How to Make a Ceramic Carousel Animal
Carousel horses are a longtime favorite, but you can make lots of different animals. Choose a greenware animal that is appropriate. You need to have an area of body that the pole can go through, and the animal should be standing up. Use a square ... [... more]
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How to Antique Your Ceramics
This easy technique can add a quality of depth to painted bisque projects. Paint the piece the way you want. The bolder the colors the better. Experiment with many products. Stains, translucents, opaques and metallics in either oil-based or ... [... more]
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How to Turn Broken Ceramics Into Art
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]
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How to Pour Ceramics Slip Into a Plaster Mold
This is how to make greenware. The plaster mold absorbs moisture from the slip, leaving a clay shell. Close the mold, fastening it shut with rubber bands or mold straps. Pour the slip into a container that will hold more than enough slip to fill ... [... more]
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How to Finish Ceramics Projects
Here are ways to give your work a personalized, finished touch. Use a toothpick to put a small white dot on the upper part of an eye to create eye highlights. Make sure both eyes match. Use a toothpick to make fine lines such as eyelashes, ... [... more]
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How to Identify Rosemeade Pottery
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]
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How to Live a More Handmade Life!
Using more handmade products can have so many benefits. Besides the fact that it adds some originality and a personal touch to your life, it can be more eco-friendly, socially-friendly, and/or healthier. It's a great way to easily avoid more ... [... more]
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How to Make a Clay Pot Fountain
Here is our clay pot fountain I made for our front porch. We keep it going year round for the birds and squirrels. The checklist of pots I'm providing here is how I made ours. You can mix and match pots any way you want. The 10" saucer is a ... [... more]
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How to Paint Greenware
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! When greenware is taken out [... more]
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How to Make an Ocarina
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]
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How to Paint Glazed Ceramics Using Water-based Paints
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]
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How to Use Slabs for Hand Built Pottery
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]
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