Is Agromining The Future of Colour in Pottery Glazes?
Agromining, also known as phytomining, is the process of extracting metals from plants. Could Agromining bring a new generation of ways to create eco-conscious colour in pottery, without commercial metal oxides?
How to Fire Pottery. What is a Kiln Firing Schedule?
Find out how ceramics and pottery are fired, what the different types of kilns are and what a kiln firing schedule actually is.
How to Make Pottery Step by Step (from clay to finished pot!)
You may have always wondered how hand-made pottery is actually made. It may seem like a complicated process, but there are some standard steps that are pretty much always followed to make a handmade piece of pottery.
Learn the pottery-making process, step by step in 10 easy-to-follow stages, so you can see exactly how handmade pottery is made, glazed and fired!
5 Best Tips for Pulling Handles in Pottery
Learn 5 top-tips for making handles in pottery.
5 Great Reasons to Make Your Own Pottery Glaze
Making your own pottery glaze is far easier than you might think! Includes link to a free pottery glaze-making guide.
5 Simple Ways For Potters to Save Electricity
Along with water, electricity is one of the most heavily used and precious resources in pottery. Find out 5 simple ways for Potters to save it.
How Pottery Can be Packaged in an Environmentally Friendly Way
Packaging breakable items using environmentally friendly packaging made from 100% paper and card.
Making Pottery Glazes From Plant Ashes
Experiments in making pottery glaze with different plant ashes. Each glaze is completely different, even though the same recipe is used each time.
What is ‘Raw Glazing’?
What is raw glazing and how can it make crafting pottery more eco-friendly?
Recycling Electrical Waste into Pottery Colour
Potters can turn electrical waste into a colourant to colour their pottery ‘green’ in more ways than one.
Doughnut Economics and Pottery
Three ways Kate Raworth’s concept of ‘doughnut economics’ can be used by potters.
Can Clay be Recycled?
The answer is both yes… and also no. Clay is infinitely recyclable - but only before it is fired.
