Glazing is the best way to add shininess and color to a pottery piece. There’s a wide variety of techniques for glazing pottery, the most common being brushing and dipping. Both of these methods require their own tools and materials. So, can you brush on…

Underglazes are an exciting medium to work with. Most polished potters know how to use underglaze to give color to their pieces and create masterful designs. However, using underglazes can be challenging and sometimes confusing for beginners. So, how do you use an underglaze? You…

Decorating pottery or ceramics can be a very fulfilling pastime. And there are plenty of ways you could add some art to your pots and plates, be it by using glaze and/or wax resist or by making a clay slip. There are many ways you…

Underglazes and glazes are both common ways of adding color to a pottery piece. Typically, both can be applied to pottery at different stages. This raises the question: can glaze and underglaze be mixed? No, mixing glaze and underglaze together is not recommended and can…

Pottery is a popular hobby, and because of that, Potters have developed a number of materials and mediums to decorate clay pieces. Among these, colored slips and underglazes are quite common. At first glance, both these materials can look pretty similar. But is a colored…

Glaze trailing is kind of similar to slip trailing. Both of these fun drawing techniques use trailers and other tools to create freestyle patterns on pottery. Glaze trailing is the perfect technique for artistic individuals to create gorgeous patterns on pottery! But what exactly is…