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What Do You Call Someone Who Makes Pottery?

One of the most common names used to refer to someone who makes pottery is the word ‘potter’. However, not everyone who makes pottery uses …

How to Become A Potter – Can You Get A Qualification in Pottery?

Take it from someone who has been there: pottery can look intimidating from the outside. If you were considering how to become a potter, standing …

I’m Lesley, 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 potter's wheel. And so, I have tried to pick up where I left off all those years ago at school. This blog is a chronicle of what I have learned as I got back into the potter's saddle!

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