Painting
The talented illustrator or painter can also use a clay object as a canvas.
The berry colander
Do you feel the summer in the air? Can you see yourself relaxing in your hammock, with a bowl of fresh fruit, watching the birds in the garden?
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Making pottery without a wheel: pinch pots
When you hear pottery, you might think pottery wheel. But there are many other ways to turn clay into a beautiful piece of pottery. For example, there are a lot of handbuilding techniques you can do with only your hands and your clay. Let’s take a look at one of them: pinch pots.
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Tiles
We have some tips and inspiration for potters taking on the challenge of making their own tiles.
15 glazing tips for beginners
A dull color, strange bubbles, weird creases … A lot can go wrong when glazing ceramics. That’s why we’ve gathered a few tips hat can help guide your way.
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How do you take your work off of the pottery wheel?
After a lot of wedging, centring, shaping and correcting you’re finally done. You stop your potter’s wheel and admire your work. You can’t wait to see it fired and glazed. But there’s one more thing you need to do first: you need to take it off the wheel without damaging it.
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What should you wear behind the pottery wheel?
A good rule of thumb is to wear clothes that you wouldn’t be too upset about if you couldn’t get them clean. And there are more tips we can give you.
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Throwing off the hump
In this article we’ll tell you the benefits of throwing ‘off the hump’. Mainly this method will save you a lot of time.
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Splattering glaze
If you’re not into the clean approach, you can go wild with glaze by splashing and splattering it.