How to Make AGATEWARE/NERIKOMI Patterns

How to make Agateware/Nerikomi patterns with colored porcelain. I've made a few agateware/nerikomi pottery videos already so I figured it was time for a more in-depth tutorial. It's longer than my usual videos but I promise there's lots of good tips and techniques for making your own nerikomi blocks that you can then use to make colored pottery. The process takes a long time so it's hard to keep the videos short. Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think!

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You DON'T ALWAYS need mason stains for this process. You could just use a brown clay and a white or gray clay.

You might also come across neriage in your nerikomi search. It's a similar process, sometimes used interchangeably, but neriage is usually made on the wheel after your slabs are cut and formed into a cylinder. Neri means "to mix" and age means "pull up". But again, nerikomi and neriage are similar and use many of the same techniques. Marbled clay is also in this family but usually marbled clay is messier and uncontrolled. Nerikomi, agateware, and neriage are more controlled processes.

I'm using a cone 6 porcelain colored with different mason stains. If you're interested in adding colors to your clay you can check out one of my videos about adding colors to clay. Colored clay pottery is awesome and it makes glazing much easier if you have limited glaze choices. I usually dip my pieces in clear after they've been bisque fired but not always.

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