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Jingdezhen: Travel tips to China’s porcelain ca...
A quick guide to Jingdezhen, China’s historic porcelain city: imperial kilns, the ceramics museum, streets full of pottery shops, workshops and factories you can visit, plus practical tips for planning...
Jingdezhen: Travel tips to China’s porcelain ca...
A quick guide to Jingdezhen, China’s historic porcelain city: imperial kilns, the ceramics museum, streets full of pottery shops, workshops and factories you can visit, plus practical tips for planning...
DIY Pottery Tools: Everyday Objects You Can Use...
Discover DIY ceramics tools you can make from everyday objects: rolling pins, fishing line, old credit cards, combs, tattoo needles and more, to shape, cut and texture your clay.
DIY Pottery Tools: Everyday Objects You Can Use...
Discover DIY ceramics tools you can make from everyday objects: rolling pins, fishing line, old credit cards, combs, tattoo needles and more, to shape, cut and texture your clay.
Step-by-step guide: How to throw a double-walle...
In this tutorial we walk you step by step through an advanced project: throwing a double-walled, donut-style stoneware plate on the potter’s wheel – from weighing the clay to trimming...
Step-by-step guide: How to throw a double-walle...
In this tutorial we walk you step by step through an advanced project: throwing a double-walled, donut-style stoneware plate on the potter’s wheel – from weighing the clay to trimming...
Wiring ceramic jugs in the past: protecting pot...
In the past, potters and metal workers protected ceramic jugs and pots with a hand-woven cage of iron wire. In this post we explain how this wire mesh was built...
Wiring ceramic jugs in the past: protecting pot...
In the past, potters and metal workers protected ceramic jugs and pots with a hand-woven cage of iron wire. In this post we explain how this wire mesh was built...
How Were Ceramic Pieces Repaired in the Past? T...
How were ceramic pots repaired in the past instead of being thrown away? In this post we look at secret repair pastes made with egg white, lime or even pig’s...
How Were Ceramic Pieces Repaired in the Past? T...
How were ceramic pots repaired in the past instead of being thrown away? In this post we look at secret repair pastes made with egg white, lime or even pig’s...
Firing temperatures for low-fire and high-fire ...
This post walks through typical firing ranges for low-fire and high-fire clays without getting lost in overly technical curves. We explain why low-fire clays are often bisque fired hotter than...
Firing temperatures for low-fire and high-fire ...
This post walks through typical firing ranges for low-fire and high-fire clays without getting lost in overly technical curves. We explain why low-fire clays are often bisque fired hotter than...