by Rae | Jun 15, 2012 | How-to, Repair
As potters, we should embrace the Hippocratic oath to first do no harm. This means to avoid damaging your pots. When your pots are bone dry, they are the most vulnerable to damage so it is best to avoid moving them so transport them prior to the bone dry stage....
by Rae | Jun 12, 2012 | How-to
Admittedly, I am not very patient with pottery repairs. But, Julie is an amazing pot-healer which might have something to do with her nursing background. She will attempt to repair most pots whereas my solution is to euthanize them. Although damages don’t...
by Rae | Jun 5, 2012 | How-to
Yesterday, I made some batter bowls with a new clay body. It had a high grog content so it dried faster than I anticipated – or perhaps it was the idyllic early summer weather. Typically, we have high humidity in eastern NC which slows the drying time. Either...
by Rae | May 25, 2012 | Glazes, How-to
For the most part, I use commercial glazes purchased in a dry state which I hydrate and sieve. However, I also buy glazes in liquid form (usually in pints). There are a lot of great commercial glazes and almost all of them are available as liquid in pints. Pints are...
by Rae | May 18, 2012 | How-to
If you make pots, then you have clay to recycle. It is just the nature of the beast. I get asked a lot of questions about how I handle recycling. There are a lot of methods – but the best one is the one that you will follow through with. For me, I do a...
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