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Clay Blog Review: May 2013

By Pottery Making Info | Published: June 2, 2013

Welcome back to the Clay Blog Review! If this is your first visit you can view previous months of the Clay Blog Review, check the Pottery Making Blog for other interesting info or check the Home Page for news and links to other great resources.

The Can’t Miss

The best of show for pottery blogging in the past month. Most of these are posted on the Pottery Making Facebook Page.

Jemerick Art shows How the doubles were made.
Meagan Chaney shares Raw materials needed for low fire glazes and gives some tips about her Red Iron Oxide Wash.
Angela Walford shares a video about Tagines:

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Argil Alert Generally Stays Away from Politics

By Pottery Making Info | Published: May 16, 2013

Vote For Your Favorite Emerging Artist

A contest by Ceramic Arts Daily (and shared by Carole Epp) lets you pick your favorite emerging artist of 2013. Rock the vote! The winner will get a $500 gift card!

More Info. Last day to vote: May 22, 2013.

Looking for Something to Do?

Student Rep Needed for GTF

NCECA is looking for a student representative for the Green Task Force.

The student representative is expected to participate in and contribute ideas in skype meetings, work on special projects as assigned by the task force, and act as a liaison between the student community and the GTF.

More Info.

UF Lab Tech Needed

Linda Arbuckle (via Clay Club) shares a job opportunity at the University Florida: Ceramics Teaching Lab Specialist.

More Info. Closing Date: May 31, 2013.

Pottery School For Sale

Ann Morig (via Clay Club) announces that the Hudson Valley Pottery School in Rhinebeck, NY is for sale.

More Info.

Politics Alert!

If you are from the UK you might want to take a look at this petition… Someone with more knowledge of the UK, government and the UK government will have to explain the details.

If you have any other breaking news you’d like to add, drop a line or leave a comment!

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Clay Blog Review: April 2013

By Pottery Making Info | Published: May 4, 2013

Clay Blog Review – April 13

April has come and gone and it’s been another good month for the clay blogs. If you missed March here is last month’s Clay Blog Review. Also, all the links from NCECA 2013 are in the roundup, not here.

The Can’t Miss

Graciela Testa Lynt shares how she does that when it comes to glazing striped mugs.
DirtKicker Pottery keeps it simple trimming lids and throwing knobs.
Glynnis Lessing gives a quick tutorial about fake wood texture.
Joel Cherrico shares some thoughts on festivals and sales: Are They Worth It?
Ang Walford shares images and a video of Tagines.
Jemerick Art Pottery explains How the doubles were made.
Meagan Chaney puts together a list of Raw materials needed for low fire glazes.
Dennis Allen posts an Almost Silent Movie about grinding lids:

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Link Roundup: NCECA 2013

By Pottery Making Info | Published: April 20, 2013

2013 NCECA

NCECA Houston

NCECA (the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) puts on a giant conference every year for ceramists, students, teachers and clay industry folk. This year it took place in Houston, Texas on March 20-23rd. Check out the NCECA blog year round.

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Argil Alert Needs Your NCECA Links

By Pottery Making Info | Published: April 14, 2013

Listen to Podcasts, Win Pottery

If you’ve never been to Ben Carter’s blog (Tales of a Red Clay Rambler), first of all, why the heck not?! Not only is he one fantastic dude, he makes nice pots and he shares podcasts of his interviews with great clay artists, potters and other creative people.

Now, he is offering to give away one of his fantastic pots to one lucky winner that is subscribed to his podcasts. You can go sign up here.

He will draw a name at the end of the month!

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Clay Blog Review: March 2013

By Pottery Making Info | Published: April 2, 2013

Highlighting the best of the clay blogs… in case you missed something! If you’re new here, you can also take a look at the February or January Clay Blog Review.

Ah, March. A month full of lions and lambs, and NCECA, and Madness, and green beverages and even some eggs. Not to mention a bunch of great pottery blogging! Thanks to all of those great bloggers for sharing so much with the rest of us.

The Can’t Miss

Dennis Allen shares his favorites during Tool Time.
Carole Epp lets guest writer Melissa Monroe Talk about Wholesale Markets.
Lisa gives a great overview about Slip Trailing.
The Beads of Clay Blog has a tutorial about Making A Porcelain Flower.
DirtKicker Pottery shares a quick corn starch and stamping clay tip and how she tried an underglaze wash.
Lori Buff finishes part 3 of her teapot demo Spout and Handles and part 4 Adding Attachments.

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Pottery Wheel Galaxy Wallpaper #1

By Pottery Making Info | Published: March 22, 2013

Another installment of pottery wallpaper. Not the paper that goes on actual walls, backgrounds for your computer or tablet! Now with a high-resolution iPad 3 version!

pottery wheel galaxy 1

Image of hands at the pottery wheel by Amanda Schwartz. Image of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 by NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA. Images combined and modified by Brandon Schwartz.

Use the links below to find just the right dimensions for your screen or device.

1366 x 768

1680 x 1050 (1440 x 900, 1280 x 800, etc.)

1600 x 1200 (1280 x 960, 1024 x 960, 1024 x 768, 800 x 600, etc.)

1280 x 1024

2048 x 2048 for the iPad 3, 2?, 1? (or use it to crop to your own specific dimensions).

Thanks for checking it out. Stay tuned for a few more wallpapers with a similar theme or check out some previously released wallpapers.

Pottery Wheel Galaxy 1 by Brandon Schwartz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0501a/.

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Argil Alert Has an App for That

By Pottery Making Info | Published: March 17, 2013

Kickstart a Sweet Line of Pottery

Lori Watts (the top pottery blogger of 2012!) has a great Kickstarter project going. Here is a blog post about it. Not only is it a great idea to be kind to the environment and you get rewarded for your donation, here is the best part from the pottery making angle:

and because I am a ceramic educator as well as a potter, I will be sharing my process and glaze recipes with student, workshop participant, and – of course! – with readers of [Fine Mess Pottery].

So head over to Kickstarter and pledge some green to this great project. You can also take a look at some other great pottery projects while you’re there.

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Introducing: The Argil Alert

By Pottery Making Info | Published: March 12, 2013

argil alert

Argil: n. Clay, especially a white clay used by potters. (according to the free dictionary)

If you’re not sure what alert means: click here. Basically, news for clayers.

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Clay Blog Review: February 2013

By Pottery Making Info | Published: March 1, 2013

Highlighting the best in pottery blogging each month. In case you missed something!

i love pottery blogs

The Can’t Miss

Carole Epp shoots a video of Ben Carter @ Red Lodge Clay Center. He’s decorating:

Gary Jackson shares his process for making New Stamps and then tries a Kieffer inspired stamp technique.
DirtKicker Pottery Throws Pitchers and adds Spouts and Handles.
Dick Lehman explains some of his figurative work and shares a museum’s worth of finished pots.

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Clay Blog Review: May 2013

The Can’t Miss

Argil Alert Generally Stays Away from Politics

Vote For Your Favorite Emerging Artist

Looking for Something to Do?

Student Rep Needed for GTF

UF Lab Tech Needed

Pottery School For Sale

Politics Alert!

Clay Blog Review: April 2013

The Can’t Miss

Link Roundup: NCECA 2013

2013 NCECA

Argil Alert Needs Your NCECA Links

Listen to Podcasts, Win Pottery

Clay Blog Review: March 2013

The Can’t Miss

Pottery Wheel Galaxy Wallpaper #1

Argil Alert Has an App for That

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Introducing: The Argil Alert

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