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 | Aug 3, 2022 | About me, Insights of a potter, Tips and Tricks of a potter
OMG, my days have been incredibly busy the last couple of months! After the first moving date into our new home on May 30th was pushed forward as the house was far from being ready, we succeeded to move in on June 20th WITH A FULL SQUAD OF BUILDERS moving in with...
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. 
