Stamp Making for Textured Pottery
Making Clay Stamps
A course by Sarah Pike , Potter
About the video: Making Clay Stamps
Overview
“Next, I want to show you how to carve clay stamps. The advantage of clay stamps is the detail you can achieve and the ability to smooth an area and start again! ”
In this video lesson Sarah Pike addresses the topic: Making Clay Stamps, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stamp Making for Textured Pottery. Learn slab building, carving, and stamping techniques to create functional ceramic pieces with custom handmade textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to make clay stamps. I'm going to start by showing you how I draw an OG and how to cut out a template. So I'm going to draw out a large OG just so that you can see what it looks like. If I drew out the size of the one that I have for my final project, it would be really hard for you to see how I'm drawing it. So I'm going to use a larger circle to start. I start with graph paper. and a circle template. It has circles of all different sizes on it. A pen and some scissors. The first thing I'm going to do is draw a cross on the graph paper. Now that I ...”
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Course summary for: Stamp Making for Textured Pottery
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Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, DIY, Fine Arts

Sarah Pike
A course by Sarah Pike
Sarah Pike is a full-time potter based in British Columbia. After studying ceramics at the Alberta University of the Arts, the University of Colorado, and the University of Minnesota, she built her own home studio and began commercializing her work via ceramics galleries and shops. She gradually transitioned to online sales, gaining a large following on Instagram with slab-built, artistically textured pieces that fuse functionality and aesthetics.
Sarah has seen her pieces featured in publications such as Pottery Making Illustrated, La Revue de la céramique et du verre, Forge & Carve, and Ceramics: Creative Adventures in Clay. She also connects with her community by teaching workshops and speaking at conferences.
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