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Hand-building Class Resources

Links that might be useful for my hand-building students.

 

My Blog Posts on various Techniques

Solid Building / Expressive Portraits



Various, Winter 2019 - Fall 2021: Works in Progress

Winter 2020: Works in Progress


Extruder

Slab

Fall 2022: Works in Progress 1WIP 2 ; WIP 3 WIP 4 ; Finished Slab Projects (coming soon)

Winter & Spring 2021 (online): Works in Progress

 


Coil Building

Fall 2022: Works in Progress 1WIP 2 ; WIP 3 WIP 4 ; Finished Coil Projects

3D Printers



Coil & Pinch Techniques shared by ART 150 Students


Videos
You can always skip ahead if a video starts out too simple. 


Neil Patterson's Coil Vase  (using a template to control the shape)

Pretty Organic forms from Simple and Complex Pinch Pots (close-up view of the basics we discussed in class)

Bridges Pottery Ceramic Slab and Coil Vessel Demonstration (draping a slab over a bowl for the base)

Crazy Coil Pot (use fairly wet clay for the braids and bends)

How to Handbuild Pinch and Coil Method (close-up view of the basics we discussed in class)


Articles
Pinched Pitchers


Creative Problem Ideas shared by ART 150 Students

Videos
John Cheer (artist, glass, wheel throwing and hand-building)

Alexandra Engelfriet's working method

Grayson Perry (Tate Shots) talking about his work and his studio

Marge Margulies: Throwing the Wave throwing demonstration (could be applied to coils too)

Pamela Mei Yee Leung

Websites  / Articles
Kari Radasch (page on Ceramic Arts Daily) (her blog) (storytelling)

Matt Chambers (acceleration/ speed) and another

Fleur Schell (storytelling)

Rick Rudd (functional sculpture)

Tiburcio Soteno (storytelling)



Inspiration and Other Clay Related Information:

Ceramic Arts Daily subscribe to this site (free) for access to articles, videos and freebies (you can also "like" this page on Facebook for updates in your feed.

Pottery Making Info this website has a lot of information about potters and links to pottery websites

Tales of a Red Clay Rambler pottery blog

Shino Exhibition at Schaller Gallery in Michigan

Some of my pictures from the Push Play exhibit at the Bellevue Arts Museum. 2012

Sculpties like selfies but with clay




Hand-building Links:

Musical Instruments made of Clay This page has a variety of links, I haven't tested them all.

Ocarina (whistle) demonstration pictures This is the same demo as in the Mud to Music book.

Making an Udu drum video and written directions with pictures


Ocarina Video Instructions (not a live video but lots of info) This is a different technique than I showed in class



Technical Articles

Clay and Clay Body Terms (via Ceramic Arts Daily)

Destruction! a fun link, not directly related to clay class

Measuring Shrinkage (via my main blog)



Past Events at YVCC Clay:

Raku Firing & Clay Sale (Fall 2012)


Raku Firing (Spring 2012)




Techniques I use in my own work:

My Forming Process

Making Whistles (at Davis Fall 2011)

My Underglaze Layering Technique

Videos of Underglaze Layering Technique

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