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Chris Dunn – Pit Firing Pottery

Chris Dunn, Wellington-based potter and ceramicist shows us how he creates his beautiful pit-fired pottery. Want to try Pit firing yourself? Check out the books on Pit Firing (affiliate link) This video was made as part of ‘CREATIVE: I AM’, an online series of interviews with inspiring local artists and creators

DIY Raku Kiln
Advanced Ceramics

How to make a DIY Raku Kiln

DIY Raku Kiln: How to make a DIY Raku Kiln. Follow this simple 8 step process to make your own DIY Raku Kiln.

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Pottery Wheels – A Buyers Guide

Pottery Wheels: A Buyers Guide. What are Pottery Wheels? What’s the Best Pottery Wheel? Looking to buy a Pottery Wheel? Then this Pottery Wheel Buyers Guide is for you!

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

Advanced Ceramics

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

Advanced Ceramics

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.

pottery wheels for beginners
Beginner Ceramics

Pottery Wheels for beginners

Pottery Wheels for Beginners: A buyers Guide. Are you thinking about buying a Pottery Wheel, but are unsure which Pottery Wheel you need as a beginner? Then read our guide on Pottery Wheels for Beginners!

Advanced Ceramics

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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Artist Spotlight

Celebrating Contemporary Mexican Ceramics

Ceramics have long played an important role in the history and culture of Mexico, and it continues to be a strong component to the modern artistic landscape. Today we’re highlighting 5 artists who prove that not only are ceramic practices alive and well in Mexico, but that they are thriving and evolving! 

Air Dry Clay Club

Handprint Ghosts

Handprint ghosts are a super fun and easy Halloween craft! You get to turn your own handprint into a cute, spooky ghost made from air-dry

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