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The Clay Pit
Welcome to the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit. Here you will find a great collection of clay, clay art, and pottery related links, books, and other resources. What ever your clay interest, I am sure you will find some great discoveries. Have fun exploring. Happy Potting...
This lens is still a work in progress, a lump of clay getting centered on the wheel waiting to become a vessel.
This lens is still a work in progress, a lump of clay getting centered on the wheel waiting to become a vessel.
Clay Speak
Lets start out speaking the same language so here are some resources to help you become more familiar with the vocabulary of clay art and pottery.
- Basic Ceramic Vocabulary
- A simple reference for common clay and ceramic terms.
- Glossary
- A good resource for definition of clay and ceramic terms.
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Clay
- Clay and Clay Prep
- The Kiln Goddess' clay pit about clays and its preparations.
- Making Your Own Clay
- The Kiln Goddess' clay pit for digging or mixing your own clays.
Looking for Clay, Tools, Supplies or Equipment
Handbuilding
Pinch pots, Coiling, Slabs, and More
Doesn't matter what technique you use, playing and working in clay is time well spent. Pinching, Coiling, Slab Construction no matter the method, handbuilding offers limitless creation. Humble pots and not so humble pots to awe inspiring sculptures.
Wheelthrowing
I love throwing on the wheel. To feel the clay move under your hand as you push it torwards center and the rightness once it is there. Watching the walls grow as you guide the clay up. Your hand does all the work yet it still seems like magic.
Your Clay Experience
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Clay Bead Making
Surface Design
- The Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Surface Design
- Here you'll find methods for creating different surfaces on clay. This lens is ever growing hope you find something useful.
Glazing
- The Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit About Glazing
- Here you'll find info and links about glaze and glazing. Topics cover: How to glaze, Glaze faults, How to make glaze and Glaze recipes.
Tools for Clay
Build them or buy them. Here is some info about tools needed to work in clay.
Kilns and Firing
Here you'll find a info about a variety of different kilns, what they look like, how to build them, where to buy them and much more.
Your Studio
- The Green PotShop
- The Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Keeping it Green. A lens written for those potters and clay artists interested in reducing, reusing, and recycling in their studios. Lots of tips on recycling, reusing, repurposing, and reducing in your potshop.
Shipping Pottery
Here is a lens i wrote with some advice about shipping your clay creations. I can't say I'm an expert but nothing has broken in transit yet.
Clay, Ceramic, and Potter Organizations
- The American Ceramic Society
- A 100-year-old non-profit organization that serves the needs of the international ceramics community.
- The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
- A professional association of individuals and organizations with a focus on the ceramic arts.
- Potters Council
- Bringing together potters and ceramics artists the world over.
- American Craft Council
- A national, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting understanding and appreciation of contemporary American crafts.
Schools
- Penland School of Crafts
- Penland School of Crafts is a fantastic school for craft education located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
- Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
- A renowned scool of arts and crafts located in Tennesse.
Info For Art Teachers
Something for you art teachers out there looking for some need to know info on clay and firing.
Competitions and Shows
- Strictly Functional Pottery National
- A national competition of functional pottery.
- The International Orton Cone Box Show
- A ceramic show with an interesting limitation, the work must fit in an Orton Cone Box.
Clay and Ceramic Magazines
- Ceramics Monthly
- A US magazine
- Clay Times
- A US magazine
- Pottery Making Illustrated
- A US magazine
- The Studio Potter
- A US magazine
- Ceramic Review
- Magazine from the UK
- Ceramics: Art and Perception and CeramicsTECHNICAL
- Website for these 2 Aussie magazines
Additional Publications
NonClay Specific Magazines
- The Crafts Report
- A business magazine for the crafts professional.
- Sunshine Artist
- A US art show and festival magazine.
- NICHE Magazine
- A craft marketing magazine for featuring Business Strategies and Wholesale Crafts.
- AmericanStyle Magazine
- Informational magazine for craft enthusiasts and art collectors about the significance of handmade objects of art.
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Online Ceramic Magazine
- Ceramic Arts Daily
- An online clay art magazine. Read the informative articles on site or subscribe to get new issues in your inbox.
Forums
Places to go when you got a problem, a question or just want to talk clay to someone.
- The ClayArt Discussion
- The granddaddy of all clay forums. Professional production potter and one of a kind artist call this place home.
- ClayArt Discussion Archives
- This is a great resource. The archived discussions of the ClayArt members. What ever topic you are looking for it is likely someone at sometime has asked or talked about it in the past.
- Clay Forum on Wet Canvas!
- A friendly forum dedicated to kiln fired clay as well as polymer, paper, and metal.
