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The article informs that earthenware was the dominant clay used for functional and decorative objects, tiles and architectural elements. Imagery plays a very important part in all these applications. In the early 1970s, reduction-fired stoneware ruled. Earthenware was considered hobby clay. It also discusses issues related to creating the surface to layer many colors of underglazes on to the greenware piece.

Before attaching your earring design to its ear wire, sand the end of the ear wire that will go through the ear with either fine sandpaper or with a cup burr attachment for a rotary tool. To do so, use pliers to open the small loop on the front of the ear wire, thread your earring design onto the ear wire, and use pliers again to close the loop to secure your earring. Earrings with French Hook Ear Wires Jen Allen: The two most common ways that earrings attach to pierced ears are by posts or ear wires. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making functional forms of mandala designs on clay utensils.

The article presents step-by-step process for making Porcelain Slip Trailing.

The article presents step-by-step process for making sgraffito decoration.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for creating a ceramic plate with painted imagery.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making clay tumblers with textured design.

The article offers information for potters about the inversion pottery technique when it comes to bowl making. Pottery techniques being presented include becoming successful at throwing clay by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of plastic clay and avoiding slumping in bowls as well as provides details about the direction of hand movement at the inversion stage.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for decorating ceramics with design and painting.

The article offers steps-by-steps instruction for making glazed platters by pottery craft.

The article offers steps-by-steps instruction for making covered cupcake stand by pottery craft.

The article offers steps-by-steps instruction for making butter dish by using pottery craft.

The article offers steps-by-steps instruction for making slabs with glaze by using pottery craft.

The article offers steps-by-steps instruction for making rolling coils of porcelain with Cassius basaltic clay.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on making a clay monotype.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on making patterns on pottery using AMACO Velvet underglazes.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on making pottery forms.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on making different potter's ribs.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making pots with a surface design influenced by color combinations on 1930's-era fabrics.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making jars for spice stacking.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making pots and putting a creative drawing on its surface.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making pots as beer growlers.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for wheel-throwing a ceramic handle, forming a bowl into a scoop and attaching the handle to the scoop.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for the slip application method in decorating pottery by using the chip brush and spraying micro-crystalline matte glaze with a spray gun.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for weaving clay in making a ceramic bowl with woven design by using a plaster hump mold.

The article offers techniques in making a ceramic pitcher including using pounds of clay to throw a cylinder and shape using hands, refining and remove throwing lines using a rib and collar the top of the pitcher to mirror the width.

The article offers the author's insights about contemporary China painting for the ornamentation of ceramics. Topics discussed include the collection of patterns in Japan and China that incorporate geometric lines, transferring of the design from paper to the fired ceramic form, and mixing of pigments for china painting.

The article offers the author's insights about precision piercing process in ceramic pot making. A step-by-step instruction for making a ceramic bowl which exhibited the precise application of geometric principles is presented. In addition, the positive and negative spaces within the design and the clay were also explored.

The author offers tips on making flower raft, a multi-stemmed vase used for complex flower arrangement. He suggests the use of three pounds of clay as the main body of the raft and throwing it onto a tapered cylinder with its bottom as the widest. The next step is splitting the main body into two and the bottom edges are joined together to create an arch-like base form. Holes are then cut at the top of the base where stem parts can be added.

The article relates the industrial techniques she adopted in mold making and slip casting bone china. She uses layering and slicing technique and commercial body stains to add color to bone china casting slip. She utilizes loop tool to incise through the layers of the ceramic. She also opts for the Liquitex acrylic paint during decorating process using water erosion etching.

The author suggests a method he used in blending aesthetics influences from different countries in creating ceramics. To ensure the pot is stronger during shaping, he advises reducing the time spent in centering and pulling up the cylinder. The pot may get soft during paddling but he recommends finishing the shaping on the first side before matching the form on the other side. He also offers tips on drawing the pots using wood stamps.

The author shares his method of making globe forms on the pottery wheel. His globe-shaped pots were shaped like a short funnel with 1/4 inch thick and 1 inch high. He used thin dry-cleaning plastic to prevent plastic rim keeper from sticking to the wet clay. He also uses four types of clay with shorter or longer firming cycles instead of using too soft clay.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for creating a painted, glazed footed bowl.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for creating a porcelain baking dish.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making ceramic sugar jars.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making multiple salad plates.

The article offers steps-by-steps instruction for making ash glaze and using of wadding in atmospheric kilns to prevent pots from sticking to the shelves.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on making a soy sauce dispenser.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on making split-leg potter's apron.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on making Styrofoam balls for use as hurrp molds for the salt and pepper shakers.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making pottery into colored baskets.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for redefining the pottery rims.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for adapting the Kintsugi method in repairing ceramic cracks with epoxy and golf leaf.

The author discusses her experience as a pottery artist who was stuck in a creative slump and how she motivated herself to get out of it. Topics include the role of an open mind in helping creativity, the effect of the process of pottery making on an artist, the role of an idea in leading to another idea, and the role of practice in becoming unstuck.

The author offers step-by-step instruction on how she makes handbuilt porcelain vases similar to her "Concord Flower Vase" design.

The author offers step-by-step instruction on using watercolor maiolica techniques in pottery craft.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on making a ceramic pitcher based on the author's functionally-inspired design.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for making a ceramic yunomi Japanese teacup using a banding-wheel technique.

The article offers instructions on making an Oribe-style decorated ceramic jar, including throwing, inlaying, and glazing techniques.

The article discusses printing on clay as an artistic method of decorating pottery crafts, focusing on advice for ceramic artists. Topics include the techniques of monoprinting and toner-resist transfer and examples of each method, advice on glazing over slip decorations on a ceramic piece, and the author's use of printing to convey thematic meaning in her work.