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13 Best Tips for Making Casting Slip in Pottery
Episode 74
Making your own casting slip can save money and be more environmentally friendly.
CO2 is saved from transporting powdered ingredients rather than the …
1 year, 3 months ago
How to create a perfectly flat base or rim on handmade pottery
Episode 73
Having a perfectly flat base or rim on a pot adds a professional feel to handmade pottery.
In this episode, I tell you about an amazingly simple and e…
1 year, 3 months ago
Dealing with disappointment in pottery: 3 new ways of thinking to support you and your pottery-making
Episode 72
Disappointment in pottery can happen when the pot in your mind's eye isn’t the same as the one that comes out of the kiln! That sinking feeling of di…
1 year, 3 months ago
How to Make a Pottery Glaze from Fallen Leaves - Making the Glaze
Episode 71
It's Autumn here in the UK and the leaves on the trees are starting to fall! But did you know that you can actually make a pottery glaze from fallen …
1 year, 3 months ago
How to Make a Pottery Glaze with Fallen Leaf Ash - Creating the Leaf Ash
Episode 70
It's Autumn here in the UK and the leaves on the trees are starting to fall! But did you know that you can actually make a pottery glaze from fallen …
1 year, 4 months ago
How Much Does Clay Shrink By in Pottery?
Episode 69
Clay shrinks at every stage of the pottery-making process. This can make creating the right size of pot quite tricky!
Another confusing thing is that …
1 year, 4 months ago
Give Yourself Permission to Grow in Pottery - You’re Doing it Right!
Episode 68
Because the process of making pottery is so prone to technical ‘failures’ it can often feel like you're constantly doing pottery ‘wrong’!
In this epi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Failed Colour Experiments! Some things I thought would create eco-conscious pottery colour that didn't work - Creating Eco-conscious Pottery Colour Series: Bonus Episode
Episode 67
Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.
In a special bonus episod…
1 year, 4 months ago
Creating Colour Using Clay - Creating Eco-conscious Pottery Colour Series: Part 5
Episode 66
Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.
In the fifth of this spec…
1 year, 5 months ago
Creating Colour Using Plant Ashes - Creating Eco-conscious Pottery Colour Series: Part 4
Episode 65
Colour in pottery is usually created with commercial metal oxides available as a raw material or as an ingredient in stains.
In the fourth of this spe…
1 year, 5 months ago