Tierra Negra Ceramic Oven-to-Table Cookware – An Ancestral Tradition

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This is the story of the artisan families who, following a 700-year-old ancestral tradition, make the satin-black ceramic cookware we know as Tierra Negra oven-to-tableware. Part of the cultural heritage of a few remote villages in the Colombian Andes, their skills have been handed down from generation to generation. Using only basic tools and locally-sourced […]

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Ceramic Review: Masterclass with Lisa Hammond

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From her studio in a disused London railway ticket office, Lisa Hammond shares the processes she follows to create her soda-fired carved pouring bowls. Discover more inside Ceramic Review issue 283, which features the full step-by-step masterclass. You can order back issues of the magazine from ceramicreview.com. Film by Layton Thompson for Ceramic Review.

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Throwing and Turning a Pottery Bowl with Cross-sections — ASMR Version

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Here's this week's ASMR version of my bowl throwing and trimming video. If you'd like to watch the version that goes into a lot more detail about the process and discusses the cross sections too, you can do so by following this link: Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 0:13 – Preparing reclaimed clay to throw with

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