How Thick Should a Pinch Pot Be? – Pinch Pot Walls
Making pinch pottery is very tactile. As you pinch your pot you will feel the thickness of the clay between your fingers and thumb. But …
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Pinch Pot History – A History of Pinch Pots Over the Years
Pinch pots are one of the oldest ways of making pottery. There is evidence that pinch pot history starts many thousands of years ago. …
How to Make a Pinch Pot – 3 Ways to Make Pinch Pots
Pinch pots are one of the easiest and fastest ways of hand building pottery. Once you have mastered the basic pinch pot technique you can …
Wheelchair Accessible Pottery Wheel – What are the Options?
I had been thinking about running some pottery classes. And one of the questions on my mind was how to provide a wheelchair accessible pottery …
Table Top Pottery Wheel – Shimpo Aspire or Speedball Artista?
I decided to buy a table top pottery wheel. The two most highly recommended table top pottery wheels I could find, are the Shimpo Aspire …
Sawdust Kiln Firing – How to Build a Brick Kiln for Sawdust Firing
A sawdust kiln is one of the easiest ways to fire clay at home. The kiln can be made using a simple brick construction. It …
DIY Propane Kiln Ideas – 4 Simple Ways to Make a Propane Kiln
Making a DIY propane kiln is a great way to start firing your own pottery. A lot of the time DIY propane kilns are …
How Do Kilns Work? – All about How Pottery Kilns Fire Clay
There are different types of kiln, and each of them works a bit differently. However, regardless of design, kilns are simply chambers that are heated …
What is the Recommended Raku Firing Temperature?
Raku firing pottery is often described as a low fire fast method of glazing or finishing your pottery. But if you are thinking of firing …
What is the Second Firing of Clay Called? – Glaze or Glost?
The most common practice when making ceramics is to fire pottery twice. The first fire is the bisque or biscuit fire. But what is the …
What is the First Firing of Clay Called? – Bisque, Biscuit or Bisc?
One of the first things that you will learn about firing clay is that it happens in two stages. These two stages have different purposes. …
What Happens to Clay When it is Fired in a Kiln?
Usually, clay is fired two times. The first time is the bisque fire and the second time is the glaze fire. Clay undergoes changes during …