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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.
Clay Speak
- Basic Ceramic Vocabulary
- A simple reference for common clay and ceramic terms.
- Glossary
- A good resource for definition of clay and ceramic terms.
Clay Art Books on Amazon
Hands in Clay: An Introduction to Ceramics
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
List Price: $60.00
The Craft and Art of Clay (3rd Edition)
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List Price: $57.00
Working with Clay (2nd Edition)
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
List Price: $71.60
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.
Clay Tools
- Clay Tools
- The Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit about clay tools and equipment.
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.-
Handbuilding in Clay
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Welcome to The Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit for Handbuilding in Clay. Explore some handbuilding techniques, projects and resources for the clay artist and potter. Some of these techniques have been in use since man first touched clay, creating both pottery...
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.-
Wheel Throwing
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Welcome to the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit for Wheel Throwing. The Kiln Goddess is a big fan of the wheel. Centering is so grounding, physically, mentally, and spiritually. To create on the wheel never looses its magic, the pottery seems to magically form...
Your Clay Experience
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Great Books About Potters an Clay Artists on Amazon
The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art and Life of George E. Ohr
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Magdalene Odundo
This is a beautiful photo book of Magdalene Odundo's work. If you love her work this is a must have.
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Amazon Price: $75.00 (as of 07/26/2008)
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Shoji Hamada (Ceramic Classics)
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Lucy M. Lewis: American Indian Potter
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Clay Bead Making
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Clay Beads
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Welcome to the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Clay Beads. Clay beads are like mini sculptures that you can wear. How more personal an art form as something someone chooses to wear next to their skin. Choosing an adornment can be so telling, a little piece...
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.
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.-
The Mighty Electric Kiln
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Welcome to the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Electric Kilns. Electric kilns are kinda like big, really powerful ovens. They are the least scary kiln to fire. There is no flame, no gas, no fire box, no loud roar, no drama. But she is powerful and can get...
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About Kilns
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Welcome to the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Kilns. Here you'll find info, links and some writing on my personal experience with kilns. Now I am far from all knowledgeable about kilns. Some kinds of kilns I have used while others are only known to me fro...
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.
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.
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.
Get Your Magazines from Amazon
Pottery Making Illustrated
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 07/26/2008)
Clay Times
Amazon Price: $30.00 (as of 07/26/2008)
Ceramics Monthly
Amazon Price: $39.95 (as of 07/26/2008)
Ceramics Art and Perception
Amazon Price: $70.00 (as of 07/26/2008)
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
- 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.
Clay Blogs
- 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.
Great Clay Gear on CafePress
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
- 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 ;-)
Oh, you link to the Mad Potter of Biloxi. His work was amazing. Believe Kenneth Price was inspired by him.
Posted March 12, 2008
Thank you for the links, very useful info. It saved me time and money.
Posted February 07, 2008
Where were you when I needed you 25 years ago? When I was exploring and trying it. Took lessons, hand-built 3 small pots, practiced on the wheel and started buying every book I could find in the millions of used bookstores I found. It was a beautiful time. I like your page ... Thank You!
Posted August 17, 2007
More Great Clay Books on Amazon
Pottery for Life: A Guide for Beginning Potters and Those with Special Needs (Ceramics Handbooks)
Amazon Price: $27.50 (as of 07/26/2008)
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The Big Book of Ceramics: A Guide to the History, Materials, Equipment and Techniques of Hand-Building, Throwing, Molding, Kiln-Firing and Glazing Pottery and Other Ceramic Objects
Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 07/26/2008)
List Price: $35.00
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The Complete Potter's Companion
Amazon Price: $18.45 (as of 07/26/2008)
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The Complete Potter
A comprehensive overview for the beginning potter. Lots of photos. A nice introduction to the tools, supplies and techniques available to the potter.
Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 07/26/2008)
List Price: $29.99
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Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook
Amazon Price: $98.06 (as of 07/26/2008)
List Price: $108.95
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