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- Celadons in Pottery - Celadon in PotteryCreated: 2009-11-21 @ 10:44:57 EST Updated: 2009-11-21 @ 11:09:10 EST
Celadon pottery refers to the type of glaze used. Celadon glazes are high-fire reduction glazes first developed in Asia… - Heat Work in Pottery - Heat Work in CeramicsCreated: 2009-11-16 @ 10:16:34 EST
Heat work in pottery and ceramics is a combination of factors, only one of which is temperature… - Share Your Story: Potters' Latest Firings - Potters' Result from Lat…Created: 2009-11-10 @ 13:28:52 EST
Potters show and tell us about favorite pot from their latest kiln firing. If you have one, please added it, too!… - Barbotine - Barbotine as a Pottery TermCreated: 2009-11-09 @ 10:05:25 EST
Barbotine can have several different definitions, depending on its usage… - Review of Raku Firing - Review of Raku Firing, Advanced Techniques…Created: 2009-11-08 @ 17:06:25 EST
Review of the book, "Raku Firing, Advanced Techniques" published by the American Ceramic Society. … - Review of From Mud to Music - Review of From Mud to Music, Making an…Created: 2009-11-07 @ 16:34:36 EST
Review of the book, "From Mud to Music, Making and Enjoying Ceramic Musical Instruments" by Barry Hall… - Blackjack Clay - Review of Blackjack Clay from Activa…Created: 2009-11-06 @ 15:29:57 EST Updated: 2009-11-06 @ 15:42:16 EST
A review of Blackjack clay, produced by Activa from clay pits in eastern Texas… - Stuck Up Attaching Slip - Review of Stuck Up Attaching Slip…Created: 2009-11-06 @ 08:59:37 EST
Guide review of "Stuck Up Attaching Slip" a porcelain slip engineered for use in attaching clay components… - Review of Porcelain for the People - Review of Porcelain for the Peo…Created: 2009-11-06 @ 07:24:03 EST Updated: 2009-11-06 @ 08:28:37 EST
Guide review of "Porcelain for the People," a porcelain ready-to-use clay body by Matt and Dave's Clays. … - Comments on Hanging Ornaments - Hanging Pottery Ornament Comments…Created: 2009-11-04 @ 17:11:00 EST
Share your thoughts and comments on the Hanging Ornaments Pottery Project Gallery… - Comments on Footed Pots - Comments on Footed Pottery…Created: 2009-11-04 @ 14:57:02 EST
Comments on the footed pots in the Footed Pottery Gallery… - Pottery Hanging Ornaments - Hanging Pottery Ornaments…Created: 2009-11-04 @ 14:36:18 EST Updated: 2009-11-04 @ 17:10:10 EST
Hanging ornaments can be made in pottery and can be as simple or as elaborate as you choose… - Footed Pottery - Footed Pottery GalleryCreated: 2009-11-04 @ 11:52:33 EST Updated: 2009-11-04 @ 15:01:53 EST
A gallery of footed pottery, including those with trimmed foot rings and hand built feet… - Pottery and Plumbing - Plumbing for PottersCreated: 2009-11-02 @ 12:38:31 EST
Pottery and plumbing can be very bad together. As a potter, you need to know what your plumbing needs are and how to handle them… - Photographing Pottery - How to Photograph Pottery…Created: 2009-11-02 @ 12:19:03 EST Updated: 2009-11-02 @ 15:25:17 EST
Knowing how to photograph pottery can make a sometimes frustrating experience into a rewarding one… - Viewer Rating for Cape Pottery Supplies - Rate Cape Pottery Supplies…Created: 2009-10-13 @ 06:41:33 EDT
Viewers rate Cape Pottery Supplies on their customer service, products, product availability, and more… - Cape Pottery Supplies - Cape Pottery Supplies South Africa…Created: 2009-10-13 @ 06:29:56 EDT Updated: 2009-10-13 @ 06:42:30 EDT
Cape Pottery Supplies is a ceramic materials supplier in Cape Town, South Africa… - Viewer Rating for Van Tuyl Kilns - Viewers Rate Van Tuyl Kilns…Created: 2009-10-12 @ 09:40:19 EDT
Please give your rating of Van Tuyl kilns if you have experience with Van Tuyl as a company or with their kilns… - Van Tuyl Kilns - Van Tuyl Kilns, South Africa…Created: 2009-10-12 @ 09:24:43 EDT Updated: 2009-10-12 @ 09:40:41 EDT
