Guest forging and knifemaking expert Jonathan Porter from Doghouse Forge offers his expert advice for those looking to emerge as a knifemaker.  WWW.DoghouseForge.com   

Carving out a vocation in the world of fired arts can be hard and can ware on someone who has not armed themselves with solid personal goals as well as a sound business plan.  Even though we live in a Country that welcomes new ideas and creative sources of income there are plenty of naysayers […]

Venus of Willendorf wikipedia.org The Full Body Talk! Clay… Al2O3 2SiO2 2H2O alumina silicate This material has been in existence since the first living organism died, decayed, and produced organic mater. Mix in a little dirt, and you have clay. Not to make lite of this amazingly versatile material, but clay does come from the […]

Hey, What’s under there??? Underglaze Podcast WHAT IS IT? To an outsider of the ceramic world, I would describe it as a pigment you put on clay that acts more like paint then glaze, and a transparent glaze then would go on top of it. To someone who had maybe a deeper grasp of the […]

Wonders of the Wheel Teaching Teachers Episode The fascination with the potter’s wheel is universal.   Its something about the material, the motion, the rhythm, the trans it puts you under. It’s enchanting. All people are attacked… artistic and non… and yet sometimes the attraction remains as purely bystander status… never taking the leap into classes […]