TMC | BlogCrafting pottery is a rewarding and creative endeavour. Making a hand-built clay bowl allows you to unleash your artistic talents while producing a functional piece of art. Here’s a step-by-step guide:
Materials Needed:
Clay, Mould, Compass, Bisque ruffle tool, Mud tool, Scoring tool, Slip.
Step… Read More “Creating a Beautiful Clay Bowl without pottery wheel”Throwing a small vase today!
As I show in the video I mainly use a wet sponge for the clay pulls, I’ve been using this technique for a while now and find it’s been one of the best things I’ve used for getting consistent results on the pottery wheel
What a good throwing sponge will do, is i… Read More “Throwing a small pottery vase today! ”
Welcome to our latest pottery glaze kiln reveal, where we unveil the results of our recent glaze firing. We are thrilled to present the beautiful combination of Aussie Bush Part B glaze over Floating Blue glaze on some of our bowls, plates, and mugs. Without a doubt the outcome has left us overjoyed… Read More “Look at these Pottery Glaze Results”
Little bowls and vases have been a real joy for me to throw lately! Possibly because of the fact that my throwing has improved over the last few months. They are a nice and quick little bit of joy, not too hard, not too simple.
Im using about 100 or so grams of mid-fire clay, giving it a good knead b… Read More “Throwing a little bowl today! ”
Improvising from a little mishap 😄
Sometimes the clay will throw you a curve ball and try to ruin your efforts haha
But if this happens relativity early in the throw, it’s still saveable!
Just use a potters needle to cut the top from the pot and bring the wall up again, you’ll have to make a pot smalle… Read More “Improvising from a little mishap 😄”
This article aims to explain why a pottery glaze, when melted to a certain temperature, exhibits variegations
We suggest that specific gravity (SG) of the new overlay pottery glaze falls within a desired range, maintaining it within that range ensures proper consistency and application of the glaze
Re… Read More “Part 2 New Combination Glaze and What Phase Separation Is”
My intentions for this small vase was to ruffle the edge to give the very simplistic form some style, while a straight walled design is still great, you can’t keep just making the same old same old haha
I actually got the ruffled design inspiration from a piece of Remued Pottery we have up on the tab… Read More “Wheel Thrown Ruffle Lipped Vase”
This article focuses on the process of adjusting a new pottery glaze combination and conducting tests using test tiles
Part A: Adjusting Specific Gravity
To begin, let’s aim for a specific gravity of approximately 1.46 for our Tenmoku pottery Glaze, currently, the specific gravity of this glaze stands… Read More “Part 1 Testing a New Glaze Combination:”
Sometimes you don’t have much of an idea about what design you want to do on the wheel.
A lot of the time you tend to go about the design as you go, letting the clay do the work for you. With this particular pot I didn’t quite know what I wanted, all I knew was that I had about 800 grams of clay and … Read More “Struggling with Ideas on design – Wheel Throwing”
One key aspect of glazing is the application of an overlay glaze, which can add depth, complexity, and visual interest to the final ceramic piece. In this article, we will explore the techniques of applying overlay glazes
The Importance of Proper Glaze ApplicationGlaze application… Read More “How to apply a Pottery Overlay Glaze”