Van Tuyl Kilns manufactures electric kilns and furnaces for pottery, glass, and metalwork… - Reinders Potters Supplies - Reinders Potters Supplies in South Afric…Created: 2009-10-09 @ 12:06:35 EDT
Reinders Potter Supplies serves potters in South Africa, supplying clays, glazes, kilns, wheels, and more… - American Craft Magazine - Review of American Craft Magazine…Created: 2009-10-01 @ 15:17:41 EDT
A review by the Pottery Guide of the magazine, American Craft. … - Studio Pottery - What Is Studio PotteryCreated: 2009-10-01 @ 14:40:45 EDT
What is studio pottery? How is it distinguished from other types of pottery?… - Sgraffito Pottery Pitcher - Sgraffito Pottery Pitcher by Marcia Gome…Created: 2009-10-01 @ 09:42:07 EDT Updated: 2009-10-01 @ 10:02:21 EDT
A pottery sgraffito pitcher by Marcia Gomez. … - In the Round - Definition of In the RoundCreated: 2009-09-30 @ 08:51:25 EDT
'In the round' refers to working or seeing in three dimensions… - Spectrum Textured Mid-Range Glazes - Review of Spectrum's Textured M…Created: 2009-09-26 @ 16:19:40 EDT
Review of Spectrum's mid-range, textured glazes… - Amaco Pompeian Ash Glazes - Review of Amaco's Pompeian Ash Glazes…Created: 2009-09-26 @ 13:44:29 EDT Updated: 2009-09-26 @ 13:49:31 EDT
Review of Amaco's Pompeian Ash glaze series, mid-range, oxidation glazes that mimic traditional ash glaze behavior… - The Wheel by Activa - Potter Review of The Wheel by Activa…Created: 2009-09-26 @ 11:45:03 EDT Updated: 2009-09-26 @ 12:59:11 EDT
A potter's review of The Wheel, manufactured by Activa. This product is a useful and affordable substitute for a banding wheel… - Pumpkin Pottery Responses - Responses to Pumpkin Pottery…Created: 2009-09-18 @ 13:12:51 EDT
Responses and comments about the Pumpkin Pottery Gallery… - Add Your Piece to Project GalleryCreated: 2009-09-18 @ 12:44:10 EDT
Add your piece to a project gallery… - Pumpkin Jar - Pumpkin Pottery JarCreated: 2009-09-18 @ 12:40:50 EDT
This pumpkin-colored jar was created by Beth Peterson… - Coyote Orange Mica #5 Clay - Review of Coyote Orange Mica #5 Clay Bo…Created: 2009-09-18 @ 12:36:32 EDT
Review of Coyote Clay and Color's Orange Mica #5 clay body… - Jackie O Pumpkin Pot - Jackie O PumpkinCreated: 2009-09-18 @ 11:05:28 EDT
A pumpkin pot named Jackie O, created by Beth Peterson… - Pumpkin Pots - Pumpkin PotteryCreated: 2009-09-18 @ 10:56:38 EDT
Three different types of pumpkin pots, using pumpkin-colored clay, glaze, and a pot in the form of a pumpkin… - Pumpkin Pots - Pumpkin Pottery GalleryCreated: 2009-09-18 @ 10:52:44 EDT Updated: 2009-09-18 @ 13:13:19 EDT
A gallery of pumpkin pots. Possibilities include pumpkin shapes, pumpkin decorations, pumpkin glazes, pumpkin pie plates, and more… - Fish Carcass Sgraffito - Pottery Fish Carcass Sgraffito…Created: 2009-09-18 @ 09:31:21 EDT
Pottery fish carcass using sgraffito technique, created by Chloé Untrau… - Sgraffito Jar - Sgraffito Hawaiian Petroglyphs Jar…Created: 2009-09-17 @ 06:16:06 EDT
This pot, Hawaiian Petroglyphs Jar, by Cindy Gilliland uses the sgraffito technique… - Book Review Ceramic Sculpture - Book Ceramic Sculpture Reviewed…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 09:29:26 EDT
A review of the book, "Ceramic Sculpture" edited by Anderson Turner… - Sgraffito Pottery Gallery Comments - Comments on Sgraffito Pottery G…Created: 2009-09-14 @ 11:34:44 EDT
Your comments and thoughts on the sgraffito pottery projects in the gallery… - Add Your Piece to Project GalleryCreated: 2009-09-14 @ 11:28:39 EDT
Add your piece to a project gallery… - Sgraffito Pottery Box - Slab Built Sgraffito Box…Created: 2009-09-14 @ 11:26:37 EDT
A slab-built pottery box decorated in the sgraffito technique… - Sgraffito Pottery Cup - Sgraffito Pottery Mountain Cup…Created: 2009-09-14 @ 11:14:43 EDT
