Author Archives: Pottery Making Info

Clay Blog Review – July 2011

Highlighting the best in clay blogging over the past month. Regarding Recent Work Linda Starr talks about recent inlaid clay (results), some sculptural work, Florida clay slip and learns a few things,  Hollis Engley shows off shinos, shares a recipe and shows results from the Harvard soda kiln,  Dirty Girl shows off some naked raku [...]

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Pottery Chatter: 2011-07-24

Discussion in the land of pottery making from July 17th to 24th. Clayart Email List Troubleshooting uneven firing in an electric kiln. Suggestions and tools for grinding pot bottoms… and a few more. Salt fring with an oxy-probe. Looking for a good cone 6 black. Tips for setting up a studio. How to make clay [...]

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Pottery Chatter: 2011-07-17

Pottery, clay, glazes and related discussion from the past week. Clayart Email List* Carbon Monoxide and Reduction. Causes for bare spots after glaze fire. Reduction firing and tips for efficiency. A few new comments about oxygen probes. Speaking of oxygen probes… And probes in a woodkiln? Burnishing and why it might leave colored marks. Making [...]

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Pottery Chatter: 2011-07-10

Interesting and informative discussions about making pottery from the past two weeks*. Now with images! Clay Art Email List Some interesting tips for working on a small tile project. Insulating Fire Bricks and how they are affected by weather. Problems/Solutions for problems with a crackle glaze and new clay. An old recipe (and discussion of [...]

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Clay Blog Review – June, 2011

Another new feature here at Pottery Making Info!  Clay Blog Review will be a monthly or bi-monthly recap of what is happening in the pottery making blogosphere.  Some of the spectacular posts or entries about making pottery will be highlighted.  This might include a potter “thinking out loud” about recent work, dropping some knowledge, or [...]

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Pottery Chatter 2011-06-26

The latest discussion about making pottery and ceramics. Clay Art Email List Kiln Chimneys Cone 10 Oxidation Firing and follow up Experiences with imperfect pots Ceramic Arts Daily Forum What’s the difference between terra sigillata and engobes? Calculate large amounts of glaze Figuring the cost to fire a kiln Pros and cons of buying a [...]

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Pottery Chatter 2011-06-19

Welcome to Pottery Chatter.  Every day discussions take place, ideas are considered, and information is exchanged right here on the Internet by potters and ceramic artists.  If a potter were to try to read every message they would probably have little time to create pots!  So the goal of Pottery Chatter is to scan public [...]

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Link Roundup: NCECA 2011

NCECA 2011 – Tampa, FL NCECA is the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (facebook page). Every year there is a huge conference for educators, students, artists, and other people in the ceramics industry.  This year the conference was held in Tampa, Florida on March 30th – April 2nd. (Program Guide). Here you [...]

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Black and White Bisque Wallpaper

A black and white wallpaper for your computer screen.

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Top 10 Clay Blogs of 2010

The best pottery and ceramics blogs of 2010.

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