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Best Gadgets for The Studio
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Best Gadgets for the Pottery Studio

Every pottery studio needs gadgets. Working can be made much more enjoyable if you have the right gadgets. Pottery studio gadgets can help make your environment livelier and make tasks easier to complete. The following 9 pottery studio gadgets that can be used in your potters’ studio, and are very

metal caliper
Clay FAQs

Calipers: All You Need to Know

Potters use calipers to measure things, usually openings and galleries in lidded forms. Calipers can be very helpful for potters and help get rid of the guesswork. Calipers also have lots of other beneficial uses, and in this article, we will discuss them. We will also discuss the different caliper

Atomizer Sprayer
Advanced Ceramics

How to use an Atomizer Sprayer / Glaze Sprayer

Patricia Bridges of Bridges Pottery shows us how to use a “Glaze Sprayer” or “Atomizer Sprayer” to decorate your ceramics with glaze. This is a great way to build up different layers and different patterns of glaze. Its fun to try out and experiment with, and can help give you a unique style.

Wedging Boards
Advanced Ceramics

Wedging Boards – All you need to know

What is a wedging board? One essential tool that everyone should have in a potters’ studio are wedging boards. These large boards allow you to wedge your clay before throwing it on the pottery wheel. There are many different options a potter can choose from when it comes to wedging boards,

Fountain Glazer
Advanced Ceramics

How to make a fountain glazer

Fountain Glazers: What are Fountain Glazers? How do Fountain Glazers work? How can you make your own Fountain Glazer? Find out here!

Beginner Ceramics

The 10 Best Pottery Tools for Beginners

Best Pottery tools for Beginners: Are you starting a pottery course and looking for the best pottery tools? Here we list the 10 Best Pottery Tools for Beginners

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Simple Pottery Tools – "Ball Opener"

Tom Whitaker shows us a simple and effective pottery tool for opening a ball of clay – especially designed to create an evenly thick bottom… Genius! Want more pottery tools – then read our top 10 list of the best pottery tools for beginners.

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Used Pottery Wheels

Used Pottery Wheels : A Buyers Guide Used pottery wheels are amazing buys, if you think about it. Who is selling a pottery wheel? Someone not using

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