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Apr 21
1 min

Progress (?) in 2020

2020 has been a difficult year for my artwork. In addition to the pandemic, I have been struggling with health problems. Not everything...

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Judy Nelson-Moore

Mar 27
1 min

Photography

Making photos of 3-d work is more difficult than 2-d work. Being the rabid do-it-yourselfer that I am, I always like to take my own...

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Judy Nelson-Moore

Dec 5, 2020
1 min

Arizona Textures

A selection of textures I found wonderful and inspirational from a trip to Arizona in 2017.

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Judy Nelson-Moore

Oct 30, 2020
2 min

Why use Paperclay?

Ideas to use paper pulp as an additive to clay in hand-building ceramic sculptures or functional items. What is Paperclay? A clay body...

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Judy Nelson-Moore

Oct 5, 2020
3 min

Techniques for Working with Paperclay

For the most part, you can treat paper-clay just like regular clay, but it does handle a little differently. It is a little harder to...

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Judy Nelson-Moore

Oct 4, 2020
3 min

How to Make Paperclay

To Make or Buy: First, let’s discuss why you would make your own paperclay when you can buy it. Although some people don’t have a local...

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Judy Nelson-Moore

Oct 3, 2020
1 min

References for Paperclay

Books: Rosette Gault, Paperclay Art and Practice, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2013. Rosette Gault, Paper Clay for...

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Judy Nelson-Moore

Jan 31, 2020
5 min

Ghost Ranch Fume Firing

Report of first firing of rebuilt saggar kiln at Ghost Ranch Pinon Pottery Studio, December 2019-January 2020

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Unfired Clay Sculpture and Sustainable Ceramics

Judy Nelson-Moore

Aug 31, 2018
4 min

Unfired Clay Sculpture and Sustainable Ceramics

Workshop: Unfired Clay Sculpture and Sustainable Ceramics The promotion of sustainable ceramics is a desire to protect the natural...

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