Welcome to the Clay Blog Review, where we will look at the past month’s best pottery blogging. Thanks for supporting this site and all the great blogs below.

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The Can’t Miss

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

• John Bauman: Steamin’
• fetishghost: Stepping Stones
• fetishghost: BangCock
• Marshall Colman: ATTACHING HANDLES TO MUGS
• Marshall Colman: HOW TO TURN A FOOT-RING ON A BOWL
• Sparano Arts » Feed: If one wall is good, 2 are better?
• Gary Jackson: Bowls On Purpose… With a Decorative Flair
• Pottery Making Blog: 12 Tips for Making Pots
• Rachel Dorn: Recycling a Large Batch of Clay without a Pugmill
• Sparano Arts » Feed: How to close a shape, but more importantly why!
• Glynnis Lessing: Wedging: it’s not about air bubbles!

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Welcome to the Clay Blog Review where you can find highlights from pottery bloggers around the world. Take a look below, visit some of these amazing blogs and learn more about potters and the pottery they make. And if you enjoy this list, be sure to follow Pottery Making Info on social media for some great videos, articles and links.

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Hey clay peeps, another month is in the books. That means it’s time to take a look at all the great blogging that transpired in July. Or if you just tuned in, check out last month’s CBR and all the Reviews before that.

The Can’t Miss

The gems.

• JEANETTE MANCHESTER HARRIS: A Jar with a Perfectly Fitting Lid
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: Decorating the Rim on an Oval Casserole
• FetishGhost’s Secret Studio: Peeking in Our SideDoor
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: How to Make a Faceted Mug – Part 1
• Bentham Pottery: How to make Quarls
• Future Relics Pottery Blog: How to Make a Faceted Mug – Part 2
• NCECA Blog: Weathered Surfaces – Rhonda Willers in the Process Room
• Fine Mess Pottery: That One Image Transfer Technique
• Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture: Measuring Shrinkage
• Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery: Another Video : Platter Stamping Demo

• Hobby Potter – Artist Tammy Jo Schoppet Official Blog: 30 Bowls ~ 30 Days ~ 30 Techniques

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Highlighting the best in pottery blogging over the past month. Because potters that blog are the best! If you missed last month, check out the Clay Blog Review: June 2013.

The Can’t Miss

If you can only read a handful of blog posts, these are the handful.

• DirtKicker Pottery is Throwing slab plates on the Hump.
• Marian Williams learns How To Handbuild Large Pots.
• Rachel Dorn shares some techniqes for Masking and shows how she makes Press Mold Bulbs.
• Lori Buff creates a new Carving Tool.
• Dan Finnegan makes some thick slab pots.
• Bentham Pottery gives us the blog version of the Press Mould Bowl Class.

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