Pottery has made a successful comeback in this modern age. It enriches the look of everyday objects and gives them a soul. Today, it has been noticed that most people are rejecting factory-produced plastic items and showing interest in hand-crafted pottery goods. As a result, handmade products are giving tough competition to the mass-produced factory-items.…
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It takes a lot of hard work, tricks, and techniques to create an aesthetic piece of pottery art. Not only shaping and hardening, a pottery work includes all those processes that are used to add color, effects, and glaze on it. And adding on these things gives your pottery item a high-quality finish along with…
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Pottery is one of the ancient forms of art that has gained recognition over the years to style up your home at its best. Many people have also adopted this art as a hobby as it helps in relieving the stress and enhances creativity. Also, it lets you connect to nature and provides you satisfaction.…
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Japan never fails to impress the world with their art and culture. Especially their artworks on potteries are worth mentioning when it comes to the matter of their aestheticism about crafts. Nuka Glaze potteries of Japan are excellent proofs of their mesmerizing traditional pottery culture. Artists of Japan make this authentic Japanese traditional…
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I strongly believe one of the easiest things to do is twisted pottery otherwise called “pottery with a twist”. Of course, without the right tools and equipment, it can be tedious and virtually impossible to create. Twisted pottery is created with an extruder. An extruder is a machine that pushes or draws certain materials through…
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As a pottery enthusiast, I have been asked a lot of questions regarding Greek pottery and I believe as a beginner, you need to know a few things about the Greek pottery. Ancient Greek Pottery dates back 1000 to c. 400 BC. The ancient pottery provides some of the most distinctive vase shapes from antiquity…
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The world of art and craft is much more vast than you can imagine, and in this vast world, there is no limit and bound to create things using various kinds of materials. Using clay for crafting sculptures and pottery is popular since the Prehistoric times. Making pottery using clay is one of the best…
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Clay dough is a very popular name in the art and craft world, especially a favorite one for kids. More or less, every kid is familiar with the name and usage of clay dough or playdough because it is one of the favorite tasks of kids to shape and form models out of clay doughs…
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As a potter, I have learned that there is no way you can’t do without straining yourself. It is obvious we are working with mud and there is no amount of planning you can do without getting your hands dirty, Literally! It is essential to know that you can do all the preparation in the…
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For quite a while, there has been a little misunderstanding between the types of clay we have. Some people confuse white clay and stoneware clay while some pottery “activists” believe black clay is more or less like earthenware clay, some even say it is refurbished terracotta meanwhile it is not so. In this article, I…
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