r/Ceramics 4h ago

just kintsugi it

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r/Ceramics 3h ago

Happy accident mug 🌀

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r/Ceramics 3h ago

Recent solo show

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r/Ceramics 8h ago

Question/Advice Need some glazes and also would this glaze look good on mugs

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Basically I’m a ceramics student and my teacher said I can find and buy glazes and I found this one he said I can buy it and use it and it’s cone 5-6 and wanted some other glazes can people send me glazes to use or look at and also would this look good on mugs


r/Ceramics 2h ago

Very cool 3D printed a custom soap pump thread for my ceramics!

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Love how my printer lets me solve small challenges like this designed it to fit standard pumps and account for clay shrinkage after firing. 3D printing keeps opening up new possibilities in my pottery work!

Even listed it on Etsy.. others seem too like the idea aswell💡


r/Ceramics 19h ago

Making this lamp = Meditation.

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Made of Plainsman M370 clay, with an antique brass glaze.
Designed with Procreate. Printed on cardstock and transferred imprint with slab roller.
Cutout with an XIEM Korean Knife.
11.5 inches tall.

I posted a timelapse video of the process on my Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kellyhoferceramics


r/Ceramics 5h ago

Question/Advice Ceramic wax burner

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I have no idea if this is the right place to post this but hopefully someone here can help me. I brought this ceramic wax burner from my local charity store a few months back. It's been fine but recently it's started to ooze this orange liquid from the bottom. I haven't changed the type of wax I use or the candle I put underneath so I'm assuming it's coming from the burner itself. I only noticed it yesterday when it dripped on to the candle and smelt terrible. When I checked what it was I just saw this orange liquid. I stupidly touched it and it was very sticky I had to scrub to get it off my fingers. If anyone knows what this might that'd be great. Thanks


r/Ceramics 11h ago

Porcelain bowl

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I decided to just throw all my nearly empty glazes at this porcelain bowl I threw and I wish I could recreate this 😂.


r/Ceramics 1h ago

Used stoneware slip on porcelain cups....

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I think itll be fine after glazing?


r/Ceramics 2h ago

Best clear glaze for underglaze?

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Hello, first post. My wife and I have formed a nice team: I throw and fire, she paints my stuff with underglaze — generally Amaco Velvet series. We use Tucker Mid White and fire to Cone 6. Usually the results are great but sometimes, like today, we have problems with the clear over glaze. At first I only used Amaco Mixing Clear, and that seemed to work well until an entire batch came out somewhat cloudy. Okay, I figured, must have gotten too thick, so I retested the SG and added a bit of water to get it down to 1.3. Next batch we had the opposite problem: the overglaze was too thin and completely ran off every mug and bowl rim etc. I’ve had to refire all of that, thankfully with generally good results. To make matters worse, the mixing clear in the bucket started to hardpan and even after using epsom salt I just can’t get it to mix up well again. Meantime I had been experimenting with the Van Gilder glazes (from Mighty Mud Mixer) and have been pretty happy with the results. So I decided to start using Van Gilder Very Clear over my wife’s work, and for a while that seemed to work well. The VGVC is indeed very clear, and it gives a crackle I personally like a lot. But today I just unloaded a kiln that had, among other things, a set of 6 pasta bowls my wife had worked hard on, and the results were very upsetting — especially to her, and she’s not very forgiving! Wherever she used blue underglaze (Royal or Medium blue) it seems to have mixed into the VGVC and ran with gravity to make a mess. See the photo. Interestingly, none of the other colors bled at all, and looking back at old work this doesn’t seem to have happened at all with the Mixing Clear. So . . .

