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Daily How to Glaze Large Pottery

Glazing is my least favorite part of the ceramic process. I’ve ruined many a lovely pot by poor glaze choices or poor glaze application. Every type of glaze application has its advantages and disadvantages. Brushing glazes can allow you to get a great application, but it is more time consuming than dipping.

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Daily How to Make Reusable Templates for Transferring Drawings to Pots

One way to help potters get two-dimensional drawings onto three-dimensional objects is to first draw on a piece of paper, lay the paper on the ceramic surface, and trace with a ballpoint pen or dull pencil. This leaves a slight impression of the drawing on the surface that you can then add detail to with sgraffito or underglazes, or however you decorate your pots.

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Daily Thrown, Altered, Stamped and Sculpted Mugs

Samuel Newman loves when people can't figure out how his work is made. So he incorporates multiple techniques—throwing and altering, adding sculptural details, stamping. All of these processes go into his "Maker's Mugs" to create beautifully eye-catching, unique, functional pots.

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Daily How to Make a Craft-Foam-Textured Template

Craft foam is a wondrous material for the clay studio. It can be used as a work surface, a template for press molding, for creating a prop for photographing plates, and much more! Brenton Duhan uses adhesive craft foam for imparting texture into his forms, and by sticking the craft foam onto his slab-building templates, he kills two birds with one stone.

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