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Anna Whitehouse: Sketching in Clay #100bottles100days

On 1st January 2018, Ceramic Artist Anna Whitehouse began a project to make 1 bottle a day for 100 days. Using a 2 part press mould she created a plain bottle every morning to be her blank canvas for the day. This process allowed her to push new ideas quickly

The Big Pottery Book List
Advanced Ceramics

The Big Pottery Book List

When you have the right pottery book, creating with clay can be freeing and amazing. You can create anything that you can imagine. However, it can be hard to understand how to do certain techniques correctly when you are first starting out. If you are learning at home or seeking

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Best Music for the Pottery Studio

When it comes to working in the studio everyone has preferences for what environment they like to create in. Some people prefer silence, while others enjoy listening to music in order to help them work better in the studio. If you enjoy listening to music, this article can help you

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Advanced Ceramics

Carving the Rim of a Plate for Variety

・ Merry X’mas. ・・ #しのぎ#矢羽根#阿部春弥 #ceramics #pottery #porcelain #クリスマス感ゼロ #これは3寸皿#手数で勝負 A post shared by Haruya Abe 阿部春弥 (@abe_haruya) on Dec 23, 2016 at 9:47pm PST In this video, we can see Abe Haruya from Abe_Haruya adding a design onto the rim of his plate for variety. How to Carve The

Advanced Ceramics

Two Ways to Facet a Mug

・ さて、どこへ人形を持って行くのでしょう? ・ Faceting. ・ #うつわ#器#マグカップ#阿部春弥 #pottery #ceramics #porcelain #handcraft #tableware A post shared by Haruya Abe 阿部春弥 (@abe_haruya) on Mar 25, 2017 at 1:59am PDT ・ しのぎも。 ・ part2. ・ #うつわ#器#マグカップ#阿部春弥 #pottery #ceramics #porcelain #handcraft #tableware A post shared by Haruya Abe 阿部春弥 (@abe_haruya) on Mar 25, 2017 at

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Nine Ways to Stay Motivated in the Studio

When it comes to working and staying motivated in the studio, whether full time or part time, it can be hard to keep the creative juices flowing. While some people do not have a hard time continuing their work and staying motivated, others find it difficult to stay motivated and

handbuild a ceramic flower
Advanced Ceramics

How to Hand Build a Ceramic Flower

How to Hand Build a Ceramic Flower. These flowers will be part of a wall sculpture, but the techniques can be applied for adding flowers onto wheel thrown work as well.

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Five Pottery Books to Add to your Collection

In our modern age of technology, information is all around us. Still, there are times where it can be difficult to find and keep track of certain useful information to assist a potter in the studio. That’s where a couple of good pottery books come in handy. Pottery books help

Pottery and Meditation
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Pottery and Meditation

Pottery and Meditation: Can The Two Work in Tandem? You feel the warm clay in your hands. You smell the earth & your mind relaxes. This is your happy place. The very idea of putting pottery and meditation together may not be the first thing that springs to mind when

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pottery without a wheel
Clay FAQs

Pottery Without A Wheel

There are many ways to create pottery without a pottery wheel, and this video from British Instructional Films shows you how you can: 1) Create a thumb pot. 2) Create a coil pot. 3) Create a coil duck sculpture. 4) Create a tile. And all of these things, plus many more can be created without the use of a pottery wheel.

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Clay FAQs

Calipers: All You Need to Know

Potters use calipers to measure things, usually openings and galleries in lidded forms. Calipers can be very helpful for potters and help get rid of

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