Pottery Basics
Clay, water, and a turning wheel: sounds like a metaphor for life, doesn't it? Pottery making is a sensual, immersive experience that connects our lives with the long history of art and human civilization. Pottery takes us right back to the basics, the millennia-old tradition of using our hands to create useful yet beautiful objects with the earth itself as our material.
But these are basics of an abstract kind, and if pottery is anything, it's tangible. The potter needs clay, a wheel, and a kiln, water, sponges, and accessories such as throwing aprons. These are the basics with which today's novices learn the ancient art of pottery.
Pottery Wheel Buying Guide
With an ancient art form like pottery, there's no need to reinvent the wheel. Knowing about these few basic pottery wheel types is all you'll need to purchase the one that's best for you.
Pottery Kiln Buying Guide
With an ancient art form like pottery, there's no need to reinvent the wheel. Knowing about these few basic pottery wheel types is all you'll need to purchase the one that's best for you.
Pottery Wheel History
The first pottery wheels were either a) used by the gods to create humans or b) invented by humans so they could stop squatting and making pots on big leaves on the ground. We've got both versions of the story covered in our guide to pottery wheel history.
Pottery Glossary
Learning pottery is tough enough without being able to understand all the specialized verbiage. Our pottery glossary defines some of the common pottery terms you should know before you start throwing clay.
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