Pottery

Experiments in making pottery glaze with different plant ashes. Each glaze is completely different, even though the same recipe is used each time.

There are several ways to fire pottery. Find out how to make ceramics and pottery at home without a kiln in this article.

The ultimate illustrated guide for sourcing, processing and using wild clay. Potters around the world are taking to the local landscape to dig their own wild clay, discover its unique properties, and apply it to their craft. This guide is the ideal starting point for anyone - from novices, improvers and experts to educators and students - who wants to forge a closer bond between their art and their surroundings. Testing and trial and error are key to finding a material's best use, so the...

Step-by-step instructions showing how to make a primitive kiln at home. I have mnade two of these at my house and share my insights here.

Learn how to process soil into clay for pottery—step-by-step instructions for collecting, refining, and conditioning soil to create workable clay for your projects.

Blackhorse Mitchell shows us the traditional making of Navajo pottery,narrated in English and Navajo (eng, subt,)Filmed on location in Shiprock, New Mexico (...

The Mayans made marvels. That includes Mayan pottery. In this article, you'll learn how pottery was made and what role it played in Maya culture.

A young woman demonstrates how to make Anasazi-style pottery as the Native Americans would have made it. Remarkable primitive skill!