1680 x 1050 (1440 x 900, 1280 x 800, etc.)
1600 x 1200 (1280 x 960, 1024 x 960, 1024 x 768, 800 x 600, etc.)
2048 x 2048 for the iPad 3, 2?, 1? (or use it to crop to your own specific dimensions).
Thanks for checking it out. Stay tuned for a few more wallpapers with a similar theme or check out some previously released wallpapers.
Pottery Wheel Galaxy 1 by Brandon Schwartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0501a/.
How to Recycle Clay to Save Money and the Environment
Intro to Recycling Clay
You can recycle clay, or reclaim clay, so it can be used again. Many potters keep their non contaminated (21) clay scraps from trimming, broken greenware, or old throwing slurry (3) to recycle and reuse. As long as clay has not been fired it can be recycled (10, 21). It can be a time consuming process (2), physically demanding and take up a lot of space (14) but it doesn’t have to be an unreasonable amount of work (3). Plus, recycled clay is clay that you don’t have to buy! As the old saying goes, there are about as many ways to recycle clay as there are potters. Many variations are presented below. Find the process that suits your situation the best. Of course, if you have access to a pugmill, it can be used to easily recycle clay. (20).
Safety
The most notable hazard to be conscience of when you recycle clay is breathing clay dust from dry clay (11). To be safe, wear a good quality respirator mask and eye protection (14). Also be careful when lifting large amounts of clay to be sure not to strain any part of your body.
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