A pottery cup depicting mountains, decorated in the sgraffito technique. … - Collection of Sgraffito Pottery - Sgraffito Pottery Collection…Created: 2009-09-14 @ 11:00:54 EDT
A collection of pottery demonstrating the sgraffito technique… - Sgraffito Pottery - Sgraffito Pottery Gallery…Created: 2009-09-14 @ 10:54:25 EDT Updated: 2009-09-14 @ 11:51:35 EDT
A gallery of pottery decorated using the sgraffito technique… - Terra Sigillata - Terra Sigillata in PotteryCreated: 2009-09-09 @ 15:16:21 EDT
Terra sigillata is a decorative technique using extremely fine slip… - Where to Find a Ceramic Kiln - Where to Find a Pottery Kiln…Created: 2009-09-02 @ 11:46:25 EDT
Where do you look to find a pottery kiln to buy? Ceramics require high temperatures that are difficult to reach without one… - Where to Find a Potter's Wheel - Where to Find a Pottery Wheel…Created: 2009-09-02 @ 11:31:31 EDT
Where do you look to find a pottery wheel to buy? Potters have several choices… - Pottery Pear Lamp - Pottery Pear Lamp by Christine BoumaCreated: 2009-08-24 @ 09:52:47 EDT
The pottery "Pear Lamp" made by Christine Bouma… - Potter, Be Prepared for Emergencies - Potter Emergency PreparednessCreated: 2009-08-21 @ 15:52:55 EDT
Potters need to be prepared for emergencies. Part of emergency preparedness is knowing what to do if an emergency does take place… - Potter Emergency Items - Reader's Tips on Potter Emergency ItemsCreated: 2009-08-21 @ 14:39:37 EDT
Reader tips on good emergency items for potters. … - Pottery Studio Emergency Preparedness - Pottery Studio Emergency Pre…Created: 2009-08-21 @ 14:31:07 EDT Updated: 2009-08-21 @ 14:40:02 EDT
There are some emergency preparedness items you need to have in your pottery studio. Can you guess what they might be?… - Pottery Studio Fire Safety - Potter Studio Fire SafetyCreated: 2009-08-21 @ 12:43:51 EDT Updated: 2009-08-21 @ 12:47:05 EDT
Fire safety is a very important consideration for potters and the pottery studio… - Check Pottery Studio Wiring Reader Tips - Reader Tips for Wiring Saf…Created: 2009-08-21 @ 11:45:49 EDT Updated: 2009-08-21 @ 11:48:41 EDT
Reader tips for safety checks on the wiring in your pottery studio. … - Check Wiring in Pottery Studio - Wiring Checks in Pottery StudioCreated: 2009-08-21 @ 11:36:00 EDT Updated: 2009-08-21 @ 11:48:30 EDT
Check the wiring in your pottery studio every three to six months… - Burnishing and Reader Tips - Burnish Pottery TipsCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 11:08:49 EDT
Tips from readers on burnishing pottery… - How to Burnish Pottery - Burnish PotteryCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 11:04:10 EDT Updated: 2009-08-18 @ 11:09:17 EDT
How to burnish pottery, from the choice of clay to sealing a burnished pot… - Build a Burnished Pottery Egg - Make a Burnished Pottery EggCreated: 2009-08-17 @ 15:34:58 EDT
Make a burnished pottery egg using the slab building method… - Anagama Kilns - Anagama Pottery KilnsCreated: 2009-08-16 @ 17:59:30 EDT
Anagama kilns are a specific type of hill-climbing kiln used in Japan. … - Jiggers in Pottery - Jigger as a Pottery TermCreated: 2009-08-12 @ 12:10:22 EDT
Jigger is a term in pottery referring to a mechanized method of production… - Comments on Pottery Plates - Comments on Pottery Plate GalleryCreated: 2009-08-11 @ 12:03:15 EDT Updated: 2009-08-11 @ 12:04:25 EDT
Comments and thoughts on the pottery plates in the Plate Gallery… - Make Pottery Sets - Make Sets of PotsCreated: 2009-08-10 @ 12:30:13 EDT Updated: 2009-08-10 @ 12:42:59 EDT
Do you want to make sets of pots? There are several things to consider and plan for when making pottery sets, whether they are a set of plates, mugs, or something else entirely… - Throw a Plate on the Potters Wheel - How to Throw a Pottery PlateCreated: 2009-08-08 @ 20:43:16 EDT Updated: 2009-08-08 @ 22:18:56 EDT
