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What is Raw Glazing?
The world of pottery making is simply superb with its rapture and creativity. Not only the entire process of pottery making is fantastic but also adding glaze to the pot gives a whole new life to it. The application of glaze does not come in the form of decoration for your pottery, but also it…
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What is Leather Hard Clay?
When learning the art of pottery, you will learn that clay passes through 4 different and distinctive stages. The very first stage involves plastic-like, soft, and workable clay. In the 2nd stage, the clay is workable but hard like leather. And in the final stage, it becomes dry and hard like bone. Depending on the…
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What is Obvara Firing, and How to Perform it?
As we unfold the unknown territories of pottery firing, let us work through a crucial chapter in the Obvara firing book. This type of firing is relatively unknown in the market, with less information for pottery enthusiasts. However, we aim to educate the artists, so here we explain the Obvara firing technique, the ingredients required,…
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What To Do With Your Bad Pottery?
You might be fond of pottery making, and that love of yours made you come to this field to build your own pottery piece. But what to do with the bad pieces that you have made while practicing? Somedays, you might build it perfectly the way you want it to be. But there are…
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The Many Different Types of Pottery
Pottery is an incredible way of giving clay the shape of one’s mind. Pottery is one of the most ancient forms of art, which people adapted to incorporate their artistry of mind to make life easier. Thus, pottery not only serves the artists’ appetite to create something new but also comes in aid for the…
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What is Nerikomi Pottery?
The world of pottery is rich with numerous techniques of pottery building. Once you start exploring it one by one, there is no looking back. It is a continuous journey of exploring various innovative ways of pottery making. The Nerikomi pottery is a fantastic pottery building technique that comes with an attractive mixed patterned design.…
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Slab Pottery Building Basics
Nothing can be more fun than pottery building, as it comes with various techniques that are enticing to unleash. When we think about pottery building, the first image of the technique that comes to our mind is pottery’s wheel building technique. But the reality is, there is no limit to methods for pottery building despite…
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What is Sgraffito Pottery?
Pottery emerged into the world of creativity in ancient times, as people felt the need for it. Nevertheless, it has eventually grown vastly. There is a myriad of pottery types, which are available all over the world. These various pottery styles differ due to the origin, culture, and habits of the people of that very…
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Types of Pottery Glazes
Glazing serves various purposes in pottery. It adds a safe coating to your bisque-fired wares, making it food-safe and waterproof. Also, it gives you enough room to play with your creativity. It enables you to have fun with different colors to bring life to your pottery piece. There is no limit to the experiments that…
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Why Does Pottery Make Us Happy?
Doing anything that has a prime relationship with creativity leads you to immense pleasure. Being an age-old popular practice from ancient times, pottery is loved by all. The fascinating process of pottery making indulges one in relaxing activities that work as a stress reliever. And in the end, the beautiful outcome of the final product…
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What are Food-Safe Pottery Glazes?
Everybody loves beautifully served dinners in handcrafted dishware as they add a touch to the meals and make the particular dish entirely amazing. But is the food that you are eating served in pottery materials safe? You have to take a deep insight into the same. In recent times, potters and other small manufacturers are…