TMC | BlogChristine soaks the pine needles and strips of leaves in hot water before draining and placing in a wet tea towel.
The tool she uses are scissors, a large sewing needle, a tube for feeding the Pine needles and clothes pegs.
She threads a large needle with a strip of leaf and feeds her pine needles int… Read More “How we weave this pottery bowl”
The first step is to place the clay on your wheel head and cone, ensuring it’s well-centred. Black clay, like the one used here, is notably soft and can pose challenges in maintaining high walls for a bowl. To counteract potential collapsing, the key is to work swiftly while throwing the walls and a… Read More “Little run through creating one of the nicest looking bowls I’ve made”
Here’s a concise explanation of this pottery-making procedure:
To create a Kurinuki vase, start by cutting out two circles from slab clay that is thicker than usual (for this project we have rolled to 18 mm). Place one of these circles on a plaster mould, ensuring its level and smoothing out an… Read More “How to make a kurinuki Pottery Vase”
In today’s instructional video, we’re delving into a unique pottery technique – throwing from the hump. This process involves creating a ceramic piece directly from a lump of clay mounted on a potter’s wheel. It’s a departure from the conventional method of working with smaller, pre-measured clay ba… Read More “Throwing From The Hump”
Let’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 ”