I am learning some very important life lessons since I started throwing pots. The most obvious to me is patience. Patience is everything in pottery. First in throwing. If you try to rush a piece and pull to hard your piece will end up lop-sided and uneven. Since “there is …
As I continue in my creation of my own glazes I look to other potters as a source of information. Matt Fiske’s Blog was one of the first sites I hooked into and in short order I read every post. I highly recommend you check it out. You can …
I have started making my own glazes. I found a great recipe called St. John’s black. Nepheline Syenite – 25 Alberta Slip/Albany – 75 Cobalt Carbonate – 5% But I wanted something more dense, so I tried working on the recipe by adding other materials. Going from left …
I have started making my own glazes. I found a great recipe called St. John’s black. Nepheline Syenite – 25 Alberta Slip/Albany – 75 Cobalt Carbonate – 5% But I wanted something more dense, so I tried working on the recipe by adding other materials. Going from left …