How to throw a pottery plate on the potter's wheel. Although it may seem an easy shape to throw, there are some ways the clay can trip you up… - Green Swirly Pottery Plate - Green Swirly Pottery Plate by Cindy Gil…Created: 2009-08-08 @ 10:33:01 EDT
The pottery plate, "Green Swirly Plate," created by Cindy Gilliland… - Blue Whimsy Pottery Plate - Blue Pottery Plate by Cindy GillilandCreated: 2009-08-08 @ 10:10:41 EDT
The pottery plate, "Blue Whimsy Plate." made by Cindy Gilliland… - Make a Slab-Built Pottery Mug - Slab Build a Pottery MugCreated: 2009-08-01 @ 10:42:51 EDT
Instructions for slab building a pottery mug… - Ceramist - CeramicistCreated: 2009-07-22 @ 12:27:44 EDT Updated: 2009-07-23 @ 09:45:49 EDT
A ceramist is a person working in one of the fields involving ceramics… - Ceramics - Definition of CeramicsCreated: 2009-07-22 @ 12:08:47 EDT
A definition of ceramics… - Ceramic Candle Holder - Ceramic Candle Holder by OrlandorosaCreated: 2009-07-18 @ 09:54:23 EDT Updated: 2009-07-18 @ 10:09:47 EDT
A ceramic candle holder made by Orlandorosa (Brian). … - Pack Pottery for Mailing and Shipping - How to Pack Pottery for Mail…Updated: 2009-11-12 @ 09:46:52 EST
Safely packing pottery to mail or ship it takes the knowledge of how to pack it so it won't break… - Pottery Projects - Projects in PotteryUpdated: 2009-11-04 @ 17:16:42 EST
Pottery projects help you build skills, have fun, and make useful and interesting objects… - Pottery Projects to Build Skills - Monthly Pottery Projects to Build…Updated: 2009-11-04 @ 17:15:49 EST
Monthly pottery projects to help you build your skills as a potter and explore new territory with clay… - Before You Buy a Kiln - Kiln Buying BasicsUpdated: 2009-11-03 @ 17:20:21 EST
There are many considerations to take into account before you buy a kiln. Buying a kiln is a major expenditure; take the steps to ensure that you will be happy with your purchase for years to come… - Set Up a Pottery Studio - How to Set Up a Pottery Studio…Updated: 2009-11-02 @ 12:16:30 EST
Working with clay requires certain things from the space we use. Here are some guidelines as to what you will need to consider when you are setting up your own pottery studio… - Welcome to the Pottery ForumUpdated: 2009-10-14 @ 11:10:24 EDT
Welcome to the forum on pottery, moderated by your Pottery Guide, Beth Peterson. … - Ceramic and Glaze Colorants - Colorants Used in Glazes and Ceramics…Updated: 2009-09-25 @ 13:54:38 EDT
Ceramic and glaze colorants follow some basic principals. These principals not only deal with the ceramic colorants themselves, but also the composition of the glazes and how they are fired… - Use a Kiln Sitter with Electric Kilns - How to Use a Kiln Sitter in …Updated: 2009-09-02 @ 13:22:29 EDT
Kiln sitters are used in electric ceramic kilns as a fail-safe means of ending a firing once it has reached the target temperature, or slightly above. Once tripped, the kiln sitter automatically sh… - Crazing in Glazes - Glaze CrazingUpdated: 2009-08-31 @ 13:26:29 EDT
What is crazing in glazes? Find the reasons for and solutions to the glaze defect know as crazing here… - Problems With Clay Bodies - Clay Body Problems and Defects…Updated: 2009-08-30 @ 19:26:41 EDT
Problems with clay bodies can occur at any stage of pottery production. These clay body defects can usually, be avoided, however. For all of clay's versatility and incredible flexibility as a mediu… - Three Pottery Plates - Three Pottery Plates by Beth PetersonUpdated: 2009-08-17 @ 09:50:47 EDT
Three pottery plates created by Beth Peterson… - Gallery of Pottery Plates - Pottery Plate GalleryUpdated: 2009-08-11 @ 12:04:04 EDT
A gallery of pottery plates created by hand building and throwing techniques… - Pottery Lamps Projects - Gallery of Pottery LampsUpdated: 2009-07-07 @ 09:23:45 EDT
A gallery of pottery lamp projects…