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How to Hand-Build a Natural Form Pot and Decorate with Amaco Semi-moist Underglaze Watercolors
Using slab hand-building techniques you can create a lovely pot for a plant using a model from nature, such as cup corals or corpse flowers.
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Brushing on Glazes
Cara demonstrates our technique for brushing glaze in the AMACO class studio.
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DIY Clay Roller Stamps
Looking for a way to add texture to your work? Try roller stamps, better yet... make your own! Roller Stamps, a handy tool in any studio, provide an extra element of design to your pieces.
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Glazing the Figure
If you followed along with our "Sculpting the Figure" series, then you now have a bisque ware piece that needs glazing.
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Exploring Analogous Patterns
Blend AMACO’s low‐fire Teacher's Palette glazes to create analogous, warm, and cool color systems on ceramic tiles.
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Who needs a brush? George McCauley plate decoration with Liquid Underglaze
George McCauley, ceramic artist, demonstrates his VERY hands-on approach to decorating plates with LUGs.
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How to create a textured clay spoon
Create a one of a kind, textured clay spoon. Using heavy texture from items found at home or in nature, underglazes and Amaco Celadon glazes, you can make a stunning, and creative clay spoon or scoop.
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How to Throw on the Potter's Wheel with Dee Schaad
This is the video series that comes with every new Potter's Wheel. Follow along as Dee Schaad shows you how to center clay, throw a cylinder and what tools to use.
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Enhancing Clay Surfaces with Sgraffito, Mishima and Color
Learn about Mishima and Sgraffito decorating techniques. Create designs on leather-hard clay, bisque fire, and glaze with an AMACO LG Series low-fire transparent color glaze.
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Peacock Feather Effect with layering PC glazes
Certain glazes in combination will flux strongly and flow. Layering these active fluxing glazes with dots or stripes can make the flow a decorative element.
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Water Etching with Velvet Underglaze
Water Etching is a great way to give subtle texture to your ceramic work, but by using water etching and Velvet Underglazes together you can take your decoration to a new level!
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