The Clayground

  • "Dry Footing" What Is It? And Why Won't Alice Shut Up About It?

    "Dry Footing" What Is It? And Why Won't Alice Shut Up About It?

    Dry footing is the technical term for making sure that the bottom of your pottery does not have any glaze on it. Glaze gets sticky like glue when it goes into the hot hot hot fires of the kiln. As...

  • Prepping Coils For The Coiling Technique

    Prepping Coils For The Coiling Technique

    Let's talk about sausages, snakes, ropes or coils as they are more commonly known. Coiling is one of the F U N D A M E N T A L building techniques in ceramics, so it’s worth spending a bit...