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A scanned picture of the cover of the Creative Paradise Handbuilding Catalog from 2004. It features images of a ceramic basket with a woven handle, a star shaped into a dish, a textured dish, and a dish made from woven ceramic strips. 2004 Handbuilding Catalog
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A picture of a square dish made from ceramic. It has irregularly wavy edges. The center depression, also square, is carved with a square swirl design and glazed teal. The outer rim is stamped and carved with a variety of geometric designs and glazed gold. Cosmic Water Dish Tutorial
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A square plate with regularly waved edges made of ceramics. It has a square depression with even sides and is decorated with ceramic ivy leaves and vines in the top right corner. It is glazed with a pale green color. Ivy Plate Tutorial
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A ladybug figure made of ceramic. Its body is round and hollow. It has two large round eyes, a smiling mouth, and four small balls as legs. It also has two curled wires as antenna. It is glazed with red and black. Ladybug Rattle Tutorial
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An oval bodied vase with an inverted conical neck. It has two small loops as handles where the neck meets the body, and a flat circular base. The neck is textured with a floral pattern and the body is smooth. It is glazed with a pale green. Oval-Bodied Vase Tutorial
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A square dish made of ceramic. It has a square depression in the center. The rim is textured to look like assembled mosaic pieces and there is a somewhat floral embellishment texture in the center. Puzzle Mosaic Dish Tutorial
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A pair of hands holding a mold with a finished but unfired ceramic dish. It is circular with a few notches in the outer edge. The rim is colored terracotta while the depressed circular center is colored with a feathered mixture of black and white. Slip-Trail Plate Tutorial
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A hand lifting the lid of a finished but unfired ceramic dish. It is oval in shape, and the lid has a notch. The top of the box has a cross added on top and the sides are decorated with stamped floral designs. Stamped Oval Box Tutorial
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A fish shaped dish made from ceramics. It has large lips and chunky fins. The fins are purple, the body is green with red, blue, and orange patterns, the face is yellow, and the lips are red. The eye is painted on and has long eyelashes. Summer Fish Tutorial
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An hourglass shaped vase made of ceramic. It is divided into two halves vertically. The left half is textured with widely spaced geometric designs and the right with thinly spaced symmetrical repeating waves. It has two small looped handles. Textured Vase Tutorial
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