This month, we’re diving into glazes.🫟 Inspired by Sarah from Three Little Potters, this challenge is all about testing, exploring, and rethinking what we already have. We all have those glazes. The ones we rarely reach for. The ones we tend to avoid… because they never quite turned out the way we hoped. Colors that feel off. Results that disappoint. Tests that didn’t go as planned. So this month, we’re choosing one of them. ✨ Pick one glaze you don’t like (or don’t trust yet) ✨ Combine it with 5 different glazes you already know and trust ✨ Test them layered, top & bottom, side by side — get curious ✨ Share your results How you do it? Completely up to you. Test tiles, small dishes, a cup, a plate… everything on one piece or separate tests — there’s no right or wrong way. This is about experimentation.🧪🔬 Try unusual combinations. 🤪 Push it further than you normally would. Be bold with it. At the end, take a moment to reflect: What worked? What didn’t? What surprised you? The goal isn’t perfection. It’s discovery.💡 And maybe, just maybe, the glaze you’ve been avoiding comes back to life. ✨ Share your process, your tests, your results ✨ Let’s learn from each other ✨ And turn “unloved” glazes into something unexpected

I am so happy I finally found this group! I was fortunate to be given a large 22 year old large, Cress kiln and a pottery wheel along with all the tools to go with it two years ago after my friend's dad had passed. I had no idea what the kiln would do, but since I knew it had been fired once a year. I took a chance and hit the start button on my first bisque load and it all did fine.. then moved to glaze fire and all went fine..but then it started to overfire each load. I had nobody here to ask. I named my kiln lovingly Mr. Doubtfire from that point on, and just watched cones from the peeps and stopped the fire. Cone 6 was falling at Cone 3 setting. Then it underfired one day and I knew it was way overdue to replace all the parts and coils.. with AI help we did. I'm at the point, I want to create different and unique ceramics. I don't sell a whole lot here where I live, and have not branched to online sales yet, but I am way overstocked with pottery. Now I am using AI for glaze combos and artistic idea feedback with some interesting results. Just wondering if anyone else uses AI for inspiration?

Hi everyone, I have not been active on this platform at all sorry, I am finding social media so overwhelming. In fact I am finding life a little overwhelming at the moment. I haven't been able to talk myself into my studio for the last three days, and I have to get back i to it. I have medieval events coming up that I really have to get things done for. I love pottery and feel extremely privileged that it is my full-time, but lately I walk in to my studio look around and just don't know where to go next and end up walking out again. I also have several videos waiting to be edited to go up on my Shoebox Studio Ceramics YT channel, but I can't seem to talk myself into completing them either. It's so frustrating, having so much to do, but feeling unable to do any of it. Do you fellow potters ever get like this, especially those that are full-time potters? How do you get yourselves out of the darkness and back into the joy of pottery? I didn't know you have to select a category for your post, couldn't decide what this should of gone under, Fails, General, Question? I went with Question, I hope that is ok? Much love to you all x

Hey you guys! Im so busy with the store until opening on Friday 🎉 and im laying here in bed and just cries with gratitude and love for Astrid and her work! She’s been a potter for 2 years and are gonna sell her pottery in my store!! Can you understand my proudness! Please community send this sweetest Swedish potter Astrid all your love and I know you will! She’s invited to this community so I hope she comes and if you guys would go and follow her on her Instagram 🙏🏼🥰❤️ (The pattern is traditional Delsbo sewing pattern and it’s so loved in my area) https://www.instagram.com/dufakeramik?igsh=ZmNtd3U5ZnZlYXRo

I’m so excited to interview the owner of Coyote Clay tomorrow. I’ve already interviewed his sister who has developed all their new glazes. I have a list of my own questions of course. But if you have a question you’d like me to ask, you have about 12 hours to let me know!