Author Archives: Denise

About Denise

I own a pottery studio in Hollywood Florida. I share the space with other pottery lovers, and I am also and electrical engineer working for Motorola.

Wheel Thrown and Altered Butter Dish Tutorial

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Denise

This tutorial comes from Lori Watts a potter in Augusta Main.  I ran into her pottery blog while researching  fine mess pottery blog. You can go directly to the post here: http://finemessblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/photo-tutorial-thrown-oval-butter-dish.html Photo Tutorial: Thrown Oval Butter Dish I start … Continue reading →

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Off Center Thrown Plates with texture

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Denise

This Tutorial was written by Lori Watts from Fine Mess Pottery.  Gotta love the name.  ”Its another fine mess you got me in”.  Isn’t that the story of clay! You can check out her blog post here: http://finemessblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/for-people-who-dont-like-to-center.html SATURDAY, APRIL … Continue reading →

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Deep Slump Glass Fusing Mold Part 2

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Denise
Image of the top view of deep slumped glass fused plate

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                  This is Round 2 of the deep slump firing. We are trying to take out the kinks in our kiln and our deep slump program.  The following program settings for our … Continue reading →

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Glass Fusing Deep Slumps

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Denise

Recently we started attempting to slump deep pieces.  We have learned the following thru the effort. 1.  If you go too hot, the weight of the walls sliding down the surface will cause big huge burstable air pockets. 2.  Elevate … Continue reading →

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Below is an article from Ceramics arts Daily.  They have great Technological articles every once in a while about ceramics, clay, glazes.  They have great tutorials on working with clay and for mixing pottery plaster, well I wanted to preserve … Continue reading →

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Denise | Leave a comment

Emma’s work-in-progress

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Denise

This figure by MIY member Emma has just been sprayed with a dark slip before firing.   It was sculpted from a clay she was not familiar with (Highwater’s Riverside Grit), so she ran a test and fired a sample … Continue reading →

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Ideas for Thrown forms: Clay bird Houses

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Denise

Check out this idea for thrown forms by Mea Rhee, the potter behind Good Elephant pottery.  I found her blog though my travels through the web for pottery blogs.  This image  of ceramic wheel thrown birdhouses it just too cute.   … Continue reading →

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Celadon Like Glazes and Tiles

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Denise

What is a Celadon Glaze?  The answer as always in modern day, is it depends.  A long long time ago Celadon Glazes came from China.  The are transparent made with feldspars and have a light green blue color.  Theses glazes … Continue reading →

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Slip Over Red Clay

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Denise

Recently one of our members Andy made some white slip out of the Helios porcelain clay from Highwater Clays that we carry.  He has been using slip to pain on his wheel thrown plates with really great results.  I love … Continue reading →

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Quilted Ceramics By Amy Sanders

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Denise

Amy Sanders uses stamp appliques and stamping to create these complete quilted forms.  Her inspiration comes from patterns of fabric and her history of sewing.  This is a handbuilt  flower bud vase.  I love here use of glaze color and … Continue reading →

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