Easy-to-make Appetizer Platters Using Recycled Materials
This FUN and EASY hand-building project is great for all ages and experience levels. Using Amaco Glazes along with assorted 'found objects' that would otherwise be slated for landfills, this simple, inexpensive project is a quick, creative way to make beautiful and functional serving ware.
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Carving Texture and Imagery onto Clay
Translucent glazes that break across the surface of your ceramic form look great on texture. One way to create a textured surface is by carving.
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How to make a handmade logo stamp for your clay projects
This How-To explains how to make your own logo stamp.
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Don't Slip! Joining Clay Without Slip
When joining two pieces of clay, you should always slip and score. You hear that all the time, but there is a trick that is shorter, easier and works even better than mixing clay with enough water to make a slip.
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Frozen Clay and Glazes
For artists in colder climates, the danger of freezing is real. What happens and how to bring your clay and glazes back from being frozen.
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Homemade tool for dipping pots
Instead of using hands or tongs, this homemade tool will enable great control when dipping your bisqued pieces.
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TOP FIVE Suggestions for Successful Ceramic Projects
The top five recommendations for great results in your studio ceramics.
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Making Test Tiles
Even when you use commercially prepared glazes, you should test your glazes. Here we show you three methods for making test tiles and recording the results.
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Adding Gum Solution to Glaze
If glaze is cracking on application or it too thick to brush, it may need an addition of Gum Solution.
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Low-fire Glaze 101 - Just the Basics
I often show this presentation when I'm teaching in-service glaze workshops and many participants have asked for a link to this info so they may review it or share it with others. The visuals in this presentation illustrate a variety of surfaces available using Amaco low-fire glazes so that one could "choose the glaze for the desired effect".
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Block Printing with Underglazes on Bisque Tile
Printing is a very popular art form that is perfect for creating repeating patterns, images and designs. Printmaking techniques can easily be transferred into working with clay with the help of AMACO® Balsa-Foam® and AMACO®
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