Share
This Site
With a Friend

Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.

Submit Your
Pottery Comments
Here


Pottery Magic Home

Weekly Letter
Mail List


Pottery Tips and Techniques

Spattering

Spattering pottery and ceramicsspattering ceramic and pottery pieces

Spattering is a quick and easy way to add color highlights over a painted design or a plain base coat.





Pottery Videos

Pottery and Ceramic Tools
Tools for Pottery

Pottery Magic Wand
Tips & Techniques for Pottery and Ceramics

Pottery and Ceramic Projects
Clay Pottery Craft Projects

Pottery Magic Wand
Clay Pottery Articles of Interest

Pottery and Ceramic History
Old Time Pottery History

Pottery Magic Wand
Pottery and Ceramics
Featured Potters Gallery



Pottery and Ceramics Definitions
Pottery and Ceramics Definitions

Pottery Magic Wand
All About The Clay


Glazes and Decorating Pottery
All About Pottery Glazes

Pottery Tips and Techniques

Altering a Greenware Piece
Check Porcelain for Repaired Spots
Attaching & Repairing Pottery & Ceramics
Undo Old Pottery Repair
How To Reglaze Over Irregularities Or Oooops
Warping & Cracking when Fired
Selecting Supplies for the Job
Drip Free Spout
Attaching Handles
Attaching Clay Parts
Fix Broken Pottery
Finishing Your Greenware
Tips on Plates and Platters
Drying Greenware
Avoid Thermal Shock
Troubleshooting your pottery

Tips on Working With Ceramics

How to Pour a Mold
Ceramic Mold Tips
Using Plaster Molds
No Plaster Ceramic Molds
Creating a Display for your Ceramics
Working With Ceramic Plaster
Removing From the Mold
Ceramic Basics
Identifying Ceramic Flaws
Ceramic Decals and Print Lifting
No Fire Ceramic Decals
Faux Pottery Painting
Hiding the Pour Hole
Watercolors in Pottery

Finishing Tips and Techniques

Quick Decorating Tips
Aged Metal Look
Painting Bisque
Cleaning Greenware
Decorating with Dots
Decorating Pottery with Decals
Drop and Fill Glazing
Teapot Making Tips
Matt Slip Decoration
Oxidation and Reduction Firing
Raku Firing
Decorating With Resist
Rubbing Alcohol Technique
Decorating with Sea Shells
Spatter Decorating
Decorating with a Sponge
Sticker Stencils
Teardrop Stroke Painting
Antiquing Your Pottery
Pottery Banding
Bubbles Technique
Decorating Pottery with Chatter
Decorating Pottery with Oxides
Fish Press Technique
Drybrush Finishing
Majolica Method
The Marble Effect
Mocha Diffusion Technique
Patina Decorating
Relief Decorating
Resist Inlay Technique
Salt and Soda Glazing
Slip Decorating
Special Effects and Fine Details
Decorating with Stencils
Terra Sigillata








Load Brush

Load a stiff bristled brush with an undiluted or slightly thinned color that should be the consistency of milk.

Spattering process 1

Spatter

Hold the brush several inches from the piece and run your fingertips through the bristles to produce a fine spatter of color on the base coated ware.
You can spatter more than one color on the same piece.

Spattering process 2

Flick

With slightly thinned paint hold the brush several inches above the piece and flick your hand to release the paint from the brush.

Spattering process 3

People who look for the easy way out seem to have trouble finding an exit.

Tips - Definitions - Clay Projects - Pottery Gallery - Pottery Tools - Glazes - All About Clay

Have you ever come up with a good idea while working with your handmade pottery or ceramics and thought that you would like to share it with others? You have? Well, why not send it to us and we will add it to the tips page for all to see.

Handmade pottery can be a very gratifying hobby that produces fun and satisfying results. For many people it's an enjoyable release that is created by working an inanimate mound of clay into a beautiful work of art that you made through your artistic abilities.

The best way of starting out is to take a few lessons. You will probably waste quite a bit in materials when you first get started. Figuring out how to truly make handmade pottery correctly and shape into what you want it to be can be quite an ordeal. The different tools that a normal shop will have can be fun to try. You will soon see which ones you like to use the most and then when you are ready you will know which ones to buy.

With the help of the internet, you can now purchase most if not all of your ceramic and pottery tools and supplies online. We are located far from any well supplied dealers and yet working with reliable ceramic and pottery suppliers online has allowed us to recieve most of our orders within a timely manner.

When you get all set up, just enjoy the hobby and have fun at it. Some people get pretty serious and start selling their creations at craft fairs and small stores, but others just like to create items for themselves, relatives, and friends. Whichever kind of handmade pottery you desire to endeavor, enjoy the hobby and have fun doing it.


DeerLake Store

Store Home
Outback Hat from the Deerlake Store
Stash It, Smash It, Crush It,
Tye Dye It, Fly Tye It, Simplify It, Buy It, the OutBack Hat.

Links To Other Sites of Interest

Pottery Magic HomeContact UsAbout
Pottery FAQTerms of Service ~ Terms of Use and Legal Notice
Privacy Policy and Security StatementCopyright/IP Policy
Copyright © 2012 All rights reserved. ® DeerLake Designs LLC