Media attention on clay dust in studios
Check out this recent story on the ABC ”Interest in pottery as a hobby has exploded, but experts...
Why cover work when it is drying?
Cover work as it dries if your work is; Slow and even drying gives clay the best chance...
Why …. remove glaze from the base of pots?
You clean the base of your pot so that it won’t stick to the kiln shelf during firing....
Temperature and Cones
This worksheet covers how cones are used to indicate heatwork and how this relates to temperature. This worksheet...
Air-dried clay
This worksheet covers air-dried clay as a medium including its good and not-so-good features. It includes some tips...
Clay rainbow
Make a cute clay rainbow to hang on your wall. Use paper clay if you don’t have access...
Types of clay
Commonly available processed clay types fall into the following broad categories. EarthenwareEarthenware is nonvitreous pottery that has normally...
Stages of clay
This worksheet covers the different stages of clay as it goes from wet clay out of the pack...
Calculating finished size
Clay shrinks at every stage of the making process so you may need to be able to calculate...