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Stamp Making for Textured Pottery

Making Clay Stamps

A course by Sarah Pike , Potter

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99% positive reviews (432)

14,559 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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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

“ Making Clay Stamps In this lesson, I'll show you how to make clay stamps. I'll show you how I draw an ogee and how to cut out a template. I'll draw out a large ogee 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 hard to see how I'm drawing it. I'll use a larger circle to start. I'll 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'll do is draw a cross on the graph paper. Now that I have my cross, I'll choose a circle. The circle wil...”

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Course summary for: Stamp Making for Textured Pottery

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (432)
14559 students
5 units
15 lessons (3h 27m)
4 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, DIY, Fine Arts

Sarah Pike

A course by Sarah Pike

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Potter

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.