Pottery and wood ideas

Cedarwood Ceramics on Instagram: “A new batch of hanging planters!!🪴🪴 Thanks for all your input in the poll in our stories last week! I ended up making half in white and…”

Eri Sugimoto is a potter based in southern California. All works are one of a kind.

Glaze Mixing Over the summer I've been doing lots of glaze testing, and one of these has been to find my own Wood Ash Glaze recipe. It's not an easy process. I gathered together several recipes found in pottery books. All of them had a different take on the process - and sometimes conflicting ideas! I tried out four of the recipes with varying success, but now I think have my own version. Wood Ash The first thing I had to do was get a source of wood ash. You need at least a kilo of good…

Handmade artisan cement curio shelves for nature finds and tiny treasures

This portable pottery wheel fits in your pocket and can actually be used to throw tiny pots. #Instructables #tools #ceramics #art #woodworking

www.manyamade.com The key idea of Kurinuki tea set is to craft pottery spontaneously so that it looks “alive.” For this purpose, I create raw and sculptural teapot and tumbler avoids refined and smooth finishing with the addition of natural elements, which in combination create an organic duo. Kurinuki is an ancient Japanese technique that consists of long carving of clay and lasts from several hours to several days. The difficulty lies in creating a uniform wall of the product and…

This open circular stoneware planter comes with adjustable jute rope, so you can customize its height to your needs. A convenient drainage hole at the bottom ensures effective drainage to keep plant healthy.

Wood Ash Glaze Tests One of my most popular posts on this blog has been the one about how to make a wood ash glaze. It seems there's quite a few potters out there looking for information on this. So I thought I'd do an update in case anyone finds it useful or interesting! I've completely run out of my first ash glaze - the one I made back in 2013. It was such a lovely glaze I used it on lots of pots. Since then I've moved house and now have a garden with mature trees which are always…