The Household Cyclopedia of 1881 has a chapter on pottery: http://www.mspong.org/cyclopedia/pottery.html It contains the following headings: To manufacture English Stoneware, To make Yellow or Queensware, To manufacture English Porcelain, To make Porcelain, or China, To make Delftware, To make...

hi there i have just completed an art foundation course and am now looking to buy a kick wheel for myself. would like to see a picture of this wheel. have tried sending an email to the above address but has not worked. regards katie matthews

Have been looking at Axner Rolling Thunder, Northstar, and Bailey. Have been informed that Axner has aluminum gears, Northstar has nylon, and Bailey has steel. How important is the material used? Rollers...aluminum vs steel? Bearings for the rollersor is this a problem for the one person...

In the studio I have joined to do ceramics, I've been told I have to use wax resist on the bottom and up the side of the work I make in high fire clay, with high fire glazes, to prevent damage to the kiln tiles. I do not like the appearance of the unglazed band at the base when I'm using white...

Please, I'm a real novice with a newly purchased wheel. I now can make a whole in the center of a 2lb. lump of clay.:) I cannot get a level lip(rim) on my mugs and bowls. What am I doing wrong? I'm going for a 3 week course in June and I don't want to be such a complete novice when I get there.

Will using Iron Oxide mixed with water and painted on the foot and base of a high fire bisque and glazed bowl stick to the kiln at final cone 6 firing? I want to hide the white of the base.

Attended a ceramics class and of course, as we were pit firing it rained and doused the fire. The results were not pretty! I'm now back home and only can electric fire. Can I add low fire glaze to the bowls and re-fire them ?

I have a new Paragon Electric Kiln with a digital controler. I program it for cone #5 with a 10 minute hold for my glazing. What slower cooling rate than the normal cool down should I use to allow crystal glazes to work and help keep Greenware from cracking?

I just started using Maccabee Cone 5 Clay and find all my thinner pieces warp on drying (before I bisque them). Is this a common problem eith this clay and how can I correct it.

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Hi. I am new to this news group. I am taking a ceramics 2 class this semester at college. I have been enjoying lately using material pieces to texture my clay. What I am needing help on for idea is on using other items. I have heard something about using items like grass and such to texture pieces,...

Hi I am new to this group and pottery I am wondering if there is any tool available to form clay in the shape of ceramic tiles seen on roofs. this is for buidling a small clay house. Please email the reply directly. Thanks. mehr

Hello I've been lurking for a bit and have decided to introduce myself and add some questions. I am curious about how many of you are proffessional potters, and where you are based? I have my own studio in Oxfordshire in the UK. I'm using white earthenware at the moment (but aspire to porcelain...

I am a beginning potter. I am considering starting out with an Artista portable wheel, because I'll be turning at home, at my farm, and at a friends house. A 100 pounder wouldn't be convenient for that kind of running about. Any comments on that wheel? If I get really hooked, I would consider a...

Hi group. I have a beswick dulux dog figure that needs restoration. Someone has took an angle grinder and cut a slot, to make it into a money box! I am looking for a person to restore this piece. I am from the Berkshire area. Any ideas, and what would the price be?

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Have you seen the land rover commercial where a couple guys are walking along the road hitchiking? One of the guys says his goal in life is to work with ceramics and pottery. A land rover picks them up and suddenly the guy changes his mind, thinking he would like to have a luxurious and obviously...

I have seen metallic glazes that are very impressive. One was very brilliant, looking like a black chrome mirror. Another was a very shiny metallic orange color. Then there are the semi glossy gun metal glazes, raku glazes, and finally metallic lusters. I am interested in developing a set of...

Hi! Anyone recommend a supplier in the U.K. for China plates (including laced), mugs, trays, moneyboxes, clocks etc. suitable for use with a Photoglazing system? Thanks, Mike.

the reason I am asking is I am tiling a center island in my kitchen with porcelain tile, and its almost all bullnose which is nothing more than a piece of tile with one side sanded down ( taking the sharp edge and just rounding it off a little. ) they charge an arm and leg for these bullnose...