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Clay Blog Review – January 2012

February 2, 2012 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 1 Comment

Back at it in the year 2012.  Slightly reorganized and still looking for the best blog posts from the past month.

Process and Techniques

  • FetishGhost shares a video of Jessica Fong cutting a foot ring by hand and decorating a platter.

  • DirtKicker Pottery extrudes handles with a pugger.
  • Lorri Buff has a video of throwing sets.

  • Liz Crain repairs a broken handle.
  • Mea Rhee shows how her graphic design experience helps her as a potter.
  • Paul Jessop has work in progress… and more.
  • Luke Langholz also has work in progress and bowls in progress and more.
  • Hannah McAndrew is  slip trailing and working on jugs and more jugs.
  • Lorri Watts makes a big bowl into something unique and shows the steps she used to make a flower brick.
  • Gary Jackson stamps mugs and ovals and talks about his signature.
  • Kyle Houser works on cups and wants feedback.
  • Jemarick Art shows work on an orchid pot… and another.
  • Cinderelish shares a short clip of trimming a large bowl.
  • Liberty Stoneware has images and videos of working on not-milkpans and shows off the “evil” pugmill.

  • Carole Epp shares a video about Max Cheprack’s extrusions.
  • Raven Hill Pottery prepares for Valentine’s Day.
  • Barnbarroch Pottery is working on boats, more boats… a little further along.
  • Marian Williams shares notes on glazing and firing.
  • Doug Fitch works on bowls and decorates jugs and makes bigger pots.
  • Linda Starr shares a pit fire pictorial and shows how she makes a pedestal bowl and admits sometimes things don’t turn out how she planned.
  • Michael Kline explains a slightly revised plan for his daily routine.
  • Art by Fuzzy has some images of work in progress.
  • Amy Manson shares a link to a collaborative carving experiment.
  • Lucy Fagella shows how parts come together to make a teapot.
  • Potter Jo tests plant imprints.
  • Lisa talks about her colanders.
  • Dawn Whitehand has a slideshow of her saggar bonfire firing.
  • Michael Mahan works on race awards and has video of throwing a bowl.
  • Ang Walford has new pots, stamps and handles.
  • Bfree pottery works with decals.
  • Keith begins the Clay 360 project (video).

  • Video of Cynthia Bringle throwing a goblet.
  • Mom Cave Pottery has an app for trying glaze ideas.
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Filed Under: Clay Blog Review, Online Community Tagged With: 2012, blogs, clay community, january, links, making pottery, potters

Top 10 Clay Blogs – 2011

January 8, 2012 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 8 Comments

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

Another great year for the pottery blogs!  The following is an attempt to highlight some of the best* blogs written by potters and ceramic artists.  Congratulations to those that made the list and thank you for putting so much time and effort into your blog.    And… on with the list!

10. From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up

Blog Platform – Blogger

Total 2011 posts – 88

This blog by Michael Mahan out of Seagrove, NC has been online since 2008. Michael produces a variety of work, from electric fired functional ware to more artistic wood or pit fired pieces. He has a lot of good posts showing the process and some of his finished work.

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Filed Under: Lists Tagged With: 2011, blogs, ceramic artists, ceramics, clay community, potters, pottery, top 10

Clay Blog Review – December 2011

January 1, 2012 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 2 Comments

Reviewing the month in clay blogging.  The last Review of 2011!  Happy New Year.

Technical, Techniques, Tips

  • Lori Buff shows a useful kitchen tool and shares her first demo video: wheel throwing a decanter:

  • The Clay Club discusses Green Chrome Oxide and Chromium Oxide.
  • Bridges Pottery Blog shares the basic tools of the trade.
  • Diving Into the Clay found this video of throwin’ and trailin’:

  • John Britt shares a ^10 Ice Crackle glaze recipe, three ^10 recipes and the results they produced,
  • Jeanette Manchester Harris shares her technique for making a palm frond dish.
  • A couple blogs shared a video of a volumetric image transfer by Forrest Lesch-Middelton:

  • Lori Watts learns that garden lime might be closer to dolomite than whiting and says no to birdseed wadding but maybe to chia wadding. Then considers java wadding.
  • Michael Mahan talks about carving and how to clean up sharp edges.
  • Emily Reason gets some suggestions for blue underglaze.
  • FetishGhost shares a 5 min. vid of applying slip to a pot:

  • Raven Hill Pottery has a series of posts reviewing Coyote glazes.
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Filed Under: Clay Blog Review, Online Community Tagged With: blogs, ceramics, clay community, december, making pottery, potters, pottery

Clay Blog Review – November 2011

December 1, 2011 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 1 Comment

The best in clay blogging from the past month:

Technical, Techniques, Tips

  • A nice pictorial demonstration of the slab and paddle technique by KaratsuPots, and construction images of a kiln from start to finish.
  • John Britt shares ^10 glaze samples and recipes: Rutile 11, Mutsuo Black, shares an article about Snowflake Crackle glaze, and videos a throwing demonstration.

  • View the process to make a press mold out of plaster at Jemerick Art.
  • Tracey Broom shows her diy bead tree that she uses to fire beads and pendants and shares a turquoise glaze recipe for raku.
  • See video of a workshop demo: printing on clay from Ang Design Blog.

  • FetishGhost shares a ^10 Red Chun recipe and some blue glaze test results.
  • Carole Epp shares a video of Carol Gouthro building with slabs and tar paper.

  • Atelier Marla shares a process to test for thermal shock.
  • Ron Philbeck demonstrates how to cut feet on bowls via “the ‘tube”:

  • Liberty Stoneware has slip test results.
  • Ann Tubbs explains how she prepares to glaze.
  • Linda Starr shares recent work and talks firing temps.
  • Lori Watts has a few notes from a soda firing.

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

Clay Blog Review – October 2011

November 2, 2011 by Brandon "Fuzzy" Schwartz 2 Comments

A day later than I hoped due to the festivities of late October.  As always if you know of a great blog, blogger, blog post or you just want to leave some feedback, don’t be shy.

Technical, Techniques, Tips

  •  Linda Starr uses porcelain sand on kiln shelves to prevent warping and cracking.
  • Lori Watts is going to try some of Vince Pitelka’s glaze recipes, shows how to make a slab built jar with lid and makes her own G-200 Feldspar.
  • Gary Jackson makes stamps, explains how he keeps handles “happy” and shares his secrets to making stamped ovals.
  • Dan Finnegan shows how to make a teapot spout that pours well and how he makes fat tiles.
  • Kelly Kessler shares a video and discusses proper throwing technique and digs up some videos about Yixing teapots.

  •  John Britt shows off a fancy graph about mesh size, finds some ^6 glaze tests by Terry Rorison and shares a ^10 glaze: Rutile 11.
  • Karatsu Pots shows clay with different amounts of sand added and shows the slab and paddle technique.
  • Togeii posts three videos of trimming bowls.

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Filed Under: Clay Blog Review, Online Community Tagged With: blogs, ceramics, clay community, making pottery, October, potters, pottery

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