Porcelain Paintbrush Sculptures
Usually paintbrushes are just used to to decorate walls with paint, but these impressive porcelain paintbrush sculptures by Etsy seller gone to pot Texas are handsome wall decorations themselves.
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Ceramic Bowl Looks like It’s Made of Spaghetti
For the pasta lovers who like to eat with their eyes, Polish ceramacist Kasia Wieczorek created this quirky bowl that looks amazingly like it’s made of spaghetti and tomato sauce.
“Cottage By The Sea” Ceramic Yarn Bowl
If you’re in the market for a unique yarn bowl then take a look at the handmade yarn bowls from Earth Yarn Fire, which are designed to meet the specific pottery needs of knitters and crocheters, like this amazing bespoke “Cottage by the Sea” yarn bowl.
Ceramic Techniques: 3D Printed Prototypes and Lithophanes
Artist Fonda Yoshimoto talks about two different ways of creating ceramic art: one modern — 3D modeling and printing a prototype in order to make a mold; and one old — etching very thin porcelain to take advantage of the translucency once fired.
How-To: Trashcan Raku Kiln
Without risking oversimplifying the matter, I think I can safely say that one of the many appealing aspects of raku pottery is its accessibility, especially in terms of equipment. A raku firing need only achieve 1000°C, which is at the low end of the potter’s temperature scale, and easily achieved in a homemade kiln fueled, for instance, by a propane bottle. The raku kiln pictured here…
The Leach Treadle Wheel
Though electrically-powered wheels are of course common, today, many potters still prefer to throw on a human-powered wheel. Whether chosen for aesthetic purposes, out of a sense of traditionalism, or simply for exercise, these human-powered designs usually incorporate a heavy flywheel which is brought up to speed, and kept there, by the operator’s leg muscles. .A step up from the simple “kickwheel” design is the “treadle” wheel, which adds a crank and reciprocating pedal for greater mechanical advantage and smoother operation. And among designs for treadle wheels, the “Leach” type stands out as a popular favorite.
How Ceramic Knives are Resharpened at the Factory
If you’ve ever bought a ceramic knife, it probably came with instructions, in the package, to return it to the manufacturer for resharpening instead of trying to do it yourself. This video is kind of a giant Kyocera commercial, but it does include some cool footage of what this process actually looks like, in case you’ve ever wondered.
