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Craft a stunning textured vase with ease using our quick tutorial! 

🎨🌿 Follow these simple steps utilizing clay, potter tools, and a mould: 

Roll out your clay to around 8mm thickness. 

Cut two circular clay pieces for the vase body using templates. 

Place each clay piece on a round plaster mould, molding them to perfection for ideal alignment. 

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Experimenting today with three different glazes

One of the things I’ve been doing recently, is trying different glaze combos to get it to see if we can get some new combinations that will suit some of the newer clays that were using, this most recent experiment is to try the sapphire blue with temmoku but with the added glaze of the white experim… Read More “Experimenting today with three different glazes”

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Nautilus shell Design! 

Join our step-by-step guide to hand-building a Shell Vase, a timeless addition to any space.

Start by cutting circles from clay and shaping them on a mould, using clay tools to refine the shape.

For more on specifics on hand building such as preparing your clay, wedging, rolling out your clay & so… Read More “Nautilus shell Design! ”

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Using three different glazes for this combo today! 

Our tried and true whacky wombat combo with the added new pink glaze to see how the three glazes would interact. Because the third glaze will add more material to the top of the vase I was careful not to dip the third glaze too much as I didn’t want the glaze crawling or running 

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Textured Open Neck Moon Vase

Join us as we hand-build a Textured Open Neck Vase, perfect for adding elegance to any space. Here’s a step-by-step guide:

Cut circles from clay, shaping them on a mould. Use clay tools to shape the clay.

For more on specifics on hand building such as preparing your clay, wedging, rolling out your cla… Read More “Textured Open Neck Moon Vase”

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Arts & Crafts Pottery Shape

After being inspired by arts and crafts pottery vases on the Internet, I decided to give the shape a try myself!!! 🤩

A few tips:

Forming The Walls:

I create an opening in the clay’s center by pressing my thumbs down while the wheel is in motion. Gradually widening the hole to the desired size is essent… Read More “Arts & Crafts Pottery Shape”