- Mad Pots Forums
- A forum with a variety of topic to post in.
- Clayzee's World of Ceramics Forums
- A place to discuss with other clay workers.
- Ceramic Arts Technical Forum at Clay Station
- Share and receive technical advice.
- Clay and Ceramics Forum at GardenWeb
- A nice hobbiest forum.
The Kiln Goddess' Own Work
The Kiln Goddess has decided to see what selling online is all about and has opened an etsy store to sell some of her wares. Here is a lens dedicated to that store.
Clay Blogs
I find learning about the art and life of other clay artist wonderful. Getting a glimpes in to the everyday going ons in the studio of another in interesting and educational. In these artists' blog you get to see the process of others' creativity, technical problems overcome, photos of their creations, great shots of kilns, a taste of the trials of being an artist, a hint of the business side of art and so many other aspects of life in the pot shop. Enjoy.
- Wet Pots
- A blog living up to its name, lovely just thrown wet pots can be seen here.
- Potter's Blog
- The blog of potter Gary Rith and his whimsical pots.
- Old Canal Pottery
- The blog of southern potter Gary Dexter.
- Ceramics and Pottery Makers Blog
- A question/answer pottery blog.
- Blog of the Kasumi Pottery Studio
- An interesting blog about clay art, potters and art shows.
- Diary of a Potter
- An interesting blog about a Florida potter. Check out the January 31 entry for a good look at a raku fired tile project with pictures of the process.
- Wirerabbit Pots
- Blog of a functional Texas potter.
- This Artist's Life
- California potter Whitney Smith shares her life in the studio.
- Shambhala Pottery
- A great blog featuring the building of June Perry's new clay studio and her soda fired pots.
- Jeanette Harris: Clayartist's Blog
- An interesting look at one artist's inspirational process and her work.
- Page Pottery: Turning Mud to Stone
- Pottery blog of J.R. Page. An eclectic mix of pots, art, and artists.
- Pottery Blog: Emily Murphy
- Blog of Chicago potter Emily Murphy featuring pots, testing, meandering, firings and a variety of clay topics. Very interesting.
- Paper Clay
- A blog dedicated to the discussion of Paper Clay as a ceramic art medium as well as discussion of studio pottery and other topics of interest to studio clay artists.
- Wiseman Ceramics
- Blog of Jesse Wiseman Hull, featuring pots, art, and useful info for the clay artist.
- Kiln Goddess' PotShopChaos Studio
- MY BLOG! Yes I decided once again to start a blog. I am still figuring this whole blogging thing so the blog is not so snazzy looking. I'm working on it.
- Webb Pottery Studio
- A blog about life in the pot shop from potter Anne Webb.
- Nick and Miri's PR Prattle
- Pottery mixed in with life in Puerto Rico.
Great Clay Gear on CafePress
Rather be Making Pottery White T-Shirt
Price: $21.99 
Kiss Me I'm An Artist Yellow T-Shirt
Price: $18.99
I love ceramics Oval Sticker
Price: $3.99
iSculpt White T-Shirt
Price: $19.99
Eat Sleep Pottery Dark T-Shirt
Price: $26.99
Gifts for the Clay Artist and Potter
- The Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Gifts and Gear
- Looking for a gift for your favorite clay worker? Here I've highlighted some great books, studio tools, and fun wearables that would make your clay addict smile. Happy Shopping.
Related Links
Here are some unclay links that might interest the clay artist and potter.
- The Broken Shard
- This is the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Mosaics. I have shards, you have shards...Why cry over a broken bowl when you can create something new.
- In Your Business
- Here you'll find the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Business and Legal. A source of information on selling, showing, and legalities of you and your art. Many art business topics are covered.
Comments and Suggestions
I welcome your feedback. Would you like something added? Know a good link or book? Did I manage to misspell something? Did you find a dead link? Let me know, afterall this Kiln Goddess isn't all knowing ;-)
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lilymom24
Apr 13, 2011 @ 7:18 pm | delete
- I love pottery but I've never tried making my own. Very nice lens. =)
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Susan52
Dec 6, 2008 @ 8:05 am | delete
- Nice job on the lens! I love pottery, but I've never tried doing it myself. Artist genes I do not have!
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bdkz
Mar 20, 2008 @ 8:59 pm | delete
- Great lens. I love pottery! 5 Stars and a Squid Angel Blessing!
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LeslieBrenner Mar 12, 2008 @ 1:02 pm | delete
- Oh, you link to the Mad Potter of Biloxi. His work was amazing. Believe Kenneth Price was inspired by him.
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sikiu
Feb 7, 2008 @ 1:54 pm | delete
- Thank you for the links, very useful info. It saved me time and money.
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