Courses by Mikkel deMib

Welcome from your teacher

What is Pitfire Pottery?

Functional Pitfired Pottery

Pitfire or saggar fire?

Colorants and safety

Pitfire and glazing

Is pitfired pottery food safe?

Pitfired pots change over time

Do as I say — not as I do

Embrace failure

The best clay to use for pitfire

Thickness and shapes

Prepare surface for pitfire

Hand building or wheel throwing pots

Wheel throwing tips for pitfire pottery

Making tall pots for pitfire

Making table lamps

Trimming pots and adding porclain slip

How to make your own Terra Sigillata

How to color your Terra Sigillata

How to apply your Terra Sigillata

A whiter Terra Sigillata

Bisque fire or not?

Tips for the best bisque fire

Bisque fire in a raku kiln

How to make an oil drum pitfire kiln

Alternative oil drum designs

The wood to fire with

How to apply colorants

Collecting organic colorants

The right place to fire

Packing and fire the kiln

How to measure pitfire temperatures

Dealing with smoke

How to avoid cracks

Refire pitfire

Pitfire glazed pottery

Pitfire glazed pottery in a metal saggar

Flash Fire pottery

Dust, brush and polish

More about polish and Seal

Kintsugi repair of pitfired pots

Lidded Jars for Pitfire

Getting the inside dark

Raku glaze on a pitfired pot

Making ash glaze from pitfire ashes

Saggar fire in a raku kiln

Pitfire, glaze and gold: Prepare (step 1)

Pitfire, glaze and gold: The pitfire (step 2)

Pitfire, glaze and gold: The gold (step 3)