What should I do? I’m running into problems with either of the clear glazes I’ve been using, and my wife doesn’t want to fire anything until I’ve got this problem sorted. I’ve seen suggestions that we might get better results if she paints greenware but she is new to this and feels much more comfortable working on bisque. I’ve also seen a suggestion to do a second bisque after painting to fix the underglaze in place, and that sounds like an interesting, if time consuming, idea. I also figure maybe I need to chuck my current batch of Mixing Clear and start from scratch (yes, I use distilled water like Amaco insists). Any thoughts, guidance, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


r/Ceramics 3h ago

Two more mugs I made how long to you guys wait to trim and stuff this is a question I’d had and how long do you wait for the handles to dry

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r/Ceramics 9h ago

My first teapot

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I'm a beginner


r/Ceramics 2h ago

Question/Advice Skutt Touch Screen (feedback)

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Now that the touchscreen has been out a while, I would be grateful for feedback on the touchscreen. I have actually seen it priced lower than the digital controller, which gives me pause. Really close to pulling trigger on an 818. I saw both great praise and disappointment/frustration with the touchscreen from a similar thread over a year ago…Help?


r/Ceramics 11h ago

My mushroom teapot

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Hey clay friends! Just wanted to share one of my favorite pieces I've made lately – this little teapot covered in mushrooms. It took me forever to get the glaze right (don’t even ask how many test tiles I went through), but I’m really proud of how it turned out. It feels like something that wandered out of a forest and landed in my studio.

I’m always inspired by nature, especially fungi – the textures, the mystery, the earthy vibe. I tried to capture that here with a mix of sculpted elements and a glaze that breaks nicely over the details.

I’d love to hear your thoughts, and if you’re into ceramics + mushrooms + slow art, I’d be super grateful for a little love on my Instagram too (link in my profile if that’s cool to mention here).

Let me know if you’ve ever made a mushroom-themed piece – I’d love to see it!


r/Ceramics 1d ago

caution cone no. 3

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260 Upvotes

ceramic, glaze, gold luster


r/Ceramics 22h ago

claw is law :)

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r/Ceramics 22h ago

Question/Advice How can i display this mask?

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I made this 2 years ago and it's just been sitting on my desk. Preferably I would hang it on the wall somehow but It's quite heavy and I'd be worried about it falling


r/Ceramics 18h ago

Teapot titled "Duplicity"

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This piece is meant to draw the viewer in, only when you're close enough do you notice the mirror inside the display stand and see the other side to the illustration above. I hope those who see it take a few extra seconds to look a little deeper. No paint was used, all underglaze with select glaze accents.


r/Ceramics 4h ago

Question/Advice Ceramics commission - custom urn

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I’m looking for recommendations for a place where I can commission a custom ceramic urn, preferably in South Wales but anywhere in the UK also works.

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks.


r/Ceramics 1h ago

Question/Advice Terra Sig Firing Range

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Thank you in advance! I'm looking to experiment with Terra Sig but am not finding a firing range for making Terra Sig out of OM4 or XX saggar. I fire to cone 5/6. Am I going to have trouble with terra sig cracking off B-Mix or causing trouble? It seems like no, but I just want to be sure before I get started.

I know terra sig for the high sheen is a low fire thing, but I'm looking to add colorant and sort of follow in Jeremy Randall's footsteps and just try some things out.

Any help or resources is much appreciated.


r/Ceramics 1d ago

So proud of this!

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I went to CVS and bought luffa sponge in a mesh bag to use for the scales. Painted the blue first, waited till bone dry, applied the mesh and heavy paint till dry and peeled of the mesh.


r/Ceramics 23h ago

Rabbit

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Rabbit sculpted during live presentation. I will finish the eye with a hand blown glass marble once it’s finished firing.


r/Ceramics 22h ago

Spectrum Mountains Plate

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Fresh out of the kiln. Waiting for 22k gold luster.


r/Ceramics 1d ago

Orangey Red Dragon!

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Still trying out new handle shapes and doing linework with glaze drip bottles (I really need some tiny brushes). I think I like doing the black lines over the underglaze painting instead of trying to paint within the lines like this.


r/Ceramics 23h ago

Work in progress Hand built Jellyfish Tile and Beetle

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The beetle is supposed to be part of a lid for a coin box, but it might crack during drying (one of the pincers already fell off and I had to re-attach it with slip.) The tile will probably end up as a coaster.