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Usually this amounts to using a knife or wire to cut off pieces of your workpiece to form several flat, relatively small, surfaces.
You can apply this technique to a leather-hard workpiece that has already been trimmed. You can apply it when handbuilding a piece. Alternatively, you can use it while throwing on the pottery wheel.
When you do that, the flat surfaces you create are distorted while throwing. Not an easy technique, but you can achieve very cool results with it.
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With wax resist, you can ensure that certain parts of your piece remain unglazed.
This is a great option if you have leftover clay that needs using up or if you’re lacking glazing inspiration.
While rummaging through your supplies, you found an old packet of clay. You had completely forgotten about it! There is no expiry date, but you’re still not sure whether you
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