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Designing a Memorial Urn That Honors a Love of the SeaA memorial urn can hold ashes while also expressing a whole landscape of memory. For someone who loved the ocean, its shape, surface and colours might recall…
Making a ceramic watering can with a spout molded like a flowerA handmade watering can can be both a practical object and a small garden sculpture. When its spout opens into petals, the vessel becomes a gentle bridge…
How to host a clay and tapas night with hand-built small platesA clay and tapas night combines a relaxed shared meal with a tactile creative activity. Guests shape their own small plates, nibble between stages and leave…
Why I Use Bats with Pre-Drilled Holes for Centering Large BatchesWhen I am throwing a group of matching bowls, cups, or small plates, the first few minutes at the wheel set the rhythm for the entire batch. A well-prepared…
A ceramic fruit bowl with a woven basket textureA handmade fruit bowl can bring together practical design and the irregular beauty of natural materials. By pressing, carving or building a basket-like pattern…
The practical craft of running a one-person ceramic studioA ceramic studio can look beautifully simple from the outside: clay, glaze, a kiln, and a table covered with tools. Behind each finished vessel or sculpture,…
Screen Printing Clay Slips for Repeat Patterns on PlatesScreen printing clay slip is a practical way to bring repeating marks, botanical motifs and graphic borders to ceramic plates. Instead of carving each image by…
Designing Sake Cups With Glazed Interiors And Raw ExteriorsA set of sake cups can be small in scale yet rich in texture, proportion and atmosphere. Designing a set of sake cups with glazed interiors and raw exteriors…
Making A Ceramic Gravy Boat With A Built-In Strainer LipA handmade gravy boat can turn a familiar roast dinner into a considered table setting. Its shape needs to do practical work: hold warm sauce securely, pour…
Creating a ceramic gnome figurine with Catalan farmhouse styleA handmade ceramic gnome can bring together the earthy character of a rural Catalan masia and the relaxed, tactile appeal of Australian craft. Its charm comes…