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Clay Blog Review: June 2013

July 1, 2013 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 1 Comment

Highlighting the best pottery blogging of the past month! Because potters that blog deserve some recognition for their effort.

Is the year really half over?! Unbelievable. At least we have another month’s worth of blogs to read! If you missed last month of the CBR it is here.

The Can’t Miss

Gary Jackson shares the secret behind Tracey’s Letters.
Bentham Pottery gives a step by step look at Newspaper Resist.
Liz Crain offers The Start to Finish Task List for Executing an Exhibit, Show or Sale.
Wirerabbit Pots explains the current setup for foil saggar firing.
Cindy Douglass shares The Process of Making Mugs.

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Clay Blog Review: April 2013

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

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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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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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

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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Top Pottery Blogs of 2012

January 6, 2013 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 10 Comments

(This is old news! For a current list, see the Top Pottery Blogs of 2015.)

Another year, another list of the best pottery blogs on the web! (Previously – 2011, 2010.) This year, even more objective… sort of. The only criterion for making the list was how often the blog was mentioned in the Clay Blog Review.

The CBR is a monthly list of the most informative and interesting blog posts by potters and clay artists. (If you missed any: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.)

Thanks for checking this list and feel free to share your opinion or favorite clay blog.

Here we go… the 10 best clay blogs (and some honorable mentions) of 2012:

10. Tales of a Red Clay Rambler

Tales of a Red Clay Rambler

The New Perspective Blogger

Total 2012 posts: 78

Mentions in the Clay Blog Review: 33

Blogger Ben Carter (Copenhagen, Denmark) has some really interesting posts with interviews, stories of travel, and his own work as well.

If you like this blog, check out honorable mention: Future Relics Gallery.

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Clay Blog Review: June 2013

The Can’t Miss

Clay Blog Review: April 2013

The Can’t Miss

Clay Blog Review: March 2013

The Can’t Miss

Clay Blog Review: February 2013

The Can’t Miss

Top Pottery Blogs of 2012

10. Tales of a Red Clay Rambler

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