The Clay Authority: Protecting Terracotta As a fifth generation Californian, it’s easy for me to take beautiful weather and sunny, sandy beaches for granted, I also realize that for most of the country, this time of year presents some concerns when it comes to taking care of your garden and terracotta planters Two years ago…
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Why Expensive Pottery for Your Garden?
Why Expensive Pottery for Your Garden? Whether you are a garden enthusiast or if you’re like me and have gardening in your soul, no doubt you are always on the lookout for great pots—not just great shapes and styles but pottery that lasts. English lead containers and Francesco del Re’s pure bronze pots might be…
The Clay Authority – Debunking the Myth of Impruneta Clay
The Clay Authority – Debunking the Myth of Impruneta Clay If you don’t have a subscription to Garden Design magazine, you really should do yourself a favor and get one. This new issue, Spring 2016, has a beautifully presented article about the legendary pottery artisans of the small hill commune of Impruneta just outside of…
Baked Earth: The Truth Behind Authentic Impruneta Pottery
Baked Earth: The Truth Behind Authentic Impruneta Pottery Welcome to another edition of Baked Earth, with information about what’s happening in the world of clay, ceramics and installation pottery. This month, we would like to pop the mythical bubble concerning Impruneta pottery. Impruneta is a commune in the province of Florence, in the Tuscany region…
5 Tips for Winterizing Your Terracotta Pottery
5 Tips for Winterizing Your Terracotta Pottery To many people winterizing terra cotta pottery may seem like a completely irrelevant subject for discourse, but consider that you can add this information to your knowledge just IN CASE it ever gets cold enough to freeze. This is an actual problem for people with terracotta pots in…
The Art of Building Large Terracotta Pottery
The Art of Building Large Terracotta Pottery In all my days of fascination with clay, there is one tool that I would call my tool of choice: the wheel. But the two things that have influenced me most are my teachers and my travels. Over the past thirty years or so I have had the…
