How to start a pottery hobby
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- How to Make a Double Pinch Pot – An Easy Step by Step Guide
If you like hand building pottery, then learning how to make a double pinch pot is a game-changer. It’s a simple technique, but once you have mastered it, you can use it to make almost any pottery form. I use the double pinch pot to make teapots, vases, jugs and pitchers. In this post, I …How to Make a Double Pinch Pot – An Easy Step by Step Guide Read More »
- 40 Perfect Gifts for Potters – To Suit Any Budget!
If there is a potter in your life, and you are struggling to find them a gift, you have come to the right place. Pottery is full of gadgets, doohickeys, and thingummy bobs that can make perfect gifts for potters. If you are not into making pottery yourself, it can seem like a minefield. So, …40 Perfect Gifts for Potters – To Suit Any Budget! Read More »
- Do You Have to Wedge Clay When You Are Hand Building?
Wedging clay is a very good idea if you are making pottery on a potter’s wheel. But is it do you have to wedge clay when you are hand building your pottery? I love hand building pottery and I don’t love wedging! So, it was one of the questions I wondered about when I began …Do You Have to Wedge Clay When You Are Hand Building? Read More »
- Easy Tips on How to Clean Your Kiln After Pottery Explodes
If you are reading this post, most likely some of your pottery has exploded during firing. My condolences…it’s sad when it happens, isn’t it? But it’s not the end of the world, it is possible to clean your kiln after pottery explodes. Here are some tips that I have picked up about cleaning a kiln …Easy Tips on How to Clean Your Kiln After Pottery Explodes Read More »
- S Cracks in Pottery – What Causes Them & How to Prevent Them
I recently decided to make a set of dinner plates on my pottery wheel. They turned out quite nicely, but as they dried the dreaded S crack appeared in a lot of them. It got me frantically researching what causes S cracks in pottery and what I could do to prevent them. This is what …S Cracks in Pottery – What Causes Them & How to Prevent Them Read More »
About Me
I’m Lesley Milne, the creator of The Pottery Wheel. Like many people, I used the potter’s wheel at school. But then I began to focus on clay sculpture and I left the wheel behind. However, more recently, I found myself being drawn back to pottery and the potters wheel. And so, I have tried to pick up where I left off all those years ago. This blog is a chronicle of what I have learned as I got back into the potters saddle!
