Mini Casa made this casa to celebrate Jon Rawlings Pottery. Jon Rawlings Pottery didn't make it and isn't affiliated with Mini Casa.
The blog of Jon Rawlings, a potter who writes about learning to throw on the wheel and technique, such as compressing clay. Useful for beginners learning wheel throwing.
Technique notes on throwing from a potter who writes about learning the wheel.
A technique post on compressing clay while throwing on the wheel, a term the author's first teachers repeated often, written from the author's own experience learning the wheel.
Visit linkA glazing guide that sits beside a post on Hickam Pottery glazes, so a reader can set a how-to next to a studio's own glaze work.
Visit linkThe gallery sorts the work into date ranges from February 2012 to August 2019, each with its own page, so a visitor can follow the pieces by period.
Visit linkMost of the blog is about the wheel: the author's learning, technique notes on compression and glazing, and the studio's sale dates. Its resources list links to ceramics collections at the Oriental Institute in Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Honolulu Museum of Art, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Native American and Islamic ceramics. Hawaii craft exhibitions, including an annual statewide juried show and a raku event, anchor the blog in the islands.
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