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Making the parts for a steampunk robotic octopus …
Making the parts for a steampunk robotic octopus ? with Tim See’ Ceramics Page
Advanced Ceramics
How to Carve Clay
Ingleton Pottery shows us how to Carve Clay. He Carves & pierces a flower design into a clay pottery bowl which he had thrown on the wheel. You can use basically anything to carve clay, he is using a sharpened tool made from a hack saw blade. Simply cut the
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How to Create a Textured Slab Cup with a Darted Squared Base
In this video, KaransPotsAndGlass demonstrate how to roll and texture a slab, and create a cylinder with a squared darted bottom. She used a piece of craft foam from which she cut the feather focal accent, and then used an MKM wooden roller to create the repeated texture in the
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How to Print on Clay (Positive & Negative)
The following 10 videos from Kathy Skaggs show you how to print on clay by using positive and negative cutout prints. This is a fantastic technique which allows you to create amazingly decorated ceramic tiles.
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How to make a Rose Bowl
Ingleton Pottery shows us how he Throws / Makes a Pottery Rose Bowl on the Wheel. This pot has a rolled beaded clay rim which gives it the appearance of being thicker than it is.
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How to make a Pinch Pot (rap)
Making a Pinch Pot can be hard work… There are so many things that can go wrong. Luckily though, once you have the correct pinch pot technique down, you turn into a pinch pot making machine! To help get you on the right track, Daniel Willis has created this amazing Pinch
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How to scrape a honeycomb pattern
Haruya Abe shows us how he creates his beautiful honeycomb shaved bowls. First of all, you need a dry pot, in the video below he uses a very dry pot, but we recommend using a leather hard one instead to minimize the clay dust. Then you need to measure out the
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Jennifer McCurdy: How to create a beautiful Sculpture from a Vase
Jennifer McCurdy gives us a Fabulous demonstration on how she turns her Wheel-Thrown pots into Beautiful Organic Sculptures. So the next time you have a pot come off the wheel that you’re not happy with, why not try this out! Buy her new book “Vessels: A Conversation in Porcelain and
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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.
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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,
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Here’s our list of our favorite ceramics-focused podcasts from around the world! What’s on your studio podcast playlist?
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Devils Advocate When I was growing up in the North of England, I always *hated* when my friends or family played “Devils Advocate”. (I’m not
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DIY Snail Bowl with Air Dry Clay
Snails might be slow, but this project is fast, fun, and perfect for little hands. Whether you’re looking for a rainy-day activity, something creative for
