Tutorials
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Your First Air-Dry Pottery Project
You went to a store and couldn’t resist the temptation to get your hands on that air-dry clay! Well, what would you do next? Obviously, create something new and interesting with it. If this is the first project you plan to carry out with the air-dry clay, remember that the journey isn’t a straight line.…
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How to throw a plate on a pottery wheel?
You have learned how to throw mugs or bowls on your pottery wheel, but how do you plan to throw any plate on your pottery wheel? With the wrong technique in place, you would see your mud plopping all around the wheel with no shape formed. What an utter waste! So, how do you throw…
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Can You Fire Pottery in Your BBQ?
Have you just started your journey exploring the world of pottery? Do you have all the basics but lack the experience to handle a kiln, or don’t you have that kind of budget to buy one? Well, when you have that passion for learning, you can make do with cheaper options such as your BBQ…
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The 5 Ingredients for a Beautiful Glaze
When experimenting with pottery, it is important to learn the art of glazing. Without proper glaze added to your artwork, the entire thing is simply going to look lifeless of sort regardless of how well it has been crafted or fired. Surely, you can buy a pre-made glaze online, but having your very own…
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The Ultimate Guide on Coil Pottery
The beauty of pottery lies in its multitude of techniques and styles that unleashes a wide variety and opportunities to shape your dream and imagination. Whether it is the variation in style or incorporation of cultural specialties, the vast industry of pottery always tends to get richer. One of the fantastic methods of pottery building…
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How to Use Glass with Your Pottery?
Glasses and ceramics are two sides of the same coin. This is because normal glaze generally includes silica which is the main contributor to the formation of glass. Adding glass beads to your pottery items can help create stunning results. After the pottery piece is glazed, light bouncing off this glass can look similar to…
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The Top 3 Low Fire Glaze Recipes
When it comes to dealing with high-temperature glazing, not everyone can master the art. At times, it could lead to colorant burn-off, or the material itself might become unstable when exposed to high temperatures. Whether you are a pro-pottery maker or someone who has just entered the profession, you could benefit from low-fire glaze recipes.…
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What Is Reduction Firing In Pottery?
When firing a piece of pottery art, you need to know a lot about the process to acquire and master this skill. When it comes to firing your pottery to achieve the best result, you need to know various factors regarding the process. In case you are a newbie in pottery making, you must…
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The Top 10 Tips to Dry Your Pottery without Cracks
Whether you are a beginner or not, drying pottery can be an area of your pain, as most of the time, it tends to crack. No matter how nicely you have created your pottery piece with excellent quality pottery clay, it can still break if the drying process is not initiated correctly. While drying, the…
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How To Wire Off Your Pottery?
After making the pottery, the first thing that can hit your mind is how to wire your pottery off? Whether you build your pottery on a bat or use a wheel, removing your pottery from the wire is always challenging. In most cases, potters end up crashing the pottery’s bottom since they don’t know how…
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Can You Use Air Dry Clay on a Pottery Wheel?
Playing with clays while making pottery is not at all boring. But are you a beginner? Or are you having kids at your home who want to try their hands at pottery? Then trying out air dry clay can be the best choice. In case you have kids or are a beginner, you may not…