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Announcing New Ceramics Lesson Plans

Announcing New Ceramics Lesson Plans

by Cindy Bracker | Aug 10, 2020 | Education, opportunities, Featured, Lesson Plans, News

Many of you have been following our instagram posts sharing the work of artists of color for the last couple of months.  We started to feature these ceramic artists in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, which brought on the most recent surge in the Black Lives...
Throwing at Home: a video collection on YouTube

Throwing at Home: a video collection on YouTube

by David Sturm | May 8, 2020 | Community, Featured, Lesson Plans, Products, Videos, Wheels

“Wheels will always turn full circle.”     ― Anthony T. Hincks   Even as many states start to re-open their economies, community art centers remain closed for the time being.   This leaves many of us still disconnected from the people, places, and implements...
Clay at Home: 2 Tile Projects Kit

Clay at Home: 2 Tile Projects Kit

by Cindy Bracker | May 6, 2020 | Education, opportunities, Family, Featured, Lesson Plans, News, Specials, Sales

We are excited to announce the official release of our Clay at Home Tile Project Kit.  We found two AMACO lesson plans that both use glazed tiles and teacher’s palette glazes.  We had a great time completing the projects ourselves at home while in quarantine....
Handbuilding at Home: New Video Playlist

Handbuilding at Home: New Video Playlist

by David Sturm | Apr 13, 2020 | Community, Featured, Lesson Plans, Videos

“Creativity takes courage” – Henri Matisse In this time where students and makers alike find themselves struggling to continue their study and exploration of studio art, I am reminded of how true Matisse’s words are.   As Universities, K-12 Schools, and...
AMACO Texture lesson plan in-service

AMACO Texture lesson plan in-service

by Cindy Bracker | Apr 18, 2013 | Education, opportunities, Lesson Plans, Professional Development

One in-service, three new lesson plans!  In this three hour in-service, Bracker’s staff will instruct teachers in three texture-related lesson plans utilizing AMACO texture molds, clay and standard studio tools. Throughout history, artists from around the world...
Whimsical Figures (AMACO Lesson Plan #51)

Whimsical Figures (AMACO Lesson Plan #51)

