Bat Roundup
If you’re thinking about getting some new bats make sure you check out this roundup and review.
ClayShare’s Resource Hall Vendor Tour of NCECA
NCECA is less than a week away and I’ve been thinking about all of the fabulous vendors in the resource hall that will be there and making my list of must get ceramic tools and supplies. If you can’t make it to NCECA this year I’ve linked sites where you can find these tools and […]
ClayShare’s Guide to NCECA
Every year the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts also known as NCECA holds an annual conference. It is the premier clay event in America and is attended by thousands of ceramic artists, educators, vendors, enthusiasts and collectors. Over the four days there are demonstrations, exhibitions, presentations, representatives from educational programs and residencies, galleries selling […]
Photographing Your Pottery for Social Media
We all want to take great photos of our work, whether it is to share our pottery on social media, to sell it online, to enter it in an exhibition or just for fun. As a former professional photographer I am going to share with you the photo tips and techniques I have learned over […]
My Desert Island Tools- Handbuilding
I love tools! In a slightly obsessive, borderline hoarding, in need of an intervention kind of way. I have hundreds of tools which I’ve collected over the years but lately I’ve been feeling like maybe I need to scale back a bit. So in an effort to have less clutter and be more organized […]
Fondant Cutters for Clay
As you know I am always looking for new ways of creating textures and embellishments. Baking and cake decorating tools make wonderful clay tools too! You may know of my love for embossed rolling pins and the wide range of texture they have. Well, recently I discovered fondant cutters. They are similar to cookie cutters except they have […]
Using Wax Resist to Prevent Handle Join Cracks
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Sgraffito…and the magic parking lot brush!
Sgraffito, a fancy Italian term for the technique where you carve through slip revealing the clay body underneath. This is one of my favorite ways of adding texture and design to the clay surface and I know once you try it you will love it too. All you need to get started is: a leather […]
Beat Those Winter Studio Blues!
Sometimes it is just too cold to work in the studio! Here in Vermont our Winters are long and cold and I do my best to keep warm in the studio but when it is -18 outside that tends be impossible. Instead of getting frustrated and annoyed by not being able to work in the […]
Keeping Warm in the Studio
Vermont is a Winter playground but 4 – 6 months of freezing temps can make it difficult for anyone to work in the studio. Here are some of the ways I cope when the mercury dips and the snowflakes fall. Supplemental heating. I have large pellet stove to heat my two story barn studio but […]