Creating Vases Using Paper Templates
/Anika Major shows how to craft a vase template from a sketch.
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Anika Major shows how to craft a vase template from a sketch.
Read MoreHayley Reed shares about combining 3D printing and slip casting.
Read MoreAt RCS we print our T-Shirts in house! Check out out simple process in this blog update.
Read MoreAnika Major discusses the anatomy of ceramic bells and how to produce a range of sounds with different shapes and materials.
Read MoreI knew there would be a learning curve while getting to know my new tool, but I had no idea the extent of testing and trial and error that I was getting myself into.
Read MoreEliane gets experimental and tries out building large scale.
Read MoreAnika Major writes about painting techniques with underglaze and the challenges of firing them.
Read MoreAs a past assistant, Canne Holladay writes about her experience at Rat City Studios.
Read MoreSpecific Gravity of a glaze. How to measure it, what does it mean and how to use the info it gives you.
Read MoreTechniques for using wax resist. This blog shows 4 different ways to use wax resist including: No-Scrap Mishima, a lay mans way to foot waxing, using wax over glazes and
Read MoreIn this article Vanessa Norris gives tips on photo documenting your work for online presentation.
Read MoreCanne shares her experience changing out the heating elements in Calamity Jane.
Read MoreAbout a year ago, I rekindled my relationship with writing through the avenue of poetry. When I write, I am able to reach further into what is on my mind both in and outside the studio.
Read MoreVanessa shares tips & tricks for making spouts!
Read MoreBuilding Studio Shelving! How we did it at Rat City Studios.
Read MoreTesting, adjusting and glaze testing again!
Read MoreRickie Barnett rebuilds the camper trailer from the ground up!
Read More...to the Question of What We Do with Our Art Degrees
Read MoreHow do you adjust and accept challenge in your life?
Read MoreRickie Barnett takes us on an adventure as he takes apart the 1963 Aloha Camper Trailer...
Read MoreRat City Studios is an open creative clay studio that provides a supportive environment for makers working independently in clay and artists who seek to take the next step down their paths as potters. We support artists at many levels through experiential learning and shared experience.
Learn about our sister studio, Rain City Clay, for clay classes and group learning.
Rat City Studios, where we live, work, garden, and make pottery is on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle,
The Duwamish People, past and present. We are long term-visitors and honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish Tribe.