Discover, Learn, and Master the Art of Pottery.
Hi, I’m Lila! I’ve been captivated by the art of pottery for as long as I can remember. From the moment I first touched clay, I knew I had found my passion. Through my website, CraftedInClay.com, I share my love for pottery, offering tutorials, tips, and inspiration for anyone eager to discover, learn, and master the art of pottery. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned artist, I’m here to help you shape your creative vision into something beautiful!
Alright, young potter! Let’s dive into something a bit scientific today. Imagine you have a favorite cup that you use for mixing your clay glazes. Sometimes, we need to measure ingredients accurately, and that’s where conversion comes in. So, you know how a cup can hold different things, like water or clay? In the world
Hey there, young potter! 🌟 Today, we’re going to talk about how to measure things when you’re working with clay and glazes, and we’ll focus on a cool conversion from tablespoons to milliliters. What is a tablespoon? A tablespoon (abbreviated as tbsp) is a common way to measure ingredients. When you’re mixing up your glaze
Have you ever felt the rush of sunlight warming your skin while you shape a lump of clay into something beautiful? There’s just something magical about doing pottery outside. Picture this: you’re surrounded by nature’s canvas, clay in hand, creativity flowing like a river. As a potter, you want to know, can you really craft
When you create pottery, you need special tools to help you shape and refine the clay. Some of these tools include ribs, scrapers, and sponges. Each of these tools serves a unique purpose that helps you make beautiful and smooth pieces. Ribs are flat tools that help you create smooth surfaces and edges on your
I remember the first time I dipped my toes into the world of pottery. I was eager, messy, and totally unprepared for what it would take to get my creations to that magical finished state. You know the one—smooth, colorful, with a glaze that shines just right? If you’re like I was back then, you
Did you know that early pottery in China is extremely old? In fact, it goes back more than 10,000 years! This means people were creating terracotta and other types of clay pots long before many other things we think of today even existed. Pottery is made by shaping and firing clay, a natural material that
Hey there! Let’s talk about pottery, especially how we can make our beautiful pieces shiny or glossy when we cook them in the kiln. When we make pottery, we use something called a kiln, which is like an oven but super hot! It cooks our clay pieces to harden them. We often use a temperature
Hey there, young potter! Have you ever wondered how to change one kind of measurement into another? Today, we’re going to talk about converting pints into milliliters (mL), which is super important in many areas, especially when you’re mixing ingredients for your pottery glazes. What is a Pint and a Milliliter? A pint is a
Hey there, young potter! 🌟 Today, we’re going to learn how to change quarts to liters because understanding measurements is super important in pottery! First, let’s remember that a quart is a unit we use to measure liquids, just like how we measure water or clay for our pottery. Now, when we want to turn
Starting a new hobby can be thrilling, right? But if you’re anything like me, before jumping headfirst into something like pottery, you naturally worry about the costs. How much am I gonna spend? What do I actually need? Let’s face it, we all want a great creative outlet without breaking the bank. Trust me, I’ve