Hand building pottery

Making a pinch pot mug is simple, and like anything the more you practice the easier it will become. Once you have mastered the pinching …

Making pinch pottery is very tactile.  As you pinch your pot you will feel the thickness of the clay between your fingers and thumb.  But …

Pinch pots are one of the oldest ways of making pottery.  There is evidence that pinch pot history starts many thousands of years ago.   …

Pinch pots are one of the easiest and fastest ways of hand building pottery.  Once you have mastered the basic pinch pot technique you can …

Before it is fired, clay goes through three distinct stages.  The first stage is when it is soft, plastic, and workable.  The second stage is …

The first step in making coil pottery is learning how to roll a clay coil.  This might sound simple, and of course, in some ways, …

Plaster hump molds for clay pottery are relatively expensive to buy.  But they are extremely easy to make.  And you can make beautiful pottery with …

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