Simon Leach gets back to basic in this installment of his ceramics instruction video series. He teaches you first how to find places todig clay, then how to apply a red iron oxide slip to some flower pots he's working on. Multiple lessons in one video! This one is sure to teach you some interesting new pottery techinques.
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Make a "hakeme" brush for slip decorating your pottery
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Build a small downdraft kiln with Simon Leach
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Throw a simple ceramic vase on a pottery wheel
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Polish the surface of clay sculptures
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Throw a ceramic chalice
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Join two pieces of leather-hard clay together
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Throw a wide bowl with Simon Leach
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Fit a lamp base into pottery with Simon Leach
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Decorate ceramics with a torch
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Double dip or glaze ceramic
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Build a small raku kiln
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Make an incense burner out of clay
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Collar a cylinder
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Throw a ceramic casserole dish
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Make a mini polymer clay birthday cake for a dollhouse
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Make a clay birdhouse
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Throw a large ceramic platter on a pottery wheel
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Soak and slake down dried clay with Simon Leach
How To:
Throw a pot using two rubber ribs
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Prepare Raku ceramics for glazing
How To:
Make a "hakeme" brush for slip decorating your pottery
How To:
Build a small downdraft kiln with Simon Leach
How To:
Throw a simple ceramic vase on a pottery wheel
How To:
Throw a ceramic chalice
How To:
Polish the surface of clay sculptures
How To:
Throw a wide bowl with Simon Leach
How To:
Join two pieces of leather-hard clay together
How To:
Fit a lamp base into pottery with Simon Leach
How To:
Double dip or glaze ceramic
How To:
Make simple pot stands
How To:
Soak and slake down dried clay with Simon Leach
How To:
Make a mini polymer clay birthday cake for a dollhouse
How To:
Make an incense burner out of clay
How To:
Collar a cylinder
How To:
Build a small raku kiln
How To:
Prepare Raku ceramics for glazing
How To:
Make a clay birdhouse
How To:
Make ceramic bowls
How To:
Throw a pot using two rubber ribs
How To:
Decorate ceramics with a torch
1 Comment
Nice video, could learn a lot watching his series. Would love to learn more info on where to dig natural clay. We live in Tennessee and are laden with chert. So hard to grow anything because of it. I'm sure that has great possibilities for pottery.
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