Instructions for Building a Wedging Table for Pottery
Create a Diagram for Building Your Wedging Table Before building your wedging table, consider the following specifics as you plan: Establish depth and width: If you’ll use your wedging table…
How to Throw a Basic Cylindrical Pot
Wedge Your Clay The Spruce / Beth E Peterson Of all the steps you should do before sitting down to your wheel, wedging your clay is the most important one.…
What Is the Japanese Technique of Kintsugi?
There is something rather magical about the Japanese art form of Kintsugi and how it transforms something broken, or in the traditional sense imperfect, and makes it more beautiful and…
Obvara Firing Technique in Pottery
If you’ve tried raku firing, oxidation, and reduction firing techniques, then you might want to have a go at the lesser-known type of firing called Obvara. Its similarity with raku…
Marbling With Clay and Slips
Once you have made your pottery piece, you can have some fun and unleash your creativity with some brilliant decorating ideas. Marbling with clay or slips is a great way…
A Quick Guide to Basic Pottery Tools
The Box Beth E Peterson Many potter’s tools are fairly small and easy to misplace. Most potters use some form of box where they keep their tools for the sake…
How to Begin Creating Pottery With Clay
Work Surfaces Hero Images/Getty Images Clay will stick to or leave vast smears on most surfaces. It can also be impossible to separate a newly formed clay object from the…
The Basics of Pottery Clay
Earthenware Clays Getty Earthenware clays were some of the earliest clays used by potters, and it is the most common type of clay found. These clays are highly plastic, or…