Ceramics Basics Techniques And Tools

Basic pottery hand building techniques.

Ceramics basics techniques and tools.

Freshmen sophomores juniors seniors this is a beginning ceramics pottery class for individual students who are interested in acquiring knowledge and skills in clay. Art203 ceramics i beginning ceramics 5 credit. Building pieces out of clay by hand and throwing pieces on a potter s wheel. Many basic pottery tools are used in both disciplines.

A quick guide to basic pottery tools how to throw a basic cylindrical pot pinch pots 101 how to build clay coil pots. Successful completion of art 1 course available to. Are perhaps the most ubiquitous of all art forms to have emerged from human history. The potter uses his hands and a variety of tools to form the.

Many of these techniques are ones that i use particularly sgraffito raku and underglaze painting. We ll go into more of the pottery tools that you need later but this is a good beginners step and honestly you don t need a whole lot to begin working with pottery and if you re worried about completely messing it all up take the time to learn what materials you re working with and from there work to master your pottery and the craft itself. Here are the basic techniques used by working potters and ceramic artists. Working with clay can take two main directions.

Beth peterson is a potter artist and writer with more than 30 years of experience crafting clay and ceramics.