Remember those ancient clay structures from history class? Well, clay is making a grand re-entrance into the world of construction, and it's undergone a high-tech makeover. Thanks to a cutting-edge ...

The hand-coiling technique is one of the oldest methods of pottery making in Africa. It involves rolling clay into long ...

NATCHITOCHES, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – “Playing in the Mud,” a ceramics class for beginners, will be hosted by Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Learning and Global Education. “This course ...

This guide “is designed to help even beginners gain the confidence to create stunning, contemporary polymer clay earrings,” promises clay artist Weiss in her thorough debut, and she delivers. She ...

Students are using such techniques as silkscreening and block printing to transform blank clay canvases into unique and ...

Texture is key in African-style pottery. Use natural materials like leaves or fabric to imprint patterns onto the surface of ...

Explore clay through pinch, coil, slab, and wheel with Ruth Mork and potter John Glazer. Educator Ruth Mork asks, “Is mud just mud?” and guides children through pinch, coil and slab clay techniques — ...

ANN ARBOR, MI -- With a gentle hand, Mark Meier guides a long, thin tube of clay from a machine nozzle onto a slab of freshly rolled clay laid out on a wooden board. The two clays meet. Meier sits ...

For many, summer is a time to fine tune hobbies and take classes for enjoyment. For the small group of potters gathered at the city of Columbia’s Art Center on a recent rainy evening, it’s a chance to ...

In the late 1970s, 10 clay artists formed a cooperative to get quantity discounts on materials for their art. That co-op grew to become the 200-member Southern Arizona Clay Artists. The organization ...

“The Polymer Clay Techniques Book” by Sue Heaser, 2004, North Light Books, $22.99, softbound, 128 pages: Starting with an inspirational gallery of works by different polymer clay artists, “The Polymer ...