Guide to Buying a Pottery Wheel
Guide to Buying a Pottery Wheel
This is an important step on your road to enjoying making your own pottery items and there are a few factors to look out when deciding which wheel to buy. (more…)
Ceramic Artists Guide to Perseverance
Ceramic Artists Guide to Perseverance
Ceramic artists need to be resilient, be able to bounce back from calamity quickly and most of all persevere…as the art of pottery is not for those who quit easily. (more…)
Let’s Find out the Different Types of Kilns
There are many different types of kilns that are used for ceramic arts. There are two types of kilns, the continuous or tunnel kiln and the periodic or intermittent kiln. Continuous kilns are continuously firing and are never cool. The items that are to be fired are placed into cars and then slowly move through the kiln. Continuous kilns are mainly used for industrial manufacturing. Periodic kilns are used most often by potters, and fire intermittently. The items are loaded into the kiln; the temperature is set, and then cooled. (more…)
Methods of Glazing
Types and Methods of Glazing
Glazes are made from a type of glass especially made in such a way that they adhere onto the pottery surfaces. When this glass is liquid it is stiff and will stick to the vertical surfaces of the pots when they are being fired. There are various ways of applying glaze. (more…)
Why Are Ancient Chinese Ceramics So Valuable?
Why Are Chinese Ceramics So Valuable?
You have probably heard of the absolutely outrageous prices that ancient Chinese ceramics sell for. If you haven’t, consider that the Meiyintang ‘Chicken Cup,’ a small, white ceramic cup with a few hand painted images, sold for $36.5 million. This auction was held at Sotheby’s in 2014, setting a world record. (more…)
Famous Pottery Museums
Famous Pottery Museums
Items made from pottery, ancient artefacts and modern forms of this popular art can be viewed at various museums around the world. (more…)
Health Benefits of Pottery
Health Benefits of Pottery
Pottery has been around for thousands of years and is a therapeutic art form that provides health benefits not only for the mind, but the body as well. (more…)
Maintaining Ceramic Pottery
Maintaining Ceramic Pottery
Ceramics are one of mankind’s oldest inventions, and we’ve become really good at both creating and looking after ceramics over the last few thousand years. Any ceramic includes an object that is shaped when wet and hardened by heat, and this itself can consist of a number of different styles. (more…)
5 Ceramic Techniques You Should Try
5 Ceramic Techniques You Should Try Ceramics are quite possibly the most ever-present of all art forms to have emerged from human history. To this end, the oldest known ceramic figurine, Venus of Dolní Věstonice, has been traced back to the Czech Republic during the Upper Paleolithic period in 29,000-25,000 BC. Ceramics in its various …
The Beginners Guide to Working with Clay
If you’re just getting started with pottery, we do suggest taking a beginners class, but it isn’t imperative. From creating your own vases to mugs and plates, the only limit to working with clay is your imagination. Here are a few tips for getting started on your own.