We’ve Got Your (Table) Number!
So many things to manage for a wedding! For sure, you want your guests to have a good time. That may involve mixing and mingling or letting old friends have...
Pottery-Ceramics
Pottery-Ceramics
Be inspired by these pottery and ceramic projects shared by our makers. Learn about the materials used to make pottery and ceramics – from stain and glaze to the different types of clay. From jewelry to bowls, and plaques to sculptures, working in pottery or ceramics gives a maker freedom to make a variety of 3-D creative works of art.
More Pottery-Ceramics
Ceramic Tulip Spoon Rest
The Ceramic Tulip Spoon Rest is a simple hand built, terra cotta kitchen decoration (that is super useful) and very easy to make. A beginning ceramics student can complete this...
Ceramic Magnolia Juicer
I don’t know why I decided to do this project beyond that I love magnolia flowers and thought the shape of the blossom was reminiscent of an orange juicer —...
Magic Marbling
Decorate an unused piece of ceramics or something you pick up at the store into a decorative piece quickly and easily. All you need is something to marble, nail polish,...
Turtle Paperweight
A few years ago, I volunteered in a children’s ceramic class. Occasionally I would partake in the lesson/project of the day. This is a little pinch pot turtle paperweight. He’s...
Ducky Desk Friend
This little duck desk mate came about from three different inspirations and is now Ducky Desk Friend! In Grad School, we would get frustrated with faculty and B.S. that we saw around...
A Different Sort of Vase
You know those chip and dip bowls with the dip area in the center and an outer bowl around it? I thought that was a very interesting shape. So using...
Spotlight: Carmen Aberasturi of Lemon Glaze Ceramics
Carmen Aberasuri uses her potters wheel or hand-forms her ceramics to make Lemon Glaze Ceramics collection of handmade, minimalist homeware that leaves behind traces of her workmanship. Tell us a little...
Garden Gnome
This Garden Gnome was a requested project, and one of my largest ceramic projects I have ever done. This garden gnome stands over 18" tall and holds a sign that...
Pit Fired Bowl
This bowl was made by placing a slab of clay into a plaster mold. Then, after reaching a state drier than leather hard, I burnished the bowl with a spoon...
