TMC | BlogGot a different video for today, this is the first time I have added grog to a clay body!
My experience with this black clay has been interesting, it’s a very “plastic” clay body, which some people may find great, but me personally, it’s a little hard to get it to work the way I want it to.
Learn the art of crafting a ceramic bottle through this simple tutorial. Follow these steps to create your very own ceramic masterpiece.
1. Begin by designing a pattern on cardboard. This pattern will serve as a template for your ceramic bottle.
2. Utilise the cardboard pattern to cut out the necessar… Read More “Creating a Ceramic Bottle ”
Throwing a little bowl today with some reclaim clay that is leftover from some hand building, we generally like to use all the clay up during the process to save ourselves having buckets full of reclaim clay 😄
I will give some things that you can do when you are throwing something like this which sec… Read More “Using some reclaimed clay today”
First, we have some of our Mugs, plus a Bowl and a Small Pumpkin glazed in our Aussie Bush Combination.
Next, we have another Bowl glazed in our Stone Wash Blue Glaze, as well as a new Pink Glaze we are developing, and another Mug in unnamed Glaze Combo.
The bigger Pumpkin is the one we have been wait… Read More “Wait To See How the Pumpkins Turned Out”
So today’s pot didn’t turn out the way I initially wanted it to go but I do think I just found a new design!
Majority of the time, I’d usually just throw something like this out once it collapses, but for some reason I decided to play around with the walls to get a possible abstract look, and h… Read More “Stumbled upon a new design”
Follow these simple steps using strips of clay and a plaster mould and some tools.
1. Cut a circular piece of clay and several clay strips. The strips don’t need to be perfectly straight, as some variation adds character to the bowl.
For more on preparing your clay, using templates and some of the too… Read More “Creating a Clay Bowl Using Clay Strips: A Step-by-Step Guide”
To initiate the process, we begin by using our slab slicer to cut the slab of clay.
The cut slab is then placed onto the initial canvas sheet, where we press down on the front portion of the slab.
A second canvas sheet is employed to cover the slab.
Subsequently, we fine-tune the wheel’s position so th… Read More “How We Roll Out Slabs of Clay”
This is a dark bodied clay with some pretty heavy grog in it, I had some good fun making this little vase or bottle however you want to call it, Hope you enjoy!
A few extra tips I couldn’t fit into the video
(function(document, history, location) { var HISTORY_SUPPORT = !!(history && history.p… Read More “Using some new clay today! ”We’re going to make a glaze from scratch.
You can buy your materials in small bags like this and smaller, from your pottery supplier.
We have shared the recipe on screen for you to copy and use later once we have come back to you in Part 2 hopefully 🤞with the right results.
First thing we do is measure… Read More “Watch us Develop a New Test Glaze from Scratch Part 1”
I did the form of this one with a potters bump to get a nice and consistent look to the piece
This is also using the white reclaim clay that we use for hand building so wedging was key before throwing the ball of clay on the wheel head
A few extra tips I couldn’t fit into the video
1: Wobbl… Read More “Today I’m throwing a little round or oval shaped vase”