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Advanced Ceramics

Deflocculated and Flocculated Glazes

John Britt explains Deflocculated and Flocculated Glazes in this video below. Equipment you need: Epsom Salt Bentonite CMC Sodium Silicate

Advanced Ceramics

Marbling a Mug with Glazes

Marbling a Mug with Glazes & CMC

Advanced Ceramics

How to throw a plate on a pottery wheel

How to throw a plate on the pottery wheel. Here we show you 4 easy steps to throwing a plate on the pottery wheel.

Advanced Ceramics

How to Hand Build a Ceramic Flower

How to Hand Build a Ceramic Flower. These flowers will be part of a wall sculpture, but the techniques can be applied for adding flowers onto wheel thrown work as well.

how to make DIY trimming tools from hacksaw blades

Advanced Ceramics

How to make your own DIY trimming tools from Hacksaw blades

How to make your own DIY trimming tools from hacksaw blades. Trimming tools made from hacksaw blades are cheap, easily to make yourself, replaceable and customizable.

Advanced Ceramics

All You Need to Know About Damp Boxes

Having your work dry out too soon is a challenge that potters can face in the studio if they are unprepared and do not have a damp box. What is a damp box? It is a storage container or even cabinet that stores the moisture inside of it, which then

Advanced Ceramics

How to Spiral Wedge Clay

How to spiral wedge clay, with Hsin-Chuen Lin.

Advanced Ceramics

Wedging Boards – All you need to know

What is a wedging board? One essential tool that everyone should have in a potters’ studio are wedging boards. These large boards allow you to wedge your clay before throwing it on the pottery wheel. There are many different options a potter can choose from when it comes to wedging boards,