Making a Pottery Teapot: An Intermediate Project Explained The teapot is one of pottery's most satisfying challenges. It asks you to throw multiple separate components, join them together with confidence,…
How to Add Texture to Pottery: Stamps, Carving and Slip Trailing One of the most satisfying moments in hand building pottery is when you step back and realise your piece…
Drying Your Pottery Evenly: Avoiding Cracks One of the most disheartening moments in any potter's early journey is pulling back a damp cloth to find a crack running through a…
How to Recycle and Reclaim Clay Every potter, no matter how experienced, ends up with scraps. A trimmed foot ring here, a collapsed wall there, a mug handle that simply…
Air Dry Clay vs Kiln-Fired Clay: A Beginner's Comparison Starting out in pottery and ceramics can feel like standing at the bottom of a very tall hill. There are unfamiliar…
Raku Pottery: A Guide to This Dramatic Firing Technique There are few moments in ceramics quite as thrilling as watching a glowing red pot being lifted from a kiln with…
Bisque Firing and Glaze Firing: The Two-Stage Process Explained If you have recently started working with clay, you have probably heard the words "bisque firing" and "glaze firing" and wondered…
Electric Kiln vs Gas Kiln: Which Is Better for UK Beginners? Choosing your first kiln is one of the most significant decisions you will make as a pottery beginner. It…
Underglaze vs Overglaze: What's the Difference? If you are new to pottery and ceramics, the world of glazing can feel overwhelming. There are shelves full of bottles and jars at…
How to Apply Glaze to Pottery Without Runs Glazing is one of those stages in pottery that looks deceptively simple. You slap on some colour, fire it up, and out…