clay resources — Chases Garage

Clay Resources

Fundamentals

Stages of Clay
Attaching Clay Parts
Centering Hand Position
Bailey Slab Roller Demonstration
Wedging
Throwing Cross Section
How to Clean your Wheel
Throwing Bat Care and Use
Wax
Wax for Lids
GR Pottery Forms
Water Testing + Wet Sanding
Beginner Throwing Tutorials

Rams Head Wedge
5 Steps to Centering Clay
Centering: Throwing w/ Danielle
Control at the Wheel w/ Danielle
How to Throw a Cylinder w/ Danielle
How to Throw a Cylinder
Opening Clay
Pulling for Beginners
Trimming
How to use a throwing stick
Colored Slips

Colored Slip Instructions
Our Colored Slips
Erica’s favorite brush for applying slip
Underglaze

Underglaze Instructions
Amaco V-361 Jet Black Underglaze
Amaco LUG-1 Black Underglaze
Underglaze Tests by Debra Kam
Surface Decoration

Water Etching Instructions
Underglaze vs Colored Slip
Paper Resist Steps
Paper Resist Examples
Mishima Steps
Mishima Examples
Sgraffito Steps
Sgraffito Examples
Our Favorite Tools

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Video Tutorials

Making a "Fake" Pulled Handle
Handbuilt handles
How to pull a handle
Foot Placement for trimming a bowl
How to Make a Gallery (Lidded Jar)
Carving with Care ~ Adam Field
Deep carving methods
Ceramics Related Content

Ceramics Monthly
Pottery Making Illustrated
NCECA
CFile
Digital Fire
Artaxis