The Off Center Technique in Pottery
Expert Village Videos (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Get your potter's wheel ready! Learn how to do the off center technique with expert tips and advice on pottery in this free video.
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Lea 1st Brownies
Eastnor Pottery Blog (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Having whizzed back from two workshop sessions in lovely Brum, there was just enough time to accommodate a group of Brownies at the Pottery all before close of business. The girls turned up at 5.30pm, and made crazy critters for 1.5 hrs. They were also treated to a potter's wheel demonstration and produced an excellent self-portrait pot.
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Pulling a Dome on the Potter's Wheel
Expert Village Videos (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Pulling a dome of clay on the pottery wheel is done by pinching the clay and pulling up on it. Watch how to pull a dome of clay on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
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Throwing Weekend
Eastnor Pottery Blog (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
It was a full house this weekend as seven participants spent a pleasurable and industrious couple of days sampling the delights of the potter's wheel. Emma, Lisa and Claire, three practicing jewellers, approached the clay in a very creative and precise manner, bringing along an array of handmade stamps to press into the clay. Although the girls had little previous experience of working with clay, they...
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Questions, Questions, Questions!!!
Graham's Potted History (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Working at Museums, English Heritage Sites and the like, with a mixed audience of children and adults, I am constantly presented with new questions. Sometimes I have to confess that I simply don't know and I add the question to my ever growing list of things to find out! Here I am demonstrating Roman Pottery as drawn by Katie These are some of the more common questions and requests that I have had...
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Pioneers of clay and fire
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
"Shell Vessel," 1997, stoneware by Shoko Koike, one of the many Japanese women whose works in clay are on display at the Crocker Art Museum. When she was young, Kyo Tsuji visited a ceramics workshop and was rebuked for trying to touch the potter's wheel because in Japan women were considered "impure." At the time – the 1950s – potting had three rules: Women can't throw....
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The Story of the Leader and the Potter's Wheel
The Engaging Brand (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
When I took over a naive, inexperienced team I was saying to Dad how I wished I had a better team. He said "Imagine if being a pottery guru, sitting at your wheel and throwing on the most beautiful clump...
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Ancient Greek Pottery And Its Evolution
Antiques Today (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Pottery can be used as a classical support for understanding the antique Greek culture and civilization. The graphic illustrations skillfully fashioned on fancy pottery, reflect the manifold aspects of Greek life. The Greek empire from Stone Age to Hellenistic era has undergone quite a lot of changes. These alterations can be examined in terms of seven different eras through which the Greek society...
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How to Clean a Pottery Wheel
Expert Village Videos (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
The wheel head of your potter's wheel should be clean of chunks of clay. See how to clean a pottery wheel before throwing a pot in this free ceramics video.
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All fired up over Panama Pottery
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
June Sakata and husband Thomas Boor with some of their Panama Pottery. The couple met while bidding against each other for Panama Pottery on eBay. She says she's a collector, not a dealer, and notes that she'll pay maybe $80 for a piece that a dealer might try to sell for 10 times that amount – an indication of pricing uncertainty for the brand. Editor's note: As the nation celebrates its birth,...
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Kuhlman Teaches Pottery At Thapong
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Veteran artist Peter Kuhlman, who is also a qualified potter, is offering basic pottery lessons that include throwing the potter's wheel, centering, pulling a cylinder, shaping, turning, coiling, slab work, sculpturing and decorating at the Thapong Visual Arts Centre in Gaborone.
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Rafael Nadal answers fans questions from the French Open 2009 - May 30th
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 05/30/2009
Rafael Nadal answers fans questions from the French Open 2009 - May 30th Questions from The Times Were you surprised at how comfortably you beat Lleyton Hewitt today? RN: I think I played a very solid match and played very comfortable. I am really finding my best tennis. Do you feel you are beginning to get back to your best after today's win? RN: I have been practicing really well since I got here...
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Non-Mayanist quote of the day: on ecological explanations for change in pottery
Archaeological Haecceities (Free subscription) | 05/21/2009
“trade disruption with natural resource-producing hinterland areas during a Dark Age (caused by depressed ecological conditions and climatic conditions) forced the shift in pottery design rather than the introduction of the potter’s wheel and the need for less skilled labor that caused the lowering of quality, as Braudel (2001) has explained along anthropogenic grounds.” (Chew [...]...
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Wordful Wednesday ~ Product Review
Tiaras & Tantrums (Free subscription) | 02/25/2009
Product Review Pottery Wheel from Action Products Product Description This set includes potter's wheel with foot control pedal, AC adapter, 2 bags of clay, 6 non-toxic paints, paintbrush, 3 plastic sculpting/cutting tools, cutting cord and additional supports.. Requires 8 C batteries (not included). Comes in high-tech looking black and tan colors. I received this wonderful gift, Pottery Wheel from...