by Cindy Bracker | Nov 20, 2012 | Education, opportunities, Featured, Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan #51-Whimsical Figures by Dee Schaad Chairman of the Department of Art & Design—University of Indianapolis Please scroll down for the entire lesson plan or follow these quick links: Tools and Materials | Lesson Plan Goals and Objectives | Background and...
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The Tin Man has a heart! You can too! Get ready The Tin Man has a heart! You can too! Get ready for valentines day with these new GR Pottery Forms. 3" Cutie heart sold separately, or pick up a pack of three of the larger ones. They are in stock and ready to go home with you!
Winter got you cold & shivering? Good thing we ju Winter got you cold & shivering? Good thing we just got a bunch of kiln elements in to heat things up!!!
This past fall, we were working on some new clay b This past fall, we were working on some new clay bodies to share with you for our annual New Year's Clay. You may or may not be aware that September 18th is talk like a pirate day. Somehow that ended up being the inspiration for the name of one of the bodies we were developing. It's now ready for release and we are proud to share our new Pyrate Freckle clay body with you. Sold in 25# pugs for trying out. Our initial release of this is a limited run, and we make no guarantees that these Pyrates won't walk the plank or end up hanging from the Gallows, or just sail away to an island in the Carribbean to drink rum. (Read here: there may be some supply chain issues that delay further production) But let us know if you like it, and we may add it to our regular line up!
Do you have your champagne ready for new year’s? Do you have your champagne ready for new year’s? We do! Limited release. Add some sparkle to your life.
Did you hear that Underglaze transfers are on sale Did you hear that Underglaze transfers are on sale? Large sheets: Save $2.25 on 3 Save $5.00 on 5 Save $15 on 10 Small sheets: Save $1.50 on 3 Save $3.75 on 5 Save $10 on 10
Mudtools on sale!!! Buy more, save more! Mudtools on sale!!! Buy more, save more!
Our first Diversity in Clay exhibition, featuring Our first Diversity in Clay exhibition, featuring works from several of our 2021 featured artists. Come see it!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #clayaintdirt #familyowned #lfk #kansas #ceramics #pottery #art #diversity ⁠
Two Favorites of our founder, Anne Bracker! The T Two Favorites of our founder, Anne Bracker! The Trim Gin was a favorite trimming tool of Anne Bracker's from back in the day, and not just because they came in KU Jayhawk colors of Red & Blue. � Somewhere along the way phone numbers changed (or something happened that no one can exactly remember) so when our stock depleted, it seemed they were gone, and there was great sadness....Years later, Peter Callas was in town jurying the Cone Box show and he mentioned his line of tools...IT WAS THE TRIM GIN TOOLS! And there was great rejoicing as we welcomed Anne's favorite trimming tools, along with Peter's popular Ribs, back into the family of Bracker's Stock. Hovey Brushes are all handmade from bamboo and deertail which is a soft, pliable hair, slightly wavy in texture. It produces a brush tip that has a lot of ‘air’, i.e., it will hold a great deal of material. This makes it great for potters (brushes made for watercolor or calligraphy tend to run dry too quickly when used with slips and glazes). The soft texture of the hair gives the brush a bit of a sensual quality. While this takes some getting used to, it works to your advantage since the brush will follow the compound curves of a pot more easily. Bob Hovey (second image), the maker of Hovey Brushes, spent 9 years teaching art at Columbus State University. For the past 30 years, he has been the Art Director and Editor for WRBL News channel 3 in Columbus Georgia. Creating his handmade brushes is a hobby and passion. In over 30 years of selling Hovey Brushes, we have never their equal. The quality, craftsmanship and sheer beauty of these brushes is supreme. Peter Callas, the inventor of Trim Gin, has been a potter for over five decades, "I have expressed life thru art and sought to make a connection of man to nature. The process of wood firing ceramics in wind tunnel kilns molded my character and has been the creative touchstone that changed my aesthetic focus. The kiln served as a tool for finishing work as well as an engine for creative innovation linking the poetics of clay to my vision." (see photos 3 & 4, Peter THEN and NOW)
MKM Tools: Buy 2 save 10%, buy 3 save 15%, buy 4 s MKM Tools: Buy 2 save 10%, buy 3 save 15%, buy 4 save 20%, buy 5 save 25% We're celebrating another small business today, MKM Pottery Tools! Established in 2003 by Rick McKinney, the initial set of tools sold included the MKM Decorating Disk, a few MKM Throwing Tools, and various types of ribs, which were tools that Rick had developed in his studio for his own personal use, and were not available for sale elsewhere. But it was the Decorating Disk (a sort of universal pottery template) that really launched the business. Rick thought it was a good idea, but didn’t have the ability to screenprint or work with acrylic sheets. So he had a bunch made up thinking he would sell what he didn’t need. Years later, Rick is still selling his Decorating Disk and many other tools through a network of ceramics suppliers like Brackers.
Our first Diversity in Clay exhibition, featuring Our first Diversity in Clay exhibition, featuring works from several of our 2021 featured artists. Come see it!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #clayaintdirt #familyowned #lfk #kansas #ceramics #pottery #art #diversity ⁠
Giffin Grips are on sale for $200! Giffin Tec In Giffin Grips are on sale for $200! Giffin Tec Inc. is a family run business started in 1978 to manufacture Giffin Grips. The Giffins continue to think up new tools for potters to this day, along with ongoing improvements to the Giffin Grip itself. Giffin Tec Inc. designs and manufactures the original Giffin Grip pottery wheel tool; acclaimed as "The easiest centering and trimming chuck available." Fun Fact: YEARS ago, Brian Giffin walked around the NCECA conference and was taking photos of all the family businesses in the exhibitor hall. I think there were THIRTEEN businesses who were at least 2 generations, and 3 i think were in their third generation! � He really wanted to find someone to write an article for Ceramics Monthly about it, especially since the making of pottery itself has a deep history of being a generational craft. The second generation of the Giffin Family includes Zack Giffin (second image, on the right, peeking out from behind the guy in front) and often Sam Giffin (third image with Cindy & Sue), both of whom are good friends to our own second generation, Cindy Bracker and the second gen Dolan, Sue. The annual ceramics conference feels more like a family reunion for these youngsters than it does a business event!
Our first Diversity in Clay exhibition, featuring Our first Diversity in Clay exhibition, featuring works from several of our 2021 featured artists. Come see it!⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #clayaintdirt #familyowned #lfk #kansas #ceramics #pottery #art #diversity ⁠
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