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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!

Beginner Ceramics

The 10 Best Pottery Tools for Beginners

Best Pottery tools for Beginners: Are you starting a pottery course and looking for the best pottery tools? Here we list the 10 Best Pottery Tools for Beginners

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History & Culture

Handmade: By Royal Appointment Wedgwood BBC Documentary

The Making of the Wedgewood Vase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnfQabxrEWU The film which follows the making of a Wedgwood vase. The culmination of over 250 years of expertise and heritage, the panther vase is handcrafted by artisan potters using the same techniques pioneered by Josiah Wedgwood in the 18th century. But the Wedgwood

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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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Ayumi Horie – White Pots

A look into Ayumi Horie’s studio practice. Using porcelain, she shows how to dry throw bowls, plates, a match striker, and applies decals to pottery. She talks about the importance of touch and the haptic in life and what it means to make slow pots. All in all, some really

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Michael Casson – The Craft of the Potter – Throwing

Michael Casson was one of the pioneers in the renaissance of studio pottery in the post-war period, a greatly respected and a charismatic teacher and educator who influenced several generations of potters. After reading Bernard Leach’s 1940 A Potter’s Book, Casson responded positively to its concept of unity and wholeness,

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Today's Inspiration : Mathew Chambers

Matthew Chambers & His  Circular Ceramic Sculptures Matthew Chambers created wonderful concentrically layered Ceramic Sculptures and Vessels. These hand-built ceramic vessels and sculptures are containing dozens

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Advanced Ceramics

How to make a DIY Light Box

DIY Light Boxes: How to make your own DIY Light Box – so you can start taking Professional Photographs of your work.

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