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Clay Blog Review – January 2012

By Pottery Making Info | Published: February 2, 2012

Back at it in the year 2012.  Slightly reorganized and still looking for the best blog posts from the past month. Process and Techniques FetishGhost shares a video of Jessica Fong cutting a foot ring by hand and decorating a platter. DirtKicker Pottery extrudes handles with a pugger. Lorri Buff has a video of throwing sets. Liz Crain repairs a broken handle. Mea [...]

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Top 10 Clay Blogs – 2011

By Pottery Making Info | Published: January 8, 2012
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Another great year for the pottery blogs!  The following is an attempt to highlight some of the best* blogs written by potters and ceramic artists.  Congratulations to those that made the list and thank you for putting so much time and effort into your blog.    And… on with the list! 10. From the Ground [...]

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Clay Blog Review – December 2011

By Pottery Making Info | Published: January 1, 2012

Reviewing the month in clay blogging.  The last Review of 2011!  Happy New Year. Technical, Techniques, Tips Lori Buff shows a useful kitchen tool and shares her first demo video: wheel throwing a decanter: The Clay Club discusses Green Chrome Oxide and Chromium Oxide. Bridges Pottery Blog shares the basic tools of the trade. Diving [...]

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Pottery Making Info – A year in review: 2011

By Pottery Making Info | Published: December 31, 2011

Pottery Making Info is two years old tomorrow!  So it seems like a good time to look back and remember the high points from the past year in case you missed something important. New Features The site has had some major updates over the past year.  The most noticeable is probably the design of the site which [...]

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Speckled Clay Social Media Icons

By Pottery Making Info | Published: December 15, 2011
Speckled Clay Social Media Icons

The Speckled Clay Social Media Icons are now available!

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Clay Blog Review – November 2011

By Pottery Making Info | Published: December 1, 2011

The best in clay blogging from the past month: Technical, Techniques, Tips A nice pictorial demonstration of the slab and paddle technique by KaratsuPots, and construction images of a kiln from start to finish. John Britt shares ^10 glaze samples and recipes: Rutile 11, Mutsuo Black, shares an article about Snowflake Crackle glaze, and videos [...]

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Clay Blog Review – October 2011

By Pottery Making Info | Published: November 2, 2011

A day later than I hoped due to the festivities of late October.  As always if you know of a great blog, blogger, blog post or you just want to leave some feedback, don’t be shy. Technical, Techniques, Tips  Linda Starr uses porcelain sand on kiln shelves to prevent warping and cracking. Lori Watts is [...]

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Clay Blog Review – September 2011

By Pottery Making Info | Published: October 3, 2011

Apologies for the tardiness of this edition of the “Review” (especially to the people that sit at their computer the first day of every month anticipating a collection of the best blog posts from around the clay covered internet). I was out of town for the weekend. There are a few formatting changes* but still [...]

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Clay Blog Review – August 2011

By Pottery Making Info | Published: September 1, 2011

The August Edition of the Clay Blog Review. Now with a new and slightly improved format: bullets!  This should be less of a headache to read but… get your scroll button ready. Regarding Recent Work  John Bauman explains his “crooknecks“. Atelier Marla tells how she slab built a Sun Goddess. Paul Jessop shows some earthenware [...]

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New Site Design In Effect

By Pottery Making Info | Published: August 14, 2011

Welcome to Pottery Making Info: version 2.0!  In my free time over the last few weeks I’ve been working on  re-designing the site.  The original site was functional but I wanted to spend a little more time on the aesthetic value this time.  It still won’t win any awards but it seems to be an [...]

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