by Elisa | Jan 31, 2023 | Insights of a potter, Technical Stuff, Tips and Tricks of a potter
Often potters would refer to their kiln as a magic box, where pieces go in and are taken out mysteriously transformed after the firing. Sometimes they are even talking to making offerings to the so called kiln gods to facilitate a successful firing (LOL). The pieces...
by Elisa | Oct 5, 2022 | Insights of a potter, Technical Stuff, Tips and Tricks of a potter
One of the first things I address when I start to teach the wheel to my students, is the direction of the wheel. I generally ask whether the students are right or left handed and I explain that righthanded people mostly work on wheels spinning counter clock...
by Elisa | Oct 5, 2022 | Insights of a potter, Technical Stuff, Tips and Tricks of a potter
One of the daily or, in any case frequent, tasks of a ceramic artist is the recycling of clay. With the exception of a few of us, the majority of ceramicists buy their clay from a supplier in plastic form. Clay comes in 10-12kg bags ready to use. When...
by Elisa | Jun 15, 2022 | About me, Insights of a potter, Technical Stuff
A further update in my pottery studio design: the pottery is intended to house and facilitate my own production as well as courses. This post therefore addresses the equipment and furniture in the studio.Pottery wheels: My work is mostly involving the pottery wheel....
by Elisa | Jun 3, 2022 | Insights of a potter, Technical Stuff, Tips and Tricks of a potter
After establishing the main ideas on how to plan my new pottery studio, I will now focus on some practical points. This first practical part concerns water and cleaning. Running water in the studio is not essential, but extremely handy. A lot of potters use buckets of...
My name is Elisa; I am a woman, a mum, a daughter, a friend and a wife… and a passionate ceramicist/potter. 
