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Daily How to Make a Slab-Built Casserole Dish

We've featured several casserole projects in the Daily over the years, and most of them happen to be wheel thrown. So today, I thought I would share an entirely slab-built casserole project for all the handbuilders out there. 
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Daily How to Make a Bowl with a Unique Double Foot

There are lots of ways to trim wheel thrown pots and add a unique touch to your work. In today's post, an excerpt from Pencil & Process: From Sketch to Finished Form, Jared Zehmer shows how to make a traditional Japanese double-footed bowl, or nijū kōdai.
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Daily How to Use Gloop Glaze as a Building Material

When Jihyun Kim discovered a curious recipe while studying at the Royal College of Art, she had no idea it would reshape her entire ceramics practice! That recipe for a thick, sculptural "gloop" glaze, behaves less like a surface treatment and more like a structural material, melting and flowing just enough to fuse separate porcelain components into one cohesive form. 
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Daily Creative Terra Sigillata Application Techniques

Using terra sigillata to color and seal wares is an ancient technique. But as Rhonda Willers explains, the traditional terra sigillata technique—applying to bone-dry ware and burnishing—is just one option among many. When the classic burnished sheen and water-tight surface aren't the goal, there are endless ways to use terra sigillata to express your vision.
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