TMC | BlogThe art of shaping clay into beautiful and functional objects, has captivated peoples creativity for thousands of years. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a curious beginner, delving into the world of pottery can be a transformative and fulfilling experience. Here’s why you should consider giving … Read More “Why you should try pottery making”
Crafting 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”