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kemper tools
Advanced Ceramics

Kemper Tools: All You Need to Know About Kemper Tools

When it comes to pottery tools – Kemper is a well-known brand that produces Kemper Tools. They have handcrafted american tools for the Ceramic Arts community for over 50 years. Kempte tools can help all ceramicists from hand-builders to wheel throwers. In this article, we will be listing the various

mishima a mug
Advanced Ceramics

Julia Claire: How to Mishima a Mug

Take Julia’s Online Workshop about making a darted mug!   Tap for tunes! ? A little morning Mishima jam sesh! This technique is using wax resist on leather hard pots. That sweet stage before it dries! #ceramics #potteryvideo #potteryvideos #timelapse #leatherhard #instapottery #juliaclairesclay #mishima #wip #mug #amacounderglaze #amaco #iphoneonly #piabrush

throwing a chuck
Advanced Ceramics

Making Your Own Chuck

When it comes to trimming there is no one single way to trim every piece. Some pieces will require special attention and methods to ensure that they survive the trimming process. Chucks will help potters trim everything from cups, chip and dip platters, teapots, altered vases and many more unique

pot throwing
Advanced Ceramics

How to Throw off the Hump

Throwing off the hump can save time when it comes to throwing multiple pieces in one sitting. There are certain precautions that must be taken in order for the thrown pieces to survive, but once the precautions are taken the thrown pieces will survive with little failure. In this article,

Pottery Studio Safety
Advanced Ceramics

20 Ways to Stay Safe in the Pottery Studio

Studio safety is key to living a long and healthy life as a potter. In our line of work, we can come into contact with many different job hazards that can cause us grief down the road. Being cautious and taking preventative measures is the best way to stay safe

pottery sink
Advanced Ceramics

How to Make a Sink

In this video, we see George Sifounios from Sifoutv Pottery demonstrating how to make a sink on the wheel. George Sifounios is a potter from Leros Island, Greece. He has been a potter since he was 25. George focuses on teaching others how to do pottery through instructional videos. These

how to clean your studio
Advanced Ceramics

How to Clean your Studio

Cleaning your studio regularly is essential to having a safe environment to work. If you do not clean a pottery studio regularly then the dust from the clay can build up and cause long-term issues with your health. In this article, we are going to discuss how to clean your

Advanced Ceramics

Dipping Tongs and Pot Lifters

When it comes to working in the studio, dipping tongs and pot lifters can make a potters’ job much easier. While there are other tools that might be able to do a similar or maybe even better job these two tools are long-lasting and could be beneficial to add them

chattered texture
Advanced Ceramics

How to Create a Chattered Texture

In this video, Jason Sonsthagen from FoxRiverPottery shows us how he creates a chattered texture on a mug. Little chattering on a fresh mug. #pottery #pottersofinstagram #porcelain #handmade #potterywheel #texture #chatter #ceramics #studio A post shared by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀FOX RIVER POTTERY (@foxriverpottery) on Jan 22, 2017 at 4:09pm PST How To

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