Bridges Pottery Blog

When people ask me "Do you do Yoga? You'd like it" I reply Pottery is my Yoga. That's been my response for a long long time.  And this article reinforces just how good that yoga can be..... MY Y...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2017/11/pottery-is-my-yoga.html

No matter how many times I tell my students that they just need to practice to improve .... it's never enough.  Practice throwing, glazing, handling their work and so on.... it's never enough. ...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2017/08/again-and-again-but-better.html

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When I teach, I like to be able to show a piece being made - typically by demonstrating it from scratch. Many times when you watch videos they are edited to make it look good, but not with all of...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2017/05/demo-pieces-for-classes.html

When I make a new piece of functional pottery like a bowl, a plate, a lamp or anything that gets made more than one time there are so may factors that come into play. Esthetics drives the making,...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2017/02/practical-considerations.html

Bridges Pottery Blog follows Potter Patricia Bridges. .Bridges Pottery brings fine handmade ceramics to the kitchen, table and home. Elegantly crafted and beautifully functional for everyday life. The detail in her work shows her dedication to high quality craftsmanship. Bridges Pottery also offers home decor items and specialty pieces such as yarn bowls for knitters. Bridges teaches pottery lessons in Port Washington NY

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2017/01/mishima-technique-on-clay-surface.html

SOME MORNINGS LOOK LIKE THIS.... www.bridgespottery.com

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2017/01/my-morning-routine-sometimes.html

A Movement Back to Our Roots: More Clay Less Plastic

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Don't worry, there is still some left for you. These pieces headed out to CA,TX,NY,AL,WI,IL,PA,WA. Stop by and shop before December 19th and I can ship yours too...... or visit me in person at th...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2016/12/dont-worry-there-is-still-some-left-for.html

Every so often I need to reprint some of the materials that go along with my pieces. It's the business card or the card that explains how to care for your beautiful new pottery, or how to use th...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2016/11/the-printed-words.html

The summer recycle. I have buckets of scraps that I have collected all winter. Clay scraps and mush end up  as a big globby consistency - too mushy  to work with. It gets laid out on plater sl...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2016/07/round-and-round-recycling-clay-over-and.html

The finished Mishima Plate from the video in the previous post.

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2016/05/the-finished-mishima-plate-from-video.html

Bridges Pottery Blog follows Potter Patricia Bridges. .Bridges Pottery brings fine handmade ceramics to the kitchen, table and home. Elegantly crafted and beautifully functional for everyday life. The detail in her work shows her dedication to high quality craftsmanship. Bridges Pottery also offers home decor items and specialty pieces such as yarn bowls for knitters. Bridges teaches pottery lessons in Port Washington NY

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Taking photos of my work for my online shop can be time consuming. I often have a helper. Sometimes he helps me doing quality control. He complained that this piece lacked meat. This plate set i...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2016/02/saturday-activities-photos.html

Taking some time to work on some unique wall decor.  These will be "wall plates" Large round textured pieces to hung as a collection on the wall.  I have done some prototyping for these and jus...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2016/02/working-in-studio.html

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Bridges Pottery Blog follows Potter Patricia Bridges. .Bridges Pottery brings fine handmade ceramics to the kitchen, table and home. Elegantly crafted and beautifully functional for everyday life. The detail in her work shows her dedication to high quality craftsmanship. Bridges Pottery also offers home decor items and specialty pieces such as yarn bowls for knitters. Bridges teaches pottery lessons in Port Washington NY

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2016/01/video-match-striker.html

Kaolin is a type of very white clay. It comes from the Chinese words KAO-LING meaning  high ridge, originally a local term describing where it came from.  Much of the Kaolin we use in the US ...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2016/01/saturday-factoidwhat-is-kaolin.html

Like a diet cleanse, I like to clean out my studio at the end of the year and prep for January. I clean all of the time , but this is more of a "use it" and "lose it". Too many things...tools.......

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2015/12/end-of-year-cleanse.html

Here is a little eye candy of square plates. These were a custom order for a client. Mis-matched but matched, in relaxed  rich colors, they look beautiful all together on a set table.

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2015/12/square-plates.html

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My advanced class of students had a lot of fun today making some very simple natural bristle paint brushes.  It was a primer on how to do it - now thay can go hog wild with other matierials.  ...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2015/09/making-brushes.html

Here's a little quick video about measuring your glaze thickness.  It's not so much about which way you measure, but more about being consistent. I want my blue to be the same blue I know and lo...

http://www.blog.bridgespottery.com/2015/09/you-always-need-little-chemistry-hows.html