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Beginner Ceramics

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.

Advanced Ceramics

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

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

Advanced Ceramics

How to Throw a Marbled Mug

Made a buncha cups today ? I’ve got a couple shows to prep for!! #myhandsarepruny A post shared by Melanie Westheiden (@swellceramics) on Jul 6, 2017 at 2:54pm PDT In this video, we see Melanie Westheiden from Swell Ceramics throwing a marbled mug. Melanie is from the Outer Banks and

Advanced Ceramics

Two Ways to Facet a Mug

・さて、どこへ人形を持って行くのでしょう？・ Faceting. ・ #うつわ#器#マグカップ#阿部春弥 #pottery #ceramics #porcelain #handcraft #tableware A post shared by Haruya Abe 阿部春弥 (@abe_haruya) on Mar 25, 2017 at 1:59am PDT ・しのぎも。・ part2. ・ #うつわ#器#マグカップ#阿部春弥 #pottery #ceramics #porcelain #handcraft #tableware A post shared by Haruya Abe 阿部春弥 (@abe_haruya) on Mar 25, 2017 at

Advanced Ceramics

Creating a Honeycomb Pattern on a Bowl

A post shared by Haruya Abe 阿部春弥 (@abe_haruya) on Dec 27, 2016 at 12:53am PST In this video, we can see Abe Haruya from Abe_Haruya carving a honeycomb pattern onto a bowl. Abe Haruya’s work focuses on faceting, design work on the center of bowls and plates, and simple yet

Advanced Ceramics

How to Create an Angular Mug

Gotta love how malleable clay is. You can make it round, make it square, then make it round again. Always remember to bend before you break. A post shared by Andy Boswell (@kaolintiger) on Jul 6, 2017 at 3:29pm PDT In this video, Andy Boswell from Kaolintiger shows us how