Budget-Friendly Slip Bucket System for Slipcasting
This is Part 2 of a two-part series on building a budget-friendly slipcasting setup. Part 1 covers the DIY drainage table — the PVC grid and under-bed container that lets …
Creating Templates for Pottery: Wheel Throwing, Slab Building, and Mold Making
Templates are one of the most underused tools in a pottery studio. Whether you’re throwing consistent sets on the wheel, building slab forms, or making molds for slipcasting, a well-made …
One, Two, or Multi-Part Mold? How to Decide for Slipcasting
One of the first decisions you make when approaching a new slipcasting project is how many parts your mold needs to be. Get it right and the piece releases cleanly …
Budget-Friendly Slipcasting Setup: DIY Mini Slip Table for Home Studios
If you’re a home studio potter doing slipcasting without a lot of space or budget, a full commercial slip table isn’t realistic. They’re large, expensive, and overkill if you’re only …
How to Make a Pinch Pot: Handbuilding Basics for Potters
If you want to understand clay, start with a pinch pot. No wheel. No molds. No slip. Just your hands, a rib, and a ball of clay. It is the …
Ram’s Head Wedging: How to Prepare Clay the Right Way
I use ram’s head wedging for smaller amounts of clay and spiral wedging for larger amounts. Ram’s head wedging is like kneading dough — except instead of making it more …
Bakeware care sheet
Thank You for Your Purchase! This muffin pan is handmade from stoneware and fired to cone 10 for durability. Please read the instructions below before baking. ⚠ Important: Avoid Thermal …
Glaze Viscosity: What It Is, How to Measure It, and How to Adjust It | B2W Ceramics
In the last post, we covered specific gravity — how to measure it and why it matters for glaze consistency. But SG only tells you half the story. You can …
Mocha Diffusion: Crafting Tree-Like Patterns on Pottery with Slip
Mocha diffusion is a captivating ceramic technique where a colored acidic solution interacts with a wet alkaline slip, creating intricate, tree-like (dendritic) patterns. Originating in 18th-century England, this method continues …
What Is Paper Clay? The Science, History, and Why It Works
What paper clay is, the capillary action science behind why dry-to-wet joins work, Graham Hay and Rosette Gault’s contributions to the modern paper clay movement, benefits, limitations, and when to use it.