TMC | BlogLet’s delve into the art of crafting an exquisite multi-hole bud vase from clay. Begin with two circles of clay and employ precision tools to mould and shape each one. Once the edges are neatly trimmed and scored, seamlessly bring the halves together to form the base of your vase.
Now, grab a cookie … Read More “No Wheel Required For This Multiple Bud Vase”
Quite happy with how this designed turned out actually!
My idea for the shape of this vase actually came from a similar one I did earlier, I wanted the same shape but with a slightly different design. This ended up being a swirl pattern that i settled on.
Indenting the clay should allow the glaze to p… Read More “Funky, Curvy, Swirly Vase”
Today, I’ll be crafting a dual-handle bowl. Initially, we cut out clay pieces and place the first one on a mould. Utilize tools to shape the bowl., proceed by outlining a foot ring, before scoring and applying slip, then attaching it to the vase’s bottom, ensuring a well-compressed joint.
Carefully f… Read More “How to Make this Dual Handled Bowl”
As a quick side note, when you leave water in the base of your pots, you have a chance for it compromise the clays integrity, which will mean the base will fall out when you pick it up later on, water sitting in the base of your pots is never good and it can also lead to severe cracking in your piec… Read More “Walk through on how I make this vase”
This article discusses the application of latex on both the exterior and interior of pottery as well as basic dipping of pots and making a paintable glaze.
The latex is applied over glazed areas to enable the dipping of pots into different colours. Afterward, the latex is removed, leaving two distinc… Read More “Part 2 Glazing, Applying Latex”
For todays pot I’ll be using a clay extruder to add some decoration to the outside
This is one of the first techniques I used back when a majority of the pots I made were hand built, its a great way to add texture and design elements especially with wheel thrown vases, while you can wait until the le… Read More “Using A Pottery Clay Extruder ”
We have been doing a tremendous amount of glaze testing over the last few months and I wanted to create something that will suit our new glazes. Much like the Whacky Wombat Glaze
This involves a process of centring 1100 grams of clay and bringing up the wall to a height 30 cms, we then begin forming … Read More “Walkthrough on making this retro inspired vase”
Today’s video will be on a long necked vase, I’ve added the indentation around the base of the neck to see how the glaze will pool in that area, what glaze do you think we should use? 🤗🤗
By all means comment below have any other further questions
I use about 800 to 900 grams of clay for most vas… Read More “Making A Long Neck Vase”
Hi. Today we’re going to glaze some pots, and I’m going to take you through our process.
I’m just going to remove this lid, and what we find is we have big chunks of glaze, so this is just gelling, and it’s quite normal.
What we want to do is mix all this back into the water.
So, we will need to use a … Read More “Glazing Pottery Pots Part 1”
Todays little video is on a very simple tumbler but i thought id run through what I’m doing as it may be of use to you, let me know if what you think anyway 🤗🤗
By all means comment below have any other further questions
Decide on the shape and style of your cup. You can create anything fro… Read More “Tumbler Wheel throwing walkthrough ”