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Every Great Potter Started by Making These Slab...

Learn how to fix eight common slab pottery mistakes, including cracking, slumping, weak joins, uneven clay slabs and drying problems.

5 Pottery tips every beginner potter should know

Slab building is one of the most approachable ways to begin making pottery. You don’t need to master the pottery wheel, and you can create everything from mugs and bowls...

New to Clay? Start Here!

  Start Here with Artifact Studio Your Pinterest boards are stuffed full of clay tips, reels, studio setups and mugs.  You've saved all the reels and now you're wondering if...

Into the Margins: Notes from a Quiet World

I’ve always loved the edges of things. The parts of stories where the plot slows down and a character gazes out the window. The margins of old books, where readers...

The Joy of Slowing Down with Handmade Art

Finding Mindfulness in the Beauty of Craftsmanship In a world that moves faster than ever, where notifications pull us in a hundred different directions and the pressure to always be...

Why Handmade Art Feels Like a Treasure

There’s something unmistakably different about holding a handmade piece of art in your hands. Whether it’s a clay mug, a carved rune stone, or a painted field guide, handmade objects...