Intermediate Ceramics

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Ceramic Slab and Coil Vessel
Advanced Ceramics

Slab and Coil Vessel

This week, Bridges Pottery shows how she constructs a large slab and coil vessel. Learn simple Step by step techniques to improve your hand building skills. Want to learn some extra techniques? We recommend Sculpting and Handbuilding.

Advanced Ceramics

How to Make a Pottery Butter Dish

In this video George Sifounios from Sifoutv Pottery shows us how he makes his pottery butter dishes by throwing them on the potter’s wheel. Simple, beautiful, functional design, and something you could easily do at home!  If you haven’t yet got a potters wheel at home, but want to start,

Advanced Ceramics

Throwing a Textured Box with Hsin-Chuen Lin 林新春

Master potter Hsin-Chuen Lin shows how he throws a porcelain box on the wheel. By throwing the top and bottom of the box as the same piece of clay, he manages to create an amazing porcelain box, with a lid that looks beautiful and fits snugly. We simply love this

how to create a scalloped vase
Advanced Ceramics

How To Create a Scalloped Vase

David Cuzick shows us how he throws a porcelain scalloped vase, and the results are beautiful. Have you tried throwing a scalloped vase before? Why not give it a go! Do you want to see more content like this? Don’t worry, we don’t sell or spam your email address. You can

Advanced Ceramics

How to Make Relief Decoration on Tile Using Shellac Resist

Handmade ceramic tiles are perfect for trying out different decoration techniques. In today’s video, tile maker Frank Giorgini demonstrates a wonderful shellac-resist technique to create relief decoration. The process is similar to wax resist, but the shellac dries quicker, and is easier to control. He also shows us how to repeat  the pattern onto other

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

Advanced Ceramics

Primitive Technology: Creating a Forge Blower

Wow, just wow! This guy is amazing. If i didn’t have an electric kiln I would be building my own wood fired kiln, creating about 10 of these and inviting some friends over to help fire the kiln… amazing! He even makes some Iron at the end just to test

Advanced Ceramics

How to make a Ceramic Colander

One of the things that happens when you focus too much on pottery is that you only make cups and  bowls and vases… you forget that there are loads of other things to make – like ceramic colanders! Well don’t worry, Patricia Bridges from Bridges Pottery is here to show us

Advanced Ceramics

How to roll a foot on a bowl and cup

A short video demonstrating a super simple way to “roll” a foot on to a small bowl and a cup, instead of turning it. Have you seen or used this technique before? What do you think of it?

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Advanced Ceramics

Throwing a Tall Long – Necked Vase

Hand thrown Tall Porcelain Vase, with Long Neck by Matt Horne Pottery, February 2016.Using Audrey Blackman Porcelain.Let us know what you think in the comments!

Advanced Ceramics

How to make an UDU Drum

Udu Drums: What are Udu Drums? How can you make your own Udu Drum? How do you play the Udu Drum? Find out now!

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