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    Andy Clift-1

    Mid March Update

    Greetings Earthlings,
    First check all of the new posts since your last visit to the Claystation. Lets help these folks out and get their questions answered.

    Next, two notable additions since the last newsletter are; An

    Andy Clift 03-16-2012 07:00 PM Go to last post
    lakesidepottery-

    Quilting with Clay | Handbuilding Clay Slab Project

    For more detailed presentation of this tutorial, visit: http://lakesidepottery.com/Pages/Pot...ial-lesson.htm

    Ceramic clay quilt art can be designed and used

    Categories: Featured 
    Tags: clay pattern  clay. surface texture  hand building  quilt  quilting 
    lakesidepottery 03-02-2012 07:00 PM Go to last post
    Andy Clift-1

    End of February Site Update

    It's the end of February, where did the month go? There were a couple of noteworthy happenings on the site recently. One opportunity that was listed on "The Scene" is the new online class put on by Diana Fayt. She has developed

    Andy Clift 02-27-2012 07:00 PM Go to last post
    Andy Clift-1

    The Clayer: Surfacing e-course! Sign up ends March 2, 2012

    Introducing: The Clayer: Surfacing e-course!

    The Clayer: Surfacing
    a 6-week e-course with Diana Fayt
    Registration: $129
    February 27 - April 8, 2012
    (registration ends March 2)

    Click here to sign up for the The Clayer



    About the course:


    The Clayer, Part One: Surfacing, will be a place to learn how to create rich and dynamic surfaces on clay. The course will run for six weeks from February 27th, through April 8th, 2012. During the six weeks we will cover various surface applications on clay such as: mishima inlay, monoprinting on clay, carving and printing with your own block prints. We will explore using unusual objects as printing tools as well as learn how to other clay drawing media such as underglaze pencils.
    Throughout the course Diana will discuss image development as well as teach you how make templates from your own images and how to transfer those images to your clay surfaces. The setting will be a warm

    Categories: Workshops 
    Andy Clift 02-23-2012 07:00 PM Go to last post

  • Recent Blog Posts

    HippieChicJewelz

    Why handmade seems more expensive than mass produced

    Why does handmade seem more expensive than mass produced? I have had so many people ask me over and over: “Why are handmade items so costly?” My answer has always remained the same, after 19...

    03-07-2012 07:55 AM
    HippieChicJewelz

    Reasons to support handmade

    In today's day and age we all need to be more conscious of spending and where are hard-earned money is going, believe it or not this contributes to the bigger picture. Buy handmade and you support a...

    03-07-2012 08:19 AM
    HippieChicJewelz

    How to price your handmade art

    Selling your handmade items online can be hard enough without having to worry about under or over pricing. I have spent years creating jewelry and pricing was always something in which I knew I had...

    03-07-2012 08:37 PM
    HippieChicJewelz

    Photographing your artwork

    A few thoughts on photographing your items, to use a white background or not. When thinking of photographing your items to sell online, it is important that your photos catch and hold the shoppers...

    03-07-2012 08:45 PM

  • Recent Forum Posts

    jtalbot522

    How to build a wood-fired raku kiln

    I was surfing the internet and came across a foreign site that had a wood fired raku kiln built out of a barrel drum and it got me thinking that I could do that. I began researching it a little bit...

    jtalbot522 05-16-2012, 12:54 PM Go to last post
    johnraj1

    Thanks EmoArt, this technique seems quite...

    Thanks EmoArt, this technique seems quite interesting. I will definitely try on my terracota pot.


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    johnraj1 05-05-2012, 03:43 AM Go to last post
    shaaz143

    Visit to sunshine coast in Feb 13

    elp - We are visiting Oz in Feb 13 having 1 week in Sydney, 1 week in Melbourne and flying to Whitsundays (Airlie Beach) for 4 nights. From there we have a week to fill - do we visit Cairns (heavy...

    shaaz143 05-04-2012, 11:03 PM Go to last post
    Rathissh Ceramics

    Ceramic Products, Ceramic Toys Manufacturers and Suppliers,Exporters of Vegetables an

    Rathissh Ceramics, Virddhachalam, Tamil Nadu, India is one of the leading Manufacturers, Suppliers and Exporters of Ceramic Products, Ceramic Toys, Plaster of Paris Powder, Refractory, Procelin...

    Rathissh Ceramics 04-26-2012, 11:09 PM Go to last post