
‘Tis the season for giving, and what better way to celebrate than by giving your loved ones handmade gifts? I’m sure many of you will be making gifts, but in case you run out of time to make something for everyone on your list (it is almost December! Yi...

We get a lot of questions from readers about the raku firing process. I think raku firing intrigues many a potter because of the drama involved in the process. How cool is it it to take a red-hot piece out of a kiln, see the molten glaze and hear the pings from the thermal shock...

For this week’s video, I sifted through some more of my footage from the Expressive Surfaces Workshop last month. There’s a ton of good stuff that I am excited to share with you all, but it will take time to get it all edited for posting. I ...

This past Monday was one of those Mondays that give Mondays a bad name. It was just one of those days when it seemed like everything I touched either fell apart or ended up taking ten times longer than it needed to...

After we posted our recent “Studio Visit” post with Jeff Campana and Patsy Cox, we received a lot of feedback asking for video tours of artists’ studios. We think this is a terrific idea and to make it even more interesting, we decided to have a contest to find the best video tours out there. And,...

The next Potters Council Workshop: PORCELAIN February 5-7, 2010 San Diego, California Hosted by Clay Artists of San Dieg This conference brings together five of North America’s most adept and experienced porcelain potters. ...

The other night at the studio, I was talking to a potter pal of mine who was interested in making some handbuilt mugs. She was thinking about using slabs to build these mugs, but I thought she might want to try this cool technique I learned from a Mitch Lyons video...




















