21 Tips for Hand-Building Pottery

In this video, I will cover 21 essential tips to elevate your hand-building skills, including clay selection, joining clay, creating textures, preventing cracks, and more. The links for the Tools and Supplies used and other Videos are listed below in the Show More Section 👇
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🔷 Tools and Supplies 🔷

✅ Laguna Sold ate 60 Clay
✅ Worktable
✅Stand-alone Slab Roller
✅ Tabletop Slab Roller
✅ Rolling Pin
✅ C - Clamps
✅ Rubber Rib
✅ Wire Bevel Cutter Clay Tool
✅ Fettling Knife
✅ Xiem Super Duty Sponges
✅ Rolling Pin
✅ Nidec Banding Wheel

✅Banding Wheel, 12 Inches
✅ Mister Spray Bottle
✅ Handheld Clay Extruder
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🔷 Bonus Material 🔷

👉 Watch - How To Wedge Clay - A Step by Step Beginners Guide
👉 Watch – 21 Slip Questions
👉 Watch – How to Make a Clay Basket
👉 Watch – How to Prevent Clay from Cracking While Drying
👉 Read – 7 Surfaces for Hand Building
👉 Read - 21 Tips for Hand-Building Pottery
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🔷 My Pottery Wheel and Kiln 🔷

✅ Brent CXC

✅ Skutt KM Series 818-3
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🔷 Tools in My Studio that I use all the time 🔷

Hand Tools
Glazes
Brushes
Favorite Clays
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👇 Visit
Pottery Crafters Website
Pottery Crafters Pinterest
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[janetwilson]

Thanks Marie. Love your presentation. Not sure how you find the time to make thoughtful and accurate presentations. Kudos to you for building the community.
I would add using a slab mat while using your slab roller. I’ve incorporated this into my “tool set” as it reduces the grain marks from my canvas.

[maryjeanallen]

Thanks Marie for another excellent and informative video! You are a wonderful teacher. Thanks again!

[michellev]

Thank you for this video! Some of this was good review for me, and some was new! Thank you for your thoughtful and thorough explanations!! ❤ You are my favorite ceramics YouTuber

[cheekurivedashwini]

Thanks for another video😊no one can beat the explanation like you an wonderful person🤗 always with an great information

[Academic]

You are a treasure. I am grateful for your generosity of knowledge!

[marycarolyn]

You had some really good suggestions. Thanks for sharing!

[rahmonesending]

Wow, what a surprise. It's been a long time since I haven't seen you. It was nice to meet you. Everything you offer is beautiful❤

[MegMcCart]

Thank you! I'm taking a pottery class at college and I have a learning disability so I have to do extra research and work for all my classes. Your videos are informative and calm, and your creations are insisting and seem like something I will be comfortable trying. I really appreciate your videos!

[crappycrafterr]

This lady is like the Martha Stewart of pottery. I love it 😂

[coleenwheeler]

This was very well thought out and explained, thank you!

[Dove]

Thank you. I am a newbie from BC, Canada. Your tips here are great. Thank you

[oldeworldsoapshoppe]

I'm so happy to have found you. My 9 year old twin daughters and i are getting into pottery this year. It's a family activity we want to get into in 2024. ❤ you remind me a bit of Jane Seymour.

[taylorbryant]

I love my husky work bench! Bought it for telework and pottery!

[MillennialB]

Can you try old potters air dry clay, activa supreme air dry clay, and craft smart air dry clay on the wheel soon

[minwon]

Thank you so much ❤❤❤
I have a question…can we color the clay before fired?! If the clay is completely dry??

Or what is the full process after the clay is dry?!

And your channel is really helpful❤❤❤❤❤

[valeriegarza]

How would you fix clay walls when they get too thin? (handbulding)

[takisdemi]

What exactly does the hold at the end do? Eg if it is 5' or 10' minutes?

[adricristaldo]

Hi Mary!!!! i wanted to ask you ... is black and grey clay ok to make mugs because of the manganese in them ? thank you MAry for letting ask you some many questions and always answering .

[demetriadavisboyd]

I want to make jewelry but I don't know which clay to pick. Someone mentioned white B-Mix low firing clay.

[johnathanmobley]

Have you ever fired pots in a pit fire ?