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Mystery Pot 30, Biography of the Artist

"I enjoy making pottery because it comes from inside," Lucy Lewis told The LA Times in 1984, speaking in Keresan, her tribal language.

If you have a Bailey top-loading electric kiln in your studio, or are thinking about owning one, we have a video series to help you learn about your kiln and how to maintain it. In this video you will learn how to replace elements with confidence.

Give your work a spring update with glazes that are vibrant, energetic and versatile. Choosing the right glaze to compliment a ceramic form might be one of the most exciting parts of the ceramic process and yet with so many glazes available it can be hard to know where to start. So, today we have rounded up some of our customers' favorite, tried and true green glazes that you can start using in your studio today.

Bring on the texture with MKM! Sometimes all it takes is one new tool to spark a whole new direction in how and what we make. Pick up one of the new MKM stamps and discover a whole new world of pattern and texture.

At the Museum of Art & Design in NYC

Introducing the First Video in the New Bailey Kiln Maintenance Series

The Perfect Jar by Potter Chris Staley

Mystery Pot 29, The Artist and his Work

You might find it relatively easy to center a round, symmetrical form on the potter's wheel for trimming just by placing coils of clay around the rim of the pot. But once you start to throw and alter forms many of them don't end up symmetrical. When it comes time to trim a foot on plates that have been squared off, pitchers with spouts and three-sided cups, centering for trimming can get a bit more complicated.

Thus we are launching this 'Centering to trim with the Bailey Quick Trim II' post.

And the Exceptional Features they Boast