by Ian Adair | May 26, 2026 | Pottery Techniques
How to Center Clay on a Pottery Wheel: A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide Centering clay is the most frustrating part of learning to throw, and almost every beginner spends weeks convinced they’re the only one struggling with it. The good news: centering...
by Ian Adair | May 26, 2026 | Pottery Basics
How to Make Pottery: A Complete Beginner’s Guide (2026) Quick Answer: To make pottery, prepare and wedge your clay to remove air pockets, then shape it using a wheel or hand-building methods like pinch, coil, or slab. Let the piece dry slowly to leatherhard,...
by Ian Adair | May 21, 2026 | Pottery Techniques
Coil Pottery: Step-by-Step Guide to Hand-Building Techniques Coil pottery is the oldest reliable way to build a pot from scratch, and it still produces some of the most striking ceramic work being made today. If you want to learn a technique that needs no wheel,...
by Ian Adair | May 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Pottery Kilns for Beginners: The Complete Buying Guide (2026) Choosing your first pottery kiln is the moment hobbyist potters become serious potters. It is also the biggest equipment purchase most of us ever make. After fifteen years behind the wheel and four kilns...
by Ian Adair | May 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
How to Trim Pottery: The Complete Beginner’s Guide Quick Answer: Trimming pottery is the process of refining a leather-hard piece on the wheel, carving away excess clay to shape a foot ring, thin the walls, and finalize the form. You re-center the piece upside...
