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Mike Stumbras’ Floral Yunomi: “for no one”
“for no one”
– A Yunomi video by Mike Stumbras Ceramics
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Get fired up with inspired ideas for your next ceramic project!
Advanced Ceramics
Making the parts for a steampunk robotic octopus …
Making the parts for a steampunk robotic octopus ? with Tim See’ Ceramics Page
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Katie Marks: Geometric Spacey Tie-dyed Lustres
Katie Marks (anotherseattleartist) has developed a wonderful technique to produce Tie-dyed glazed pots, with gold lustre on top. The Mugs and Jugs are wonderfully colorful, and a different take on decorating with lustres. Very Spacey. Very Geometric. Very Gold. Very much in LOVE. Take a look for yourself, and let
Advanced Ceramics
Jennifer McCurdy: How to create a beautiful Sculpture from a Vase
Jennifer McCurdy gives us a Fabulous demonstration on how she turns her Wheel-Thrown pots into Beautiful Organic Sculptures. So the next time you have a pot come off the wheel that you’re not happy with, why not try this out! Buy her new book “Vessels: A Conversation in Porcelain and
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Guy Van Leemput – Porcelain slip balloon bowls
Guy van Leemput has a wonderful technique of placing coloured porcelain slip onto balloons. (You can learn how he does this in The Ceramic School Workshop: Guy Van Leemput – How to make a paper-thin porcelain bowl) Using balloons as a base allows him to create very thin and fragile looking
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Best Inspirational Books for Potters
Pottery is a blast! Isnt it? You can create… literally… anything. Its one of those hobbies where you can build your dreams, and only your imagination can stop you. But what happens if your creative mind is having a day off? You know what I mean. You’re there in the
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The Pottery Wheel Rap
Have you ever wondered how it would sound to beatbox teach wheel throwing? No? Well here you go anyway! We introduce you to… The Pottery Wheel Rap from Daniel Willis!
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Ceramic flowers style Capodimonte
In this video we see Sonda Ceramics, the Italian Capodimonte Ceramic style, the company which produce ceramic flowers, show us how they produce their gold and platinum decorations. The molds look fantastic, and we simply LOVE how they hand make the flowers and leaves! Beautiful!
Advanced Ceramics
Raku Firing with Andrew Cummins
Andrew Cummins discusses the ancient art of pottery making, with an emphasis on raku firing. “Raku” is a Japanese term which roughly translates to “happy in the accident”, in reference to the random patterns that the heat & smoke create. It is also the Japanese surname of the family traditionally
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SIMON LEACH Throws an egg!
How To Throw an Egg? The amazing Simon Leach – from Simon Leach Potteries, author of the fantastic book “Simon Leach’s Pottery Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Throwing Beautiful, Functional Pots” – shows us the process of throwing an egg-shaped closed vessel. Why not have a go yourself this week,
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