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10 Pottery Books for Beginners
We’ve found 10 great books to get you started with your newfound ceramic passion, and to help build your burgeoning ceramics library.Â
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A Beginner’s Guide to Making Clay Slip
If you ever plan on joining two pieces of clay together you’ll need to know how to make slip. Today we’ll show you how!
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How to Write a Stunning Artist Statement
A well-crafted artist statement can establish your career. And with our helpful tips, writing YOUR statement just got easier!
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New works by Past Congress Presenter Brenda Quinn
Brenda does not disappoint with her latest exhibition at Charlie Cummings Gallery. Symmetry and a beautiful selective colour palette make this new series of cups, bowls, plates and vases a perfect addition to your spring table setting.
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3 Secrets for Instagram Success
What would your Pottery Business be like if you had 10k followers on Instagram? Or 50k? Or 100k?
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The Problem with Social Media… AKA: Guidelines for Constructive Encouragement
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 sure if this is a worldwide thing, or just from Lancashire…) Playing devils advocate is when you think you are being helpful in pointing out
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The Big Pottery Book List
When you have the right pottery book, creating with clay can be freeing and amazing. You can create anything that you can imagine. However, it can be hard to understand how to do certain techniques correctly when you are first starting out. If you are learning at home or seeking
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Advanced Ceramics
How to Make Ceramic Luminaries
In this video, we see John Britt showing us how he creates ceramic luminaries for candles. 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 of Crafts. John is also the
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Things to Look for in a Potential Art Fair
Art fairs can be a very fun and interesting way to interact with the art community and establish a strong network in the art world. At the same time, art fairs can be very expensive so it is important to choose the right ones so that you earn a profit
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How to Create a Chattered Texture
In this video, Jason Sonsthagen from FoxRiverPottery shows us how he creates a chattered texture on a mug. Little chattering on a fresh mug. #pottery #pottersofinstagram #porcelain #handmade #potterywheel #texture #chatter #ceramics #studio A post shared by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀FOX RIVER POTTERY (@foxriverpottery) on Jan 22, 2017 at 4:09pm PST How To
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Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing – Throwing a Bowl
Throwing on the wheel can be very hard work when starting out. In fact, lots of potters say that the first 10,000 bowls you throw
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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
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Making the parts for a steampunk robotic octopus ? with Tim See’ Ceramics Page
