Pottery equipment

This $7 nifty plastic bin may be the best thing I’ve ever added to my home studio and gifted to my community studio. Please let me introduce you to my Giffin Grip Trimming Catcher! Trimming leads to clay bits all around the wheel. I tend to trim many pots in one sitting, so the bits that fell on the ground had time to dry out and then were ground to dust as I got up from the wheel. This scenario is bad enough in a one-person studio, but in a group setting, it’s even more of an issue. But…

I often get asked how I set up my home studio and where did I start, so I thought I would give you my top tips on what you need to set up your own…

For every traditional pottery tool I have in my studio, I have probably just as many that are a little more out of the ordinary. Here are some of my favourites.

This Step-by-Step Home Pottery Studio set up guide will walk you through everything that you need for your Home Studio.

Build a Country Pottery Clay Wedging Table: To begin any pottery project you have to condition your clay before taking it to the wheel. thi is called Wedging, its a dull tedious and labour intensive undertaking. if the clay is too wet, you have to knead the clay onto an absorbant surface to …

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This $7 nifty plastic bin may be the best thing I’ve ever added to my home studio and gifted to my community studio . Please let me introduc...

I have no running water in my studio. I like it that way. Being a ceramic handbuilder, I work fairly dryly and clean up often, but, even for me, there comes a time when the water bucket needs changing. And, if you didn’t already know, clay and ceramic materials make serious sedimentary glop. For […]