Product Announcement - Make your own kits
It’s been our absolute pleasure to work with Mac’s Mud clay company and Kiwi Underglaze to produce four ‘make your own’ and ‘paint your own’ clay kits!
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The Development of the Nerikomi Range
The entire point of this post is to reflect on my growth as a ceramic artist. I still constantly feel like I am not there yet. There are too many ideas in my head and I haven't been able to execute even 10% of them. Technical frustration, skill limitations, artistic frustration and external feedback all get to me. This is my reminder to you (and myself) that it is a process. Racing to the end is not possible but also not what is going to make the journey worthwhile. As I have gone through this journey from 2016 to now I have made 100s of mistakes, 100s of works that while I was proud of at the time I would happily see smashed now but I continue to move forward.
Pottery is not instant satisfaction and I am so grateful for that. Students always say to me 'how do i ....' and as insanely annoying as it is its practice.
Here is to practice. My practice, your practice moving forward, continuously improving and trying as hard as I can to enjoy all the bumps along the way.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Working with clay is not the most environmentally friendly craft there is. This is mainly because clay and the other materials we use in pottery are largely (not always) natural and finite resources. Yes, new clay is constantly being formed by natural earth processes but if you have been in the pottery game for a while you will know that sometimes clays or ingredients simply disappear on us. This can be because a mine runs out, it's no longer economical to mine that material, legal issues are prohibitive.
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What Clay Should I Choose?
This is the most common question we get asked in the shop at Mystery Creek Ceramics. It seems like a simple question, yet there really is no simple answer. This blog post is my attempt at laying out all the things you need to take into consideration when you are picking a clay body to work with.
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2023 in the Numbers
I find this data fascinating and I would love to hear what you think about it. I will be using it to continue guiding our product decision making and designing processes over 2024
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November Announcements
New products, a new firing service and many exciting things to read about.
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