Thanks for participating in the survey Handbuilding Pottery
Which handbuilding technique do you like most?
How others have answered:
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Making Pinch Pots |
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9% | ||
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Making Slab Pottery |
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48% | ||
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Making Coil Pottery |
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17% | ||
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Making Hump Molded Pottery |
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26% |
Related Information
While you don't need many tools to hand-build pottery, there are certainly several helpful ones:
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A versatile wood tool for all types of handbuilding is this hard wood Kemper rib, perfect for smoothing.
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A scoring tool, for working with slabs and coils, is a time-saver, and this one, which doubles as a texture tool, is faster to use than a pin tool since it has multiple tips, and far superior to a fork especially on thin coils/slabs.
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A pony roller comes in handy for many hand-building techniques, from rolling in texture or tapering sides of handles.
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And for making slabs, a simple wood rolling pin like this one is a must-have: priced right, what we like about this one is the handles roll too, making it much easier on the palms of your hands if you're rolling a lot of clay!