Bill Schwenzer —— Aliveguy Pottery

Fun voiceover Making a Large 💀Bowl

Sugar Skull Stencil Reveal

Newest design in process

Can’t wait to see this evolve

Using my Skull placemat as a stencil on a Red slipped stoneware and dropped a Black Engobe over the top and underneath.

Floral Rhapsody texture mats are now available and I'm getting them into production soon.
I am partnered with @thepotterytoolkit and you can get this new design for 15%off Using COde
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I'll be demoing this New Texture in some upcoming reels and sharing some of my application techniques

Foot Fetish starting to happen here 🤣🤣

You’re Welcome Rubiee, lots of new designs coming from them in the coming months too. Keeping it fresh.

Solar Solstice
New Texture Mats

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Dragon's Eye Results
@speedball_ceramics glaze from a hot Cone 6 oxidation firing, 3 brushed coats applied to a White Stoneware clay body.
This New Mid Fire Glaze is now available through
Speedball Ceramics distributors.
Check the 🔗link for local distributors
www.speedballart.com/our-product-...

It’s time for Spooky making💀
I’m doing a Halloween exhibit this year and motivating myself using last years clips.
Here’s one of my favorites.

Tricks of the Ceramic Trade 💯🙌 small opening - thick glaze solution

In the details of my makers mark. Adding a little glaze to emphasize the texture.

#ceramics #pottery #makersmark #process

Thanks Linda😃😃💯

Edge Texture on my test trays for that little extra embellishment. #ceramics #pottery #handmade #clay

Final assembly steps for a bud vase 😃😃

I do not, most open groups are on Facebook.
Other platforms support individual content and not groups.
I do belong to the @themakersplaybook.bsky.social community and love it.

Glaze test trays 👌

My banding wheel brake system. 🧽 sponge

Bud Vases are coming together…

Thanks 😊

😃😃💯 that extra touch

Bottoms get texture too…

#ceramics #pottery #texture

Attaching Bottoms to my extruded bud vase bodies I textured in an earlier step.
Once the bottom is added, I'll add some additional texture to it that matches the body theme. That's the next reel coming.
It's a long set of process steps and we are almost to final assembly.

Lean Processing for preparing bud vase bottoms. Batch of (16) #ceramics #pottery

Body Texture for my bud vases. Batching 80+ with all unique textures.
#ceramics #pottery

Cutting 2-1/2" Squares for the bottoms of my signature bud vases
Using a wooden wheel bat applies the pressure evenly and saves your fingers and the palm of your hand from stress.
using 0.7mil thickness plastic drop cloth from the hardware store. Thin and pliable for this and for covering your pots.

A little ASMR
Bottoms up 😃💯Sound On
Making square cookie cut pieces of clay to attach to the bottom of my bud vases.

Looks fantastic Sally 🙌💯 love this glaze. Shows the texture nicely 👌

Very nice! Love your textures and forms ‼️