Top Pottery Blogs of 2017

Who had the top pottery blogs of the past year? Check this list to find out if your favorite blog made it!

Every month I scan as many blogs about pottery and ceramics as I can find. I put all the best stuff I find each month in a list called the Clay Blog Review. The list below shows the 17 blogs that were mentioned the most in the Clay Blog Review (CBR) during 2017. Pottery bloggers have shared so much great content this year that I needed THREE posts to share all their best tips. (Find them here: 12 Tips for Making Pots, 13 Decorating Tips, 18 MORE Pottery Tips.)

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Let’s get to the blogs!

17. Objective Clay

Author: Various

• Visit: http://objectiveclay.com/articles/
• Mentions in the CBR: 30
• Rank for 2016: Honorable Mention

15. Blue Starr Gallery

Author: Linda Starr

• Visit: http://bluestarrgallery.blogspot.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 33
• Rank for 2016: Honorable Mention

15. Meesh’s Pottery

Author: Michèle Hastings

• Visit: http://meeshspottery.blogspot.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 33
• Rank for 2016: 9

14. Whynot Pottery Blog

Author: Mark & Meredith Heywood

• Visit: https://whynotpotteryblog.blogspot.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 34
• Rank for 2016: 13

10. Big Ceramic Store Blog

Author: Big Ceramic Store

• Visit: http://www.bigceramicstore.com/blog/
• Mentions in the CBR: 39
• Rank for 2016: 11

10. Carol Clarkson Pottery Blog

Author: Carol Clarkson

• Visit: https://www.carolclarksonpottery.com/wwwcarolclarksonpotterycom/bloghtml/
• Mentions in the CBR: 39
• Rank for 2016: 12

10. Gillian McMillan

Author: Gillian McMillan

• Visit: http://www.gillianmcmillan.com/blog/
• Mentions in the CBR: 39
• Rank for 2016: Honorable Mention

10. Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture

Author: Rachel Dorn

• Visit: http://racheldorn.blogspot.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 39
• Rank for 2016: Honorable Mention

8. Future Relics Pottery Blog

Author: Lori Buff

• Visit: http://futurerelicsstudio.blogspot.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 41
• Rank for 2016: Honorable Mention

8. Tales of a Red Clay Rambler (Podcast)

Author: Ben Carter

• Visit: http://www.talesofaredclayrambler.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 41
• Rank for 2016: 16

7. Courtney Martin Pottery

Author: Courtney Martin

• Visit: http://www.courtneymartinpottery.com/blog/
• Mentions in the CBR: 43
• Rank for 2016: Honorable Mention

6. Alchemy of Clay

Author: Barb Rogers

• Visit: http://blackmtnbarb.blogspot.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 58
• Rank for 2016: 7

5. CFile

Author: Garth Clark and Staff

• Visit: https://cfileonline.org/
• Mentions in the CBR: 90
• Rank for 2016: 3

4. Tony Clennell

Author: Tony Clennell

• Visit: http://smokieclennell.blogspot.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 99
• Rank for 2016: 5

3. Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery

Author: Gary Jackson

• Visit: http://firewhenreadypottery.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 100
• Rank for 2016: 2

2. The Potters Cast (Podcast)

Author: Paul Blais

• Visit: http://thepotterscast.com/
• Mentions in the CBR: 5
• Rank for 2016: 103

1. Musing About Mud

Author: Carole Epp

• Visit: https://www.musingaboutmud.com
• Mentions in the CBR: A whole bunch!
• Rank for 2016: 1 (Back to back champion!)

There you have it. Those were the top 17 blogs of 2017 according to Pottery Making Info. But don’t think those are the only great pottery blogs to read. Here are some more blogs that weren’t mentioned as much but have plenty of great stuff to offer.

The Very Honorable Mention

• John Bauman
• Clay by Laura
• Andy Priestman
• Céramique d’art
• Jenni Ward Ceramic Sculpture
• Hand Eye Foot Brain
• FetishGhost
• Carter Gillies Pottery
• Kim Murton
• Shaun Hall’s Raku Ceramics Blogspot
• Sparano Arts
• Clay Club
• Haldeblog
• Jenny Mendes
• Peter’s Pottery
• Rough Ideas
• Kyle Carpenter Studio Pottery
• ?¡?©ur?¡?? £?¶
• Lucy Fagella Pottery
• Handbuilders Monthly
• Liz Crain Ceramics
• Good Elephant Pottery
• Dawn Whitehand: Visual Artist
• José María Mariscal
• Marian Williams Pottery
• NCECA Blog

Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone listed above for putting time, effort and resources into their blogs and sharing so much with us. You have earned some bragging rights. If you want to show off your accomplishment, feel free to use one of the images below on your blog or however you like.

Is there a blog missing? Leave a comment below! Or if you know a clay blog that I should know about, find out how to add it here.

Something Big is Happening

I love working on this site but over the past year I’ve been working on something new. It’s a site called Expert Clay and it will offer online courses, ebooks, podcasts and more. Check out a quick trailer below and find out more at expertclay.com.

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I hope you have enjoyed this list of the top pottery blogs of 2017 and I wish you the best in 2018!