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Spreading Clay for the Slab Pot

Begin with a smooth flat surface. Place newspaper or cloth over the surface to prevent the clay from sticking to your work surface. Spread the clay out by patting it with your whole hand. I than placed a towel over the clay and rolled it out with the rolling pin.
This in return gave me a nice texture on the clay to begin building with.

Placing yards sticks down on each side of your slab and rolling between them will give you a workable thickness for the slab pottery project.

Cutting Slabs

Let Clay Firm Up

Score Or Scratch Edges

Apply Slip To Edges

Joining Pottery

Begin joining the slabs together while the slip is still fresh.
Gently place the scored edges together using a slight side-to-side sliding motion until it feels like the slabs have fixed into place.
Always keep your other hand against the sides for additional support.

Use a damp brush (or your fingers and a little bit of water) to smooth out all corners and seams.

Once the piece is constructed and smoothed to your satisfaction, keep it in a safe place where it can dry thoroughly.

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Have you ever come up with a good idea while working with your handmade pottery or ceramics and thought that you would like to share it with others? You have? Well, why not send it to us and we will add it to the tips page for all to see.

Handmade pottery can be a very gratifying hobby that produces fun and satisfying results. For many people it's an enjoyable release that is created by working an inanimate mound of clay into a beautiful work of art that you made through your artistic abilities.

The best way of starting out is to take a few lessons. You will probably waste quite a bit in materials when you first get started. Figuring out how to truly make handmade pottery correctly and shape into what you want it to be can be quite an ordeal. The different tools that a normal shop will have can be fun to try. You will soon see which ones you like to use the most and then when you are ready you will know which ones to buy.

With the help of the internet, you can now purchase most if not all of your ceramic and pottery tools and supplies online. We are located far from any well supplied dealers and yet working with reliable ceramic and pottery suppliers online has allowed us to recieve most of our orders within a timely manner.

When you get all set up, just enjoy the hobby and have fun at it. Some people get pretty serious and start selling their creations at craft fairs and small stores, but others just like to create items for themselves, relatives, and friends. Whichever kind of handmade pottery you desire to endeavor, enjoy the hobby and have fun doing it.