Human culture has been dominated by pottery and ceramics for thousands of years. Innumerable human endeavors have relied on pottery and ceramics, from prehistoric storage jars to tiles on the space shuttles. Ceramics are materials that are permanently altered when heated. When dried clay objects are put in water, they will slake down (disintegrate) due […]
Read MoreThe Raku Process In The Potters and Sculptors Studio
Raku is a low-fire ceramic technique that was developed in the 16th Century in Japan. In using this technique, a bisque fired piece is coated with a low-firing Raku glaze. The best clay to use for Raku is WSO, while B-Mix or Porcelain should not be used. As can be seen from the pictures, we […]
Read MoreTips, Tricks & Techniques
How to Make Great Slump-Molded Plates with A Cheap Craft Store Tool Taken from an excerpt of an article appearing in the February 2015 issue of Ceramics Monthly by Nancy Gallagher, dated January 26, 2015, Ceramic Arts Daily Do you want to make quick work of multiple, hand-built plate forms? Try using Styrofoam rings that […]
Read MoreRichard Moren
The Potters and Sculptors Club is very pleased to have artist, Richard Moren, provide a demonstration for our Laguna Woods residents and members at the Potters and Sculptors Studio on Friday morning, August 26th. Richard will be showing us how he works with coils to make his beautiful pots. He will also discuss how he uses the […]
Read MoreSgraffito Ceramic Decorations
Sgraffito (in Italian “to scratch”) is a decorating pottery technique produced by applying layers of color or colors (underglazes or colored slips) to leather hard pottery and then scratching off parts of the layer(s) to create contrasting images, patterns and texture and reveal the clay color underneath. Sgraffito on walls has been used in Europe […]
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