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Jul 17, 2009
How to Pit-Fire Pottery
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Cassandra Truax
Firing pottery with an open flame in a pit or barrel yields unique and beautiful effects. Adding chemicals and household substances can add flashes of color.
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Sep 10, 2008
San Ildefonso and Santa Clara Pottery
By:
Vickie Britton
The fabulous black Pueblo pottery seen in art books, antique stores, or fine art stores, originated from two New Mexico pueblos just north of Santa Fe.
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Apr 30, 2007
Wheel Throwing Tools: Japanese
By:
Jennifer Yap
Now that you have a full complement of throwing tools, it's time to get fancy and explore traditional Japanese pottery tools made out of bamboo, wood and iron.
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Apr 25, 2007
Wheel Throwing Tools: Beyond Basic
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Jennifer Yap
Now that you're throwing larger cylinders and bowls, it's time to try tackling bottles, jars and teapots. Here are suggestions to expand on the basic pottery tool kit.
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Apr 24, 2007
Wheel Throwing Tools: Basic Kit
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Jennifer Yap
You need very little to throw a pot on the wheel: a pin tool, a sponge and a wire tool. But pottery kits come with a few more mystery objects. Find out what these can do.
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Apr 14, 2007
Popular Pottery Techniques
By:
Jennifer Yap
Pinching yourself differentiating between soft slab and hard slab? Coiling your brains around throwing and moulding? Find out what some of these pottery terms mean.
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Apr 11, 2007
Painting Ceramic Bird Figurines
By:
Aileen McLeod
Ceramic figurines include bisque birds decorated with glazes and kiln fired.
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Mar 8, 2007
Design Decoration on Bisque
By:
Aileen McLeod
Choose a focal point in your choice of design and produce a unique decoration by painting on bisque ceramic. Glazes/stains are used and brilliant colours is the result.
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Mar 5, 2007
DIY Improvised Press Moulds
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Jennifer Yap
Can't get hold of a plaster press mould? No problem. There're objects in the house and kitchen that will do just as well. Here are suggestions for substitutes around you.
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Mar 2, 2007
Make a Press Moulded Bowl or Dish
By:
Jennifer Yap
Plaster press moulds can be used to start various projects or to produce multiples of any one design. Find out how to use one properly and how to fix basic problems.
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Feb 5, 2007
How to Make a Simple Coiled Pot
By:
Jennifer Yap
Coil and join clay "snakes" into a pot or bowl. A bit of patience and imagination is all you need!
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Jan 17, 2007
Make a Pinch Pot Piggy Bank
By:
Jennifer Yap
Celebrate the Chinese Year of the Fire Pig by making your own Piggy Bank using pinch pots and handbuilding techniques.
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Jan 17, 2007
How to Throw a Piggy Bank
By:
Jennifer Yap
Now I'm happily rolling in mud, here are instructions on how to make another Piggy Bank. But this one is for potters comfortable with throwing and altering bottles.
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Jan 10, 2007
How to Make a Simple Pinch Pot
By:
Jennifer Yap
Transform a simple lump of clay into a beautiful pot or bowl as if by magic! All you need is your imagination, your hands, a damp sponge and a bit of patience.
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