Hand building remains the general basis of pottery making and is definitely the easiest and most fun method to learn (if you haven't read our part 1 on hand building, click here). But there are two other main methods for pottery making - the famed wheel-throwing and slipcast.
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Pottery making methods (Part 1) - Hand building
Ever since we started on this little journey of ours, we've always wondered why ceramic pieces can have such different forms from each other even though they were all handmade. Months later, we've figured out why and it has to do with their pottery making method!
There are three main methods of pottery - hand building, wheel throwing and slipcasting. In this post, we will be covering the method that has been around the longest - hand building.
Nadya and Dima Gurevich
Recently, we got in touch with Dima and Nadya Gurevich from Sculpture in Design. They are the hands (and brains) behind those quirky and unique sculpture mugs, as well as the Lush tableware collection on our site! Read on to see what they’ve got to say!
Kandura studio visit!
It's been quite some time since our last holiday.. so we headed to the land of mee bakso, teh botol and massive traffic jams for a short break! Jakarta! After landing, we headed straight to Kandura's studio. Located on the boundaries of South Jakarta, their studio is a mere 30-45 minutes drive from central Jakarta.
Rossella Manzini
As usual, we were mindlessly scrolling around on instagram on the MRT to work when we saw Rossella's planters and fell in love immediately. We just knew we had to share Rossella’s work with our fellow Singaporeans so we started emailing her and... let’s say, the rest is history. Rossella recently got back to us with the interview after a short hiatus (hint: baby boy)!