Hand-Built Ceramics: A 3-Part Series
All levels | 1 hour 55 min
01:19
Pinch Pot, Slab, and Coil Forms
00:50
02:08
02:29
06:02
07:57
13:42
11:24
12:46
06:55
Creating and Attaching Handles
00:32
00:30
10:13
07:56
07:03
03:49
Introduction to Glazing
00:50
00:58
02:22
05:04
01:38
04:13
05:16
Taught by Linda Fahey
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Learn how to create beautiful ceramic vessels at home without a potter's wheel. California ceramicist and designer Linda Fahey shows you every step of setting up a studio at home, and then demonstrates three methods for hand-building pottery. Along the way, she covers creating and attaching handles and even provides an introduction to glazing and firing. This three-part course covers all of the essential information you need to know to play with clay in your home studio.

 
Here’s what you’ll need:
Hand-Built Ceramics: Pinch Pot, Slab, and Coil Forms
  • 25lb bag of clay (Linda suggests B-Mix cone 5/6 midfire with sand)
  • Sponge
  • Wire tool
  • 3 ribs (serrated, non-serrated, and rubber)
  • Dust mask
  • Small utility knife
  • Scraping tool
  • Smoothing tool
  • Rasp
  • Rolling pin or PVC pipe
  • Thin sheets of plastic (dry-cleaning plastic is ideal)
  • Spray bottle
  • Sealable containers with lids
  • Two ¼” wooden dowels
  • Wet towel
  • 3" biscuit cutter
  • Rinse bucket
  • Small slip brush
  • Apron (optional)
  • Hand-Built Ceramics: Creating and Attaching Handles
  • Cup forms at “leather hard” stage
  • Wedged clay for handles
  • Sponge
  • Sheets of plastic and a storage box
  • Handled blending tool
  • Scoring tool
  • Small wallpaper roller
  • Utility knife
  • Slip
  • Paintbrush
  • Hand-Built Ceramics: Introduction to Glazing
  • Glazing grips
  • Wax
  • Sponge
  • Haka brush
  • Glaze (in a bucket) for dipping (Linda uses Cone 5 satin white)
  • Downloads:
    Learn how to:
    • Create beautiful ceramic vessels
    • Setting up a studio at home
    • Three methods for hand-building pottery

    What you’ll get:
    • Step-by-step expert instruction from Linda Fahey on hand-built ceramics
    • A multi-part video lesson you can access online anytime, anywhere
    • Detailed supplies list
    • The ability to leave comments, ask questions, and interact with other students
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    The instructions were clear and easy to follow. Can't wait to try these techniques.
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