3 Things You Need to Start Making Southwest Pottery

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Getting started making Southwest pottery can seem daunting. This video will help you connect with all the resources you need to start in Southwest pottery, the tools, materials and the skills. Below are links to some of the resources I talk about in the video.

TOOLS
Gourd scrapers and polishing stones:
Pukis:

MATERIALS
Low fire clay:
Iron oxide for paint:

SKILLS – SELF PACED
Online video classes:
My blog:
Tony Soares YouTube channel:
Clint Swink's book:

SKILLS – WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
Andy Ward (me):
Cherylene Caver:
Kelly Magleby:
SW Kiln Conference:

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Native American Pottery Making

5 Comments / South American Ceramics /

Native American pottery. Sometimes thought of as artifacts from the past or trendy decor, authentic Native American art is still very much alive in the form of pottery. In this segment, I visit Reyes Madalena in Moab, Utah to learn a bit more about this delicate process.

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

27 Comments / South American Ceramics /

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 clay, the pottery is crafted to designs unique to each family, and with each running their own small business.

These clay pots are widely used in restaurants and in homes throughout South America, where the rich flavours of slow cooking are highly cherished. The casseroles, cooking pots, saute dishes and tagines are typically seen in use on open fires, on other sources of direct heat and in ovens, before being brought to the dinner table.

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.

Ceramic Review: Masterclass with Daphne Carnegy

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Tin-glazed earthenware expert Daphne Carnegy shares the process and story behind her botany-inspired functional wares. Discover more inside Ceramic Review issue 288, which features the full step-by-step masterclass. You can order current and back issues of the magazine from ceramicreview.com.

Film by Layton Thompson for Ceramic Review.

Ceramic Review: Masterclass with Helen Beard

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Ceramic artist Helen Beard takes us step-by-step through
the unique decorating process she uses on her thrown pieces for issue 308 of Ceramic Review.

Learn alongside this master potter with an in-depth guide – plus uncover many more masterclasses, glaze recipes and techniques – by becoming a subscriber: ​

Film by Layton Thompson

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
1:38 – Spiral wedging individual balls of clay
2:02 – Throwing bowls
5:51 – Trimming bowls
12:37 – Finished examples
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