February 2012
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This unusual ceramic kiln is a noborigama type (登り窯), and is located in Gallifa, Catalonia. So, what does a classic japanese style kiln in a tiny catalan village?
Well, it’s located just behind the house and workshop of J. Llorens Artigas, a ceramist that worked with Picasso and Miro.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Llorens_i_Artigas
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Pop Quiz Answers: Problems Throwing Pots
I posted a dozen or so questions for you wheelthrowers to test your problem-solving chops when it comes to making pots.
Here are the answers I had in mind. Do they jibe with what you know? Did I miss anything helpful?
ANSWERS: Common Problems in Throwing Pots 1. Air bubbles come from insufficient wedging, improper wedging or trapping air when you attach your ball of clay on the wheel. 2. ...
Decorating with slip (with a nod to Hannah...
One of my students last night asked about whether cake decorating tools could be used to apply clay to pots as a form of surface decoration. She had intuited the gorgeous tradition of slip trailing, with strong traditions in Britain and Germany.
Hannah McAndrew, a contemporary Scottish potter, blogged about her latest work yesterday, sharing several images of the pots in process here, which...
100 followers! Thanks!
I woke up to find 100 Tumblrers following my blog - not bad for such an arcane subject. I appreciate your follows, all y’all.
In honor of this milestone, I’m reblogging this early Diving Into the Clay link that jumps the hurdle that hampers many a potter just starting out on their own: no access to a kiln.
happy to troubleshoot
Olisny [olivia] and anyone else following my blog: if I can help you troubleshoot any clay questions, I’m happy to help.
On the one hand the field of ceramics is vast, and I don’t believe there’s such a thing as mastering it.
On the other hand, I’ve made pots and taught pots for a living for years, studied clay and glaze chemistry in undergrad and grad school, and...
Call for work: 500 Teapots
From Lark Publishing’s site:
500 Teapots
Lark is seeking images to publish in a juried collection of ceramic teapots publishing in August 2013. The juror for 500 Teapots will be Jim Lawton of Oyster Street Pottery. Pieces may be functional or purely decorative. You may submit up to four entries; there is no entry fee.
Artists will receive full acknowledgment within the book, a ...
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Pop Quiz: Problems Throwing Pots (answers...
When I was an apprentice, I was like a deer in the headlights: I could hardly imagine what the next step might be without being shown it. Over the years I began to realize much of what works with clay is good old common sense.
Can you outshine my young apprentice self and troubleshoot these questions?
QUIZ: Common Problems in Making Pots 1. You open up a pot on the wheel and during a pull you...
good info on firing a bisque kiln
If you’d like to know more of the underlying processes going on when you fire a bisque, Highwater Clays - a great supplier in Asheville, NC - has a good rundown here.
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