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Simple Textured Pottery Decoration Techniques : Chattering the Clay

Pottery Decoration Techniques: Easy as ABC

Ingleton Pottery shows a video of a very easy but effective pottery decoration technique to add some texture to the pot using the Chattering technique.

Very easy to do.

Once the pot has been thrown on the wheel, let the pot become quite dry and using a chattering tool you can produce a random but effective design on the pot very easily.
Give it a go, it’s different every time.

(Do you need a pottery wheel? Then check out our guide on buying used pottery wheels.)

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