How to guides

Sgraffito pottery is really quite simple to make.  However, it can be extremely satisfying and lovely to look at.  Like most techniques in pottery, there …

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There are a lot of different accounts of how to make terra sigillata available.  Some of these methods seem more precise than others.  There also …

This article is a step-by-step guide on how to make a raku kiln.  I had made raku pottery in workshops and under the guidance of …

There is quite a bit of information online about how to make raku pottery.  However, I recently built my first raku kiln.  And in the …

Pottery clay starts to dry out as soon as it comes out of its plastic bag.  As it dries, clay particles form clay dust.  It …

Raku firing is quite different from regular firing in a gas or electric kiln.  If you are new to raku, this may have left you …

There are two occasions when you might want to clean raku pottery.  If you have made or bought a piece of raku you might want …

Clear glaze is often applied over underglaze decoration to protect pottery, make it non-porous and help underglaze colors pop.  It can also be used as …

Underglaze decoration is incredibly versatile and when combined with a clear glaze can create beautiful results.  I have found that after applying underglaze with painstaking …

As the name suggests, glazing your pottery basically means you are covering it in glass.  Simple, right?  Well, it may not be as simple as …

Sometimes thrown pottery gets neglected or forgotten.  Life gets busy and you come back a week later to an unintentionally bone dry pot.  This has …