Insomnia Pottery Workshop

Here are some really big jars that are handbuilt. The shoulder and lids for these are thrown and added later.

This week, I am beginning an interesting new ceramic piece. I am making a latex texture mat, which has text and imagery that will be incorp...

Here's where we left off in the last post, just having gently pressed the new, soft handle onto the scored spot that was prepared before...

Here, I am holding the cup with its' handle stub attached perpendicular to the floor. What you can't see is that my right hand is i...

I can hear the groans about pulled handles resounding through cyberspace. Potters, this can be learned easily with practice. Start with som...

I have a set of nifty little round cutters - Ateco brand - that I purchased at a cookware store in Portland. I'm sure you could get them...

I use a section of paper mailing tube to "train" the cup blank to be round. I don't wrap the blank around the mailing tube, I ...