Wood Pottery Tools, Rolling Pins, Design Clay Tools
Wood tools provide endless ways to work with clay, from carving and patterning, to trimming excess, smoothing, rolling, and, with the venerable paddle, shaping. Here you'll find several worth considering if they're not already in your kit.
Boxwood Clay Tools - Set of 12
For wheel work and handbuilding, this comprehensive set of wood tools covers a variety of tasks from patterning, smoothing, cutting, and beyond. Each tool has unique characteristics that make one better than another for any given pottery step. We like this set because it's made from hard, durable boxwood.
Double-Ended Teapot Spout Maker for Pottery
I'm a little teapot, Short and stout, Here is my handle, Here is my spout... (Published 1939, Written by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley)
Sure, you can throw your teapot's spout, but if you're not a wheel person, or simply prefer a handbuilt spout, then this little gem is your tool. It's so easy to make spouts in multiple sizes, you're going to ask yourself - self, how did I do without?
Rolling Wooden Tools - Set of 4
Create a multitude of patterns with these sturdy, one-piece wooden rollers. Set includes four rollers each with a different design. Make multiple passes at different angles to create your own unique clay patterns. Coating helps reduce sticking. Each roller is approximately 7 inches long including the handles.
Ateco Large Solid Maple Rolling Pin - 3 inch diameter
This rolling pin is as solid as they come, made of rock maple wood. The barrel is 15 inches wide and 3 inches in diameter, and the overall width is wider with the handles. It has rust-proof bearings: the handles roll independently of the barrel, facilitating rolling larger slabs with less stress on the wrists.
This is a high quality rolling pin which should last years. We have a similar one (not this brand) that has lasted over 2 decades, used often, and is like-new.
Cleaning Tip: Wipe the wood surface with a damp rag or sponge. Then dry completely.
Tip: Use with rolling sticks (see below) to easily and quickly produce slabs comparable to a slab roller, at a fraction of the cost.
Rolling Thickness Sticks (17 inch long, 5 sizes)
Roll out slabs like a slab roller can produce, at a fraction of the cost, with these hardwood strips, which come in 5 different thicknesses: 3mm, 5mm, 7mm, 10mm, and 12mm. In total, there are 10 sticks, 2 in each thickness.
Choose your thickness pair, then place one on the left, one on the right, the clay in the middle, and use your rolling pin to roll. Disengage, or flip, the clay, as needed, and continue rolling. When the clay's thickness matches that of the strip you're using, let the hand-building begin!
Pony Roller - Double-ended Hardwood Roller
A hardwood pony roller is a versatile clay tool for both hand-building and wheel thrown vessels. One end is standard roller, 4.5 inches wide; The other is 2.5", rounded, and slightly tapered. A pony roller is perfect for rolling texture into clay, for making and tapering appliques, and for altering thrown pots.
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