DiamondCore® Tools Core Creators - May 2024
Editor’s note: We love seeing all the amazing things people create using DiamondCore® Tools. Your work inspires us — and we think it’ll inspire others, too! That’s why we started this blog series called Core Creators. We highlight stunning ceramic projects and designs created using our pottery tools that caught our eye on social media and beyond. If you’d like us to feature your work, comment below or follow and tag @diamondcoretools on Instagram and Facebook!
Sunlight and spring carvings are in pottery studios around the globe! Artists have been creating beautiful works of art with the help of DiamondCore® Tools. We are blown away by what you’ve been working on and can’t wait to see how you elevate your next ceramic projects. Let’s dive into some of the eye-catching creations you shared with us this May!
Take a look inside this anagama kiln featuring Alex’s (@alex.olson.arts) wood-fired pots. We’re honored that our DiamondCore® sanding pads and sandpaper help smooth the edges of each of these unique clay projects.
Gorgeous, interlinked, carved rings by Qing (@qing.works). We are blown away by the process and are happy to hear our P1 Curved V Tip Carving Tool worked like magic while carving those diamond-shaped holes. We’re excited about which DiamondCore® tools you’ll add to your collection next!
Check out this video from Jody and Robyn at Good Wheel Ceramics (@goodwheelceramics). Smooth as butter! Our team loves to hear that our fluting tools helped prevent you from accidentally slicing through your stunning mugs. Keep up the great work!
These beautiful, carved planters are awaiting some new plant friends! We love what you created, Erika (@the.kind.earth.witch).
How cool is this? Our team is obsessed with the black clay and marbling used to create these vessels. We could stare at these pieces for hours. Thank you for sharing your work with us, Hill Studio Ceramics (@hillstudioceramics)!
Gary (@firewhenreadypottery) created this wonderfully carved bowl using our FP1 Fine Point U Tip 1mm X 1mm Carving Tool. We love that you and your students could spend the night carving together. Group creativity moments are the best!
The way the sunlight hits this little blue bowl is mesmerizing. It looks like the three days of marathon glazing paid off, Jijo (@jijocreates). Keep up the excellent carving work, and keep sharing your projects with us on Instagram!
Nothing says summer quite like a day at the beach. Tricia (@tcpottery) is working on some ocean swirl carving for this bowl. We love seeing how effortlessly you use your P1 Curved V Tip Carving Tool to glide through the clay.
An excellent example of how DiamondCore® trimming tools can be used for more than just their blade. Tzipporah (@sipor.ceramics), keep up the great work, and a big thank you for sharing how to use our tools to elevate ceramic projects.
It’s time for us to buy a flower bouquet so we can copy this simple-yet-elegant look in our studio. We are obsessed with the beautiful vase you created, Mackensie (@lakehousepottery)!
Linda (@twowishstudio) is working on adding blue glaze to the carvings of this wonderful mug. We love the little details and enjoy seeing the time you put into your work! We’re looking forward to seeing what you create next!
What are you working on these days? Share your latest projects with us, and don’t forget to tell us which DiamondCore® tools you reach for the most!
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Evelyn – Thanks for sharing your suggestion for a height-adjustable tool that could be used like a throwing gage but for trimming the top of a piece on a banding wheel (or creating a horizontal line with one of our carving tools). Where there is a need, there is inspiration — and we’ve definitely been inspired by your comment. This idea is something our Research and Development Team will experiment with, and of course, anything we design would be created with the DiamondCore level of quality.
I need a nonexistent tool for hand building. It needs to be Diamond Core quality. My eyes are weird such that they make straight lines look curved, which makes it impossible to cut the top of a piece perfectly. Once in a while I might have a reason to do this. The tool needs to be a height-adjustable tool that sits next to a banding wheel and holds a knife (preferably a very sharp, thin exacto knife type). It would be for trimming off the top of a mug or bowl perfectly level. Many people with good eyes could have occasion to trim off a piece perfectly, people who hand build or wheel throw.
Being able to switch out the knife for a rounded-end tool for marking perfectly for a horizontal design or pushing in a line would be great too.
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