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Can I Use a Pottery Kiln at Home? – Where to Put Your Kiln
Transporting your greenware all over town to get it fired can be stressful. Perhaps you are wondering if you should buy a kiln. Having a pottery kiln at home is certainly convenient. The question is whether it’s
How do You Make Sgraffito Pottery? – 3 Easy Fun Techniques
Sgraffito pottery is really quite simple to make. However, it can be extremely satisfying and lovely to look at. Like most techniques in pottery, there are several ways of approaching sgraffito. When I became interested in it
How Much Does a Pottery Wheel Cost? – Buyers Guide
When I bought my first wheel, I wasn’t sure how it was going to fit into my life or home. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on something that I simply didn’t get a
What Can Kids Make With Clay? 18 Clay Ideas for Children
You may have one of those crafty, artistic children who likes to make things all the time. Or perhaps you have a long school vacation stretching out in front of you. Either way, if you have been
4 Ways to Make Pottery Without a Wheel – Hand Building Clay
When you think of pottery, you might automatically think of ceramics made on a potter’s wheel. However, a lot of really lovely pottery is hand-built, without a wheel. Many hand-building techniques are quite simple. You might need
20 Ingenious Ways of Transporting Greenware Pottery Safely
Bone dry pottery is extremely fragile. In particular handles on mugs and jugs, and other fine detail can be broken off easily. But many potters, particularly in the first few years of making pottery don’t own their
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!
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Recent Posts
Can I Use a Pottery Kiln at Home? – Where to Put Your Kiln
Transporting your greenware all over town to get it fired can be stressful. Perhaps you are wondering if you should buy a kiln. Having a pottery kiln at home is
How do You Make Sgraffito Pottery? – 3 Easy Fun Techniques
Sgraffito pottery is really quite simple to make. However, it can be extremely satisfying and lovely to look at. Like most techniques in pottery, there are several ways of approaching
How Much Does a Pottery Wheel Cost? – Buyers Guide
When I bought my first wheel, I wasn’t sure how it was going to fit into my life or home. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on
What Can Kids Make With Clay? 18 Clay Ideas for Children
You may have one of those crafty, artistic children who likes to make things all the time. Or perhaps you have a long school vacation stretching out in front of
4 Ways to Make Pottery Without a Wheel – Hand Building Clay
When you think of pottery, you might automatically think of ceramics made on a potter’s wheel. However, a lot of really lovely pottery is hand-built, without a wheel. Many hand-building
20 Ingenious Ways of Transporting Greenware Pottery Safely
Bone dry pottery is extremely fragile. In particular handles on mugs and jugs, and other fine detail can be broken off easily. But many potters, particularly in the first few
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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!
The Pottery Wheel is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. This is an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for site to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. I also may get a small commission from other affiliate programs.
