Beth's Pottery Blog April 2008 Archive

Have you heard about the challenge to your copyright to your creative work? Congress is currently looking at new versions of the Orphan Works bill that never made it to ... Read More

Hey, Check out the Art in the Round 2008 Contest. You can submit three works per entry; pieces are to be vessel forms in ceramics or six other media and ... Read More

Are you getting ready to purchase a kiln of your own? Perhaps you have found that renting kiln space from another potter isn't enough anymore. Or perhaps your time as ... Read More

I had mentioned that there are several ways to classify kilns, with how the kiln is constructed as one way to do this. Another way to classify a kiln is ... Read More

Classifying kilns is a rather complicated task, when it comes right down to it. It can seems that there are so many different ways we can classify them! All of these ... Read More

The Museum of London has done a prodigious amount of work, publishing records and over 13,000 images to the Internet. This includes their ceramics and glass collections. Are you interested ... Read More

The American Art Pottery Association is kicking off their 28th annual convention today. This is a public event and is being headquartered at the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel in Langhorne, ... Read More

Today is Earth Day; it is a time to celebrate and cleanse our Earth. But the words "earth day" may also mean something else to a potter. Way back when, my ... Read More

Earth Day is coming! What a happy time for potters! Most potters I know feel a real connection to the Earth and the flora and fauna that flourish on its ... Read More

As potters and those interested in pottery, we are part of a tradition that stretches back through thousands of years. Clay was first used to create figurines, some of which ... Read More

Nate and Hallie Evans create high-fire pottery using a wood-burning kiln. Their philosophy focuses on the traditions of beautiful, utilitarian pottery, from its inception far back in the mists ... Read More

Buying anything, from choosing the freshest bunch of broccoli to purchasing your perfect dream home, has a set of criteria on how to go about making that decision. Buying your ... Read More

Do you sometimes feel like you're going bats? Are bat and belfry motifs running through your mind, even though Halloween won't be here for a long while? You may be suffering ... Read More

Have you ever thought about the ends and outs of electric potter's wheels? What makes them work (besides plugging them into the outlet)? How do you know what wheel is ... Read More

Human-powered potter's wheels have been around a long, long time. Do you know which type is most often used here in the United States? If you answered "the kickwheel," you are ... Read More

Over at the Pottery Forum, we've been talking about tools you can make yourself and ones you can "create" from objects found at flea markets and yard sales. With the ... Read More

"Uncommon Clay" is now open at the Hunterdon Museum of Art in Clinton, NJ. The show provides us the opportunity to experience the ceramic works of six New Jersey potters: ... Read More

"Vibrancy of Tradition: Folk Art of Oaxaca, Mexico," is an exhibition which is now open at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and will run until April 27th. The ... Read More

Glazes are really cool! The slick to stony surfaces, the vibrancy and depth of colors, and the sheer beauty they bestow on pottery make glazes an exciting part of being ... Read More

Did you know that your pots got bigger and then smaller again? Just as metals expand when they are heated and contract when they are cooled, the same principal is ... Read More

From Saturday April 12 until Sunday May 11 there will be an exhibition of work by some of Britain's top potters. Focusing on salt and soda ceramics, the exhibition will ... Read More

Hey, remember we had just seen a cool community center program which had parent-child (including teens) classes? Well, here is another great idea that potters have come up with! Two potters ... Read More

Pottery is so much a part of cultural identity that archaeologists and anthropologists pay it close attention. Now, work past and present from potters belonging to the three federally acknowledged ... Read More

Yes! Make an impression! Everyday objects, as well as tools made just for the purpose, can make the most fascinating patterns when used to make impressions in wet clay! This is ... Read More

One of the greatest of all human experiences is to share something new and exciting with one or more of the people you love. The Ballard Community Center (Ballard, WA) ... Read More

Seeing historical pottery as well as the current artistry and craftsmanship of living potters has always been a great source of inspiration for me. Getting together with other potters or ... Read More