Intermediate Ceramics

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How to Emboss
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How to Emboss

Embossing has been around for decades and is commonly used to create a raised texture on paper craft and cards.  Embossing is a very simple process – All you basically need is embossing glue, embossing powder and a heat gun. Since the introduction of embossing glue pens, embossing has become

Advanced Ceramics

How to Make a Juicer

In this video, we see John Britt showing us how he creates a juicer for fruits such as lemons, limes, and oranges. John Britt is a studio potter in Baskerville, North Carolina. John is a self-taught potter who has taught and worked extensively at many locations including at Penland School

How to Throw a Pear
Advanced Ceramics

How to Throw a Pear

https://www.instagram.com/p/BT2LU_-gx8D/?taken-by=fishpaint5 In this video, we see Don from FishPaint5 demonstrating how he throws and shapes a pear on the wheel. Don is a teacher of ceramics and his work focuses on functional forms with imagery created by wax resisting and creating sculptural pieces on the wheel such as pears and

How to Throw a Pumpkin
Advanced Ceramics

How to Throw a Pumpkin

Be sure to read the caption at the end of the video. The pumpkin behind me is a 200lb thrown piece from when I was young and crazy, still crazy but old?#pumpkin#clay #ceramics #wheelthrown #shino A post shared by Don & Cristina (@fishpaint5) on Mar 10, 2017 at 9:27am PST

Advanced Ceramics

How to Sgraffito

Step by Step Process of Making Sgraffito Sgraffito is a form of decorating that is achieved by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of contrasting color. This technique uses slips and underglazes mostly to achieve the sgraffito look. You can use underglaze to cover your forms and

How to Organize your Pottery Studio
Advanced Ceramics

How to Organize Your Pottery Studio

Keeping your pottery studio organized can be hard work. Studios are a potter’s personal creative space, and like all creative spaces – they can get very messy very quickly. Pottery studios vary from potter to potter; we all have our own preference as to where things go, how things are

vacuum to glaze
Advanced Ceramics

Using a Vacuum to Glaze

Feeling Mos def Glazing pottery with help from shop vac #pottery #potter #hiphop #artist A post shared by Rich Brown (@pottery32) on Mar 15, 2017 at 5:25pm PDT In this video, we see Rich Brown from Pottery32 using a vacuum to assist with glazing. Rich Brown is potter and middle

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Little Flower Bowl

If you’re in the mood for a fun and relaxing DIY, why not try making a flower-shaped trinket dish out of air-dry clay? It’s an

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