Ceramics
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Designing with Fimo Clay
Polymer sculpting clay can be used to create beads, jewelry, ornaments and small sculptures. Fimo polymer clay lends bright color to these crafts.
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Jeff Mincham - Living Treasure 2009
Jeff Mincham, one of Australia's most important ceramic artists, has been recognised for a lifetime contribution to the craft and design industry.
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The Properties of Ceramic Clay
Learn how to maintain a clay body that will enable the creation of beautiful ceramic works of art.
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The Archie Bray Foundation
The Archie Bray Foundation is a world-renowned center for the ceramic arts. It is the first of its kind and is sure to be of interest to most art lovers.
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What is a Ceramic Cone?
Ceramics are fired according to a cone schedule. Thinking of the range of cone temperatures like a thermometer can help alleviate confusion.
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How to Pit-Fire Pottery
Firing pottery with an open flame in a pit or barrel yields unique and beautiful effects. Adding chemicals and household substances can add flashes of color.
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A Guide How to Create Mosaic Art
Mosaic art is beautiful and fun for all ages. This article will help inexperienced artists explore the medium of mosaic art and unleash their creativity
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What is Raku Pottery?
Raku firing is unpredictable and volatile, but produces exquisitely beautiful results.
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Making a Ceramic Decal from Clay Slip
A ceramic decal can be made from Concepts and clay slip. A design is painted on paper, covered with slip, and then applied to a clay project before firing.
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How to Make a Ceramic Decal with a Laser Printer
Decal paper made for laser printers can be used to make a permanent image on ceramics. Some toners contain iron, which bonds with the glaze and becomes permanent.
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An Artist's Mosaic Garden in Rotorua New Zealand
Rotorua artist Janet Keen found inspiration for her mosaic garden in an unlikely place. A visit to public conveniences led her to create her living work of art.
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Ceramic fine Figurines Poured from Moulds
Today fine ceramic figurines are not only credited to the artistic merit of a master craftsperson as we have beautiful moulds available.
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Pamela Nagley Stevenson with Matter that Matters
Pamela Nagley Stevenson, a ceramics artist based in the Slocan Valley, BC, Canada, creates pots & ceramic paintings as rich as her own life & inner spiritual experience.
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San Ildefonso and Santa Clara Pottery
The fabulous black Pueblo pottery seen in art books, antique stores, or fine art stores, originated from two New Mexico pueblos just north of Santa Fe.
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Who Is Dottie Clark?
A brief look at the life and career of Dottie Clark, a creator of astonishingly real one-of-a-kind dolls.
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Wheel Throwing Tools: Japanese
Now that you have a full complement of throwing tools, it's time to get fancy and explore traditional Japanese pottery tools made out of bamboo, wood and iron.
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Wheel Throwing Tools: Beyond Basic
Now that you're throwing larger cylinders and bowls, it's time to try tackling bottles, jars and teapots. Here are suggestions to expand on the basic pottery tool kit.
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Wheel Throwing Tools: Basic Kit
You need very little to throw a pot on the wheel: a pin tool, a sponge and a wire tool. But pottery kits come with a few more mystery objects. Find out what these can do.
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Popular Pottery Techniques
Pinching yourself differentiating between soft slab and hard slab? Coiling your brains around throwing and moulding? Find out what some of these pottery terms mean.
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Lladro - Fine Spanish Figurines
From humble beginnings, Lladro porcelain is fast becoming a household and worldwide name, and a collection craze for the wealthy, with a presence in over 120 countries.
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Painting Ceramic Bird Figurines
Ceramic figurines include bisque birds decorated with glazes and kiln fired.
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Design Decoration on Bisque
Choose a focal point in your choice of design and produce a unique decoration by painting on bisque ceramic. Glazes/stains are used and brilliant colours is the result.
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Painting Ceramic Tiles
Ceramic decoration can be fun and creative. Painting designs on tiles will liven up your kitchen,bathroom or extend to a coffee table top. This article is for you.
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DIY Improvised Press Moulds
Can't get hold of a plaster press mould? No problem. There're objects in the house and kitchen that will do just as well. Here are suggestions for substitutes around you.
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Make a Press Moulded Bowl or Dish
Plaster press moulds can be used to start various projects or to produce multiples of any one design. Find out how to use one properly and how to fix basic problems.
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How to Make a Simple Coiled Pot
Coil and join clay "snakes" into a pot or bowl. A bit of patience and imagination is all you need!
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Make a Pinch Pot Piggy Bank
Celebrate the Chinese Year of the Fire Pig by making your own Piggy Bank using pinch pots and handbuilding techniques.
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How to Throw a Piggy Bank
Now I'm happily rolling in mud, here are instructions on how to make another Piggy Bank. But this one is for potters comfortable with throwing and altering bottles.
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How to Make a Simple Pinch Pot
Transform a simple lump of clay into a beautiful pot or bowl as if by magic! All you need is your imagination, your hands, a damp sponge and a bit of patience.
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Gourd Art
These bowls can be made in all different shapes and sizes and bring pizzazz to any table
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Weaving a Grass Basket, Bowl, Dish
South African arts and crafts are a feast of for the eye of colors, patterns and textures. Try your hand at creating a grass basket and give it your own personal touches.
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