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How To: Use porcelain slip and carving to decorate stoneware

A thrown, fired, and dried piece of stoneware can be dipped in porcelain and sponge dried to create a unique effect. The porcelain can then be carved for further design. Learn how to use porcelain slip to carve decoration into a piece of stoneware by watching this video ceramic design tutorial.

How To: Decorate with porcelain slip

Here's a look at using porcelain slip to decorate. This is a great tutorial on using porcelain to make your beads and other products such as ceramics look even better.

How To: Makeceramic beads

This is an informative short video about the art of Making Beads from ceramic clay. These ceramic beads are fragile and beautiful.

How To: Throw a clay churn on a pottery wheel

Stephen Hawks, resident potter in Westville, Georgia demonstrates how to throw a churn on a foot-wheel in two joined pieces. This fully functional clay churn can be used to make butter. Learn how to throw clay onto a foot-wheel pottery wheel to shape a butter churn by watching this video ceramics tutorial.

How To: Make ceramic pottery start to finish

This comprehensive pottery sequence from Watchmojo.com will show you the basic steps of making pottery. You will be guided through the basic pottery making processes of wedging, prep, shaping, removing, firing, and glazing.

How To: Do pottery glazing applications

Marilyn Wilken, professor of Ceramics at Olivette Nazarrine University, Bourbonais, IL, talks about glazing techniques, the different types and applications of glazing pottery, special effects used on pottery, as well as showing you some good and bad examples of each.

How To: Throw clay on a wheel

Let Charles Fach show you how to prepare and throw clay on a pottery wheel, then watch as he demonstrates simple techniques he uses to create a bowl and cup right in front of your eyes.

How To: Make a ceramic pinch mask

Check out these great videos to learn how to make a ceramic pinch mask. The second eye is made by using porcelain for the white of the eye and black-mountain for the pupil. The head itself is Maya red clay. They are all high-fire cone 10 clay. All the parts are plastic clay, fresh from the bag, thus eliminating the need to score and slip.

How To: Attach a clay handle to a clay cup

Check out this video to learn the technique for attaching a clay handle to a clay pinch cup by scoring.

How To: Join two pieces of soft clay

Check out this video to learn a technique for attaching soft clay to soft clay. No scoring or slip is needed. By just applying firm pressure to get a good strong joint. The small clay coil is used to reinforce the joints, and the blending is to make sure both parts are joint securely. Finally give a little pull to the new piece of clay that was attached, to test how good the joints are. If it comes loose than you are not applying enough pressure in joining the two pieces together. Finally, if...

How To: Make a head pendant out of clay

Check out this video to learn how to make a ceramic pendant of a little sculpted head.

How To: Make a ceramic mask from a pinched bowl

Check out this cool ceramics video to see how to male a ceramic mask from a pinched bowl.

How To: Make a ceramic teapot lid with a face

Check out these videos to watch how to make a teapot lid with a sculpted head and face out of clay. Part 1 of 2 - How to Make a ceramic teapot lid with a face.

How To: Throw the body of ceramic mug on the potter's wheel

Check out this video to learn how to make a ceramic mug by throwing the body on a potter's wheel.

How To: Make a ceramic plate on a potter's wheel

Check out this video to learn how to throw a ceramic plate on a potter's wheel.

How To: Turn a pot on the potter's wheel

Check out this video to see how to turn a clay pot on a potter's wheel.

How To: Make mosaic pots with Rosie O'Donnell & Wynonna Judd

Springtime is just around the corner so get a jump-start by creating your own mosaic flowerpots! Enjoy this fun blast from the past as Rosie O'Donnell, Bobby and Wynonna Judd demonstrate how to turn a regular clay pot into a mosaic work of art in this craft segment from The Rosie O’Donnell Show. Make mosaic pots with Rosie O'Donnell & Wynonna Judd.

How To: Make a mold using two-part silicon putty

Make It Mine Magazine associate editor Tea Benduhn shows you how to make a mold using two-part silicon putty.

How To: Make bakeable modeling clay beads

Bakeable modeling clay comes in many vibrant colors. Here's how to use it to make flat beads that resemble millefiori—glass beads with a flower design.