TMC | BlogImprovising 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 – Wheel Throwing”
Creating a Tenmoku glaze.
Pottery glaze experimentation can be a lot of fun. Testing the specific gravity of glaze batch and performing glaze tests on test tiles is an essential step in achieving the desired results. It allows you to observe how the glaze interacts with the clay body and how it… Read More “Creating a Tenmoku Pottery Glaze”
I THREW 4KGS OF CLAY!! 👀🥳
This was just too good to cut down to 15 or so seconds so I thought I’d make a long form video
As a potter, throwing a large amount of clay on a wheel head can be both thrilling and exciting. It’s very much a test of skill and how far you have come in your throwing tech… Read More “I THREW 4KGS OF POTTERY CLAY!! 👀🥳”
Here is another little bulbous pot made up
And Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums out there too
By the way good little tip for throwing pots
Wedging clay:
Wedging clay before throwing it on the pottery wheel is an important step that helps to eliminate air bubbles and create a consistent tex… Read More “Here is another little bulbous pot made up”
Ever wonder how to make a pottery tumbler? Anyone can do at home with just a few tools.🚀 it’s a great project to get started with because of the limited tools needed and simple shape.
Tools Needed
Making The Tumbler
1.1 First Step Wedge
1.2 Second St… Read More “How to make a handmade pottery tumbler Part-1 & 2”
Hello everyone.
I have finally had time to write a blog post on the results of our Raku firing, and if you follow our social media/s, you will know the results were excellent!
As you may know, if you read our previous post on raku firing, we were going to Montsalvat’s Clay Talk in Eltham to do a… Read More “Trying Raku Pottery For The First Time – Part 2”
It’s time to ditch the factory stuff and move to a more sustainable and beautiful option, and in this post, we will discuss why you should buy handmade pottery and what to consider.
Some things to look out for and help you decide what you are looking for in a piece and what you expect.
1 What is… Read More “Time to swap to handmade pottery and what to consider ”
As stated in the title, we will be trying Raku firing! This a new adventure for us as we have never tried Raku, so it will be a unique experience.
We will be doing this course in late December at Montsalvat’s Clay Talk in Eltham, Victoria, where we will learn about the techniques of Raku firing… Read More “Trying Raku Pottery For The First Time”
Welcome to our TMC Pottery blog page!
Here we will talk about the pottery we make, tips and tricks, and much more.
What we doWe will start our first blog by discussing the range of pottery we make.
For example, our moon vases we have designed to be pretty to the eye, decorated with our house-made s… Read More “Welcome To The TMC Pottery Blog”
Robert Taylor was an engineer like his father and was an apprentice at General Motors Holden, where he became a sort of “artist in residence” during the happenings within the plant.
He managed local rock groups and organised concerts and cabarets in the 60s, finding himself involved with … Read More “Robert Taylor (Adelaide, Australia)”