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Understanding Glaze Components Part 5: Opacifiers

Welcome to our fifth and final installment of our series Understanding Glaze Components! We’ve been taking a deep dive into the primary parts that go into making successful glazes to help you increase your confidence when working with glazes. So far we’ve looked at our three foundational elements, glass-formers, fluxes,

Beginner Ceramics

Understanding Glaze Components Part 4: Colorants

Welcome to Part 4 of our blog series, Understanding Ceramic Glaze Components, where we demystify the basic construction of glazes. In Parts 1-3 we looked at the three foundational components of all glazes: glass-formers, fluxes, and stabilizers. In today’s post we’re taking a look at a glaze element that is

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DIY Magical Dragon Eggs with Air Dry Clay

A fun, sparkly craft for school holidays, rainy days, or anytime your little ones want to hatch their own dragons! If your kids love fantasy, glitter, and hands-on fun, this air dry clay project is sure to be a hit. These magical dragon eggs are one of my kids’ all-time

Advanced Ceramics

Making the Leap to Teaching Pottery

Transitioning from being a dedicated maker to a pottery teacher is an exciting prospect for many, but for some of us it can feel daunting, especially if you’ve found your confidence primarily in the studio, not the classroom. Yet, teaching pottery offers a wealth of rewards that go beyond just

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DIY Fried Eggs – easter decoration

These fun little fried eggs are the perfect spring or Easter decoration — and they’re super easy to make! Start by rolling out your air-dry clay to about 0.5 cm thick. You can either freehand the egg shape or use a template to cut it out. Once you have your

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DIY Bunny Vase

Looking for a fun and easy Easter craft? This DIY Easter Bunny Vase is the perfect project to add a handmade touch to your holiday décor! Made with air-dry clay, this adorable bunny holds a tiny test tube for fresh flowers—making it a sweet spring decoration or a thoughtful gift.

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DIY Spring Chicks

This adorable egg-shaped chick is a perfect Easter craft! Instead of making it solid, we’ll turn it into a little thumb pot, making it lighter and easier to dry. Plus, we’ll add dangling clay feet using string to give it a fun, playful look. Let’s get started! Materials You’ll Need:

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How to make Slip

What is Slip? The Magic Glue for Air-Dry Clay! ✨ If you love crafting with air-dry clay, you need to know about slip! Slip is a simple mix of clay and water that works like glue to help stick clay pieces together. It also smooths out cracks and rough spots,

Beginner Ceramics

How to Center Clay – A Beginner’s Guide

This amazing video shown above which is full of helpful visual insights was posted by Florian Gadsby.​ Hey, so you wanna center clay on the wheel? Awesome. Let’s get into it. If you’ve ever sat down at the wheel, slapped a ball of clay on there, and watched it wobble

Beginner Ceramics

Understanding Glaze Composition Part 2: Flux

Welcome to Part 2 of our series exploring the main components of ceramic glazes! As you’ll remember from our previous article, all glazes are composed of 3 main parts: glass-formers, fluxes, and stabilizers. In Part 1 we discussed the oh-so-essential glass-former, silica. This week we’re going to explore an important

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