Artist Fonda Yoshimoto talks about two different ways of creating ceramic art: one modern — 3D modeling and printing a prototype in order to make a mold; and one old...
Posted by Laura Cochrane | Friday June 29th, 2012 5:15 PM
Categories: 3D Printing, Art & Design | 4 Comments
Without risking oversimplifying the matter, I think I can safely say that one of the many appealing aspects of raku pottery is its accessibility, especially in terms of equipment. A...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday June 28th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Craft, Workshop | 4 Comments
Though electrically-powered wheels are of course common, today, many potters still prefer to throw on a human-powered wheel. Whether chosen for aesthetic purposes, out of a sense of traditionalism, or...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday June 27th, 2012 9:00 PM
This two-part series from Eddie Starnater of Practical Primitive shows you how to extract the clay from raw soil and process it into a material that can be used for...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday June 26th, 2012 10:10 PM
Categories: Energy, Home | No Comments
This DIY design from Instructables user Moose Gueydan is mostly built from dimensional lumber and plywood. The flywheel is a sandwich of bricks glued between plywood circles with construction adhesive....
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday June 25th, 2012 6:04 AM
Categories: Craft, Tools, Workshop | 4 Comments
If you've ever bought a ceramic knife, it probably came with instructions, in the package, to return it to the manufacturer for resharpening instead of trying to do it yourself....
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday June 22nd, 2012 9:29 AM
Categories: Education, Workshop | 8 Comments
Slipcasting is a molding process for ceramics that can be used to produce hollow forms having a relatively thin shell. It is an ancient, elegant, ingenious technique, consisting of six...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday June 21st, 2012 9:12 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Craft | No Comments
From artist Fabien Clerc, this fully-functional set of two ceramic turntables (and a ceramic mixer) called back in the good old days. The work is dated 2009, and appeared in...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday June 20th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Electronics, Home | 2 Comments
This concept from designers Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow is called "+/- hot plate." The plates are silkscreened with conductive inks to create circuit traces, in this case simple resistive...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday June 18th, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Craft, Electronics | No Comments
Often, we try to repair broken things in such a way as to conceal the repair and make it "good as new." But the alternative "better than new" aesthetic—that a...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday June 15th, 2012 6:31 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Craft | 4 Comments
Ben Hollis and Eva Funderburgh chose an unusual material to house their Arduino in: clay. Glowback, the little creature they've created, has nodules on its back made of transluscent porcelain....
Posted by Michael Colombo | Thursday June 14th, 2012 12:00 PM
Categories: Arduino, Art & Design | 2 Comments
May, Maker Faire, and Reclaimed Materials Month are behind us, and we're continuing our 2012 materials theme in June by focusing on ceramics.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday June 12th, 2012 8:41 AM
Categories: General | 2 Comments
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