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Refine Large Hand-Built Ceramic Surfaces with ControlLarge hand-built ceramic forms can look beautifully organic, yet broad slabs and joined sections often reveal bumps, ridges, fingerprints and uneven…
Designing a wall sculpture inspired by eroded limestone cliffsA wall sculpture shaped by weathered limestone can bring the quiet drama of a coastline into an Australian home. Its appeal lies in the tension between…
Making a Ceramic Plant Pot with an Integrated Drip TrayA ceramic plant pot with an integrated drip tray combines practical drainage with the character of handmade pottery. Instead of placing a separate saucer…
Barcelona’s Modernisme In My Ceramic FormsBarcelona’s Modernisme architecture has shaped the way I think about clay, surface and structure. The movement’s flowing lines, botanical details and bold…
How to Fire Raku in a Dense Urban Apartment BalconyRaku pottery is known for dramatic glazes, rapid cooling and the smoky atmosphere created during post-firing reduction. Those characteristics make it exciting…
My morning routine: preparing a fresh batch of stoneware slipMorning light changes the studio before the first tool is touched. In Barcelona, Amelia Johannsen begins with a quiet check of the shelves, buckets and…
Create A Ceramic Jewellery Dish With A Built-In Ring HolderA small ceramic jewellery dish can be both a useful bedside object and a miniature artwork. Its shallow form catches earrings, chains and cuff links, while a…
Inlaying coloured clay into dark stoneware for bold contrastDark stoneware gives ceramic work a deep, earthy ground, while coloured clay creates lines, patches and symbols that catch the eye. The technique can produce…
Tips for making uniform ceramic tiles with a slab rollerUniform tiles give a mosaic a calmer rhythm, cleaner grout lines and a much better chance of sitting level after firing. A slab roller makes that consistency…
Designing a ceramic bottle opener with a sculptural finialA bottle opener can be a small, practical object, yet it also offers a generous surface for storytelling. In clay, the handle becomes a miniature sculpture: a…