The beauty of hand building pottery is that you can get started without having to fork out for a lot of costly pottery equipment. It helps to have some basic tools but you can improvise with most of these and use items you have around your home. The other appeal of hand built pottery is…
Slab plates are easy and very satisfying to make. This is a simple step-by-step guide on my 3 favorite ways of making slab plates. These are straightforward techniques and you will be able to make your plates at home with ease. The three techniques that I will be looking at are: Each of these requires…
There are lots of different ways to make nice even smooth clay slabs for slab pottery. One way to make a slab is to use a slab roller. But what is a slab roller? And how does it work? A slab roller is a piece of equipment, that makes large slabs of clay easily. Clay…
If you’re starting to learn about slab pottery, you may have come across the term ‘hard slab pottery’ and wondered what it is. Slab pottery can be made when the clay slab is still soft and flexible. This is soft slab construction. Or it can be made when the clay slab has been left to…
If you are new to making slab pottery, you may have heard the term ‘soft slab ceramics’ and wondered what it is. Soft slab ceramics involves constructing pottery out of slabs of clay that are still moist and pliable. Sometimes soft slabs are used straight after they have been freshly rolled. Other times they are…
If you’re reading this article, you’ve probably heard the term ‘clay slab’ being used and wondered exactly what it meant. So, what is a slab in ceramics? A clay slab is a portion of clay that has been flattened into a sheet. Clay slabs are most often made by using a rolling pin or a…
One of the best ways to make slab pottery look well-crafted is to start off using a nice evenly rolled slab of clay. There are a number of ways to make a clay slab. In this article, I will look at 4 of the easiest techniques, and go into exactly how to roll clay evenly. …
Slab built mugs can be lovely to look at and a pleasure to use. And yet, making a well-crafted slab mug is a simple process. The basic technique for making slab mugs is the simple cylinder mug. Once you know how to make a cylinder mug, you can build on this and make a whole…
Whilst you can freestyle it when making slab pottery, it often works out best when you use a template. And mugs are no exception to this. So, I’ve put together this guide which covers some of the best and easiest ways to make slab pottery mug templates. I will be covering how to make templates…
I’m in the habit of giving my bisque pottery a wipe down with a damp sponge before glazing. But I recently read that some potters never wipe or wash down their bisque ware. I wanted to know if I was wasting my time, so I looked into the pros and cons of washing bisqueware, and…
Clay is one of nature’s most incredible building blocks. You can make almost anything out of clay. It is very versatile and once you grasp a few key ceramic techniques, you can make almost anything. If you are learning how to work with clay, here are some of the most important ceramic techniques to try…
Pottery, clay, and ceramics lend themselves well to a fancy well-crafted turn of phrase. I love a good quote, so I decided to collect together some of the best pottery quotes I had come across. I hope you find some inspiration or at least amusement from the 100 pottery quotes that follow. Pottery Quotes to…