How to Enhance Texture with One Versatile Glaze and Some Colorants
Glancing at Scott Dooley's pots, you might not immediately think there was just one glaze recipe used. But it's true. By using a copper wash under one base glaze with a variety of colorants, Scott...
View ArticleShared Space: A Potter Shares Her Space with Another Artist in Transition
When Eric Serritella decided to move to North Carolina from New York, he had the conundrum that most of us face when moving - where to set up shop. He decided to rent space while he settles into the...
View ArticleTwisted! How to Make Funky Ceramic Lotion Dispensers With a Clay Extruder
We recently got a clay extruder at the studio where I work. I had never really used an extruder and, so far, I have been having fun using it for my mug handles. But I know the creative possibilities...
View ArticleDIY Clay Tools Video Contest – Finalist 2
Today, we are happy to present the next finalist in our DIY Clay Tools Video Contest: Murry Gans and his homemade extruder.We'll present the next finalist Friday, July 30. A link to the voting page...
View ArticleDIY Clay Tools Video Contest: Finalist 3
Today, we are happy to present the last finalist in our DIY Clay Tools Video Contest: Craig Rhodes and his oversized splash pan. Plus I have included the other finalists’ videos, for your review. Just...
View ArticleTotally Tubular! A Video Introduction to Using a Clay Extruder
Clay extruders are handy tools for the ceramics studio and can be used to make some amazing work - and you don't have to spend a lot of money to own one. You can easily make a simple handheld extruder...
View ArticleHow to Make a Casserole Dish by Combining Slabs and Extrusions
Daryl Baird’s Extruder Book has just been revised and re-released, this time with 19 great how-to projects from beginning to end (including beautiful color photographs of the process and the finished...
View ArticleHow to Make a Hexagonal Wall Pocket with an Extruder
There’s a lot more to the extruder than making strap handles. With a multitude of commercial dies or custom homemade dies, the only limit is the imagination. In today’s post, an excerpt from his DVD...
View ArticleHow to Make an Address Sign with Slabs and Extrusions
Address signs are fun to make as housewarming gifts for friends and family, or to put your own personal stamp on your own house. In today’s post, an excerpt from The Extruder Book, Daryl Baird shows...
View ArticleHow to Dress Up a Tray with Custom Extruded Trim
There’s a lot more to the extruder than making strap handles. With a multitude of commercial dies or custom homemade dies, the only limit is the imagination. In today’s post, an excerpt from his DVD...
View ArticleTools of the Trade: Handheld Extruders
A handheld extruder comes in handy for adding decorative elements to your work. Daryl provides a rundown on how to make a simple extruder from a caulk gun, or buying kitchen gadgets from the housewares...
View ArticleCustom Dies for the Clay Extruder: Another Pottery Use for Old Credit Cards
Chances are, if you have a mailbox, it is filled to the brim every day with direct mail credit card offers. Many of these offers come with those plastic fake credit cards. You have probably heard that...
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