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How to Identify Rosemeade Pottery

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Laura Taylor Hughes was a talented student from the University of North Dakota who created what has become known as Rosemeade pottery. This collectible pottery generally features animals and plants common to the state of North Dakota. The company ... more »

How to Make an Ocarina

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An ocarina is a clay flute or whistle with holes to create different pitches. Ocarinas may be created with truly pitched notes, with notes that are in tune only in relation to the ocarina or with unpitched notes. There are a variety of techniques ... more »

How to Paint Greenware

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Greenware is the unfired pottery that's taken directly from a ceramic mold. When painted and glazed, you will have a beautiful piece to display. There are some things to know before you "fire" the piece. Take a look!.. more »

How to Select Materials for Ceramic Projects

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You can spend a lot of money getting started with any hobby only to find you don't really enjoy it. Here are the bare necessities for your ceramic projects... more »

How to Use Slabs for Hand Built Pottery

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Not everyone can get the hang of the pottery wheel right away. Luckily, beautiful and unique pottery can be crafted with little more than a pair of hands. There are several techniques for hand building, one of the most common being the use of ... more »

How to Widen the Opening on Wheel Thrown Pottery

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After centering the clay to make a pot, you need to make an opening in the center of the spinning clay. Widening the opening is a delicate process that requires patience and a steady hand. After the opening is sufficiently large, you can pull the ... more »

How to Antique Your Ceramics

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This easy technique can add a quality of depth to painted bisque projects... more »

How to Paint Glazed Ceramics Using Water-based Paints

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Water based acrylic enamel paints will adhere to glazed ceramics. Acrylic enamels can be air dried to a high gloss and are scratch resistant when heat dried. These water based acrylics are non-toxic and can be cleaned with soap and water. Here ... more »

How to Paint Greenware

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Painting greenware is not as intimidating as one would think. Patience and consistency will produce a beautiful piece of your original art... more »

How to Turn Broken Ceramics Into Art

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Crash! Your heirloom vase just took a dive and is now resting in pieces. The end. Or is it just the beginning? With a folk craft known as "pique assiette," or shard art, you can give the pieces new life as a mosaic picture frame, flowerpot, ... more »

How to Finish Ceramics Projects

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Here are ways to give your work a personalized, finished touch... more »

How to Make a Unique Mother's Day Flower Bouquet

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This is a new twist on an old Mother’s Day project. I can not count the amount of times that I have got flowers for Mother’s Day. Some were potted some were cut; there were ones that were just in a styrofoam cup. What mother doesn’t love ... more »

How to Make Flower Pots

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Flower pots are useful for houseplants, or they can be used on their own as stand-alone décor items. Flower pots can be expensive, but you can make them as well. And, making a flower pot means it gets a level of customization that a store-bought ... more »

How to Pour Ceramics Slip Into a Plaster Mold

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This is how to make greenware. The plaster mold absorbs moisture from the slip, leaving a clay shell... more »

How to Build a Kiln

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This 4 inch tall, 10 inch wide kiln is perfect for the hobbyist potter who fires only a few pieces at a time or for testing small batches of rock that might possibly blow up and damage a large kiln. This simple, six-sided design can be easily ... more »

How to Create Your Own Twins Handprint(s) using Oven Baked Clay

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Making a hand print of your twins or toddler babies can be somewhat easy. It all depends on what medium is used and if your twins or baby cooperate with you. If you like plaster, good for you. If you like clay, good for you too. For myself, I ... more »

How to Make a Ceramic Carousel Animal

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Carousel horses are a longtime favorite, but you can make lots of different animals... more »

How to Make a Clay T-Rex Dinosaur

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The Tyrannosaurus rex no longer roams the earth, but kids are still fascinated by the 40-foot, 6-ton carnivore. Making a miniature clay T-rex teaches about dinosaurs in a fun, memorable way, and it's an easy, low-cost activity to share with your ... more »

How to Make Baker's Clay Ornaments, Pottery and Figurines

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Baker's clay is simple to make using ordinary kitchen ingredients. When baked, the clay becomes rock hard and can be used to create decorative pottery, figurines, ornaments, and pieces for a variety of craft ideas... more »

How to Use a Pottery Wheel

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Learning how to use a pottery wheel takes lots of clay, patience and practice. Initially, you may create some rather interesting and off-balance pieces, but once you get the hang of it, you can create truly beautiful pottery!.. more »

How to Build a Small Container Fountain

By Dr. Christopher J. Kline

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This article will show you how to easily build a beautiful indoor/outdoor fountain using glazed pottery. This can make a nice patio or greenhouse feature or even be used as a decorative room humidifier that will not get clogged like traditional ... more »

How to Make Long-Lasting Molding Clay

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This stuff seems to never dry out... more »

How to Make Molding Clay

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A variety of play dough recipes are available, but the best play dough generally requires a bit of cooking and a lot of kneading... more »

How to Make Pottery

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Ceramic greenware is the unfired version of ceramic bisque. Greenware is fragile and can be broken simply by handling it. Never pick up a bowl by the rim, instead pick it up with both hands underneath it. Most ceramics are painted or glazed ... more »

How to Sponge Paint Ceramics

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Sponging can add intriguing textures to your ceramic projects... more »

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