What do you need to make pottery?

Answer 1

You can either form the clay using the slab, coil, or pinch methods. These three methods are not done with the use of the pottery wheel, and in most cases a person's education about pottery making starts with these hand building processes. Pots can also be formed on the pottery wheel. The clay is positioned and stuck onto the wheel head. The clay is then moistened, turned, and formed with the guidance of the craftsman's hands.

Answer 2

you take clay and tools and use them to mold the clay into different forms. Depending on what you want to make it differs. However, you have to use slip as an adhesive (slip is a mix of dry clay and water). Using the pottery wheel is a whole different story however. I'm not sure which you were refering to though. Please be more specific next time.

Answer 3

Making pottery on a potter's wheel is challenging and takes training and practice. Watching an experienced potter can be deceiving because it looks effortless. Many things are happening to create the piece. The clay must be kneaded and have no air bubbles, be centered on the wheel and the process begins. First is shaping and centering the clay, then a hole is created in the center, and depending on the design, the piece can be drawn up, out, in, etc. Tools needed are sponges, water buckets, wire cutter, and the wheel. Because so much is involved it is best to take a ceramics class.

Answer 4

1.clay

2.talent

To be more specific, usually you use clay, water, modeling tools from wood and/or rubber, rollers to make slabs, fabric to cover the slabs, a working board on a table, sometimes slip[mud from clay and water] to bind sections.. When you have made something to keep you allow it to dry to very dry and arrange to have it fired in a kiln to the right temperature. Then it is often covered with a glaze and refired. You can usually make many things with what's on hand in most homes.

A person does not need talent to enjoy the process.

Answer 5

Pottery can be made in many different ways. I'm not sure what you mean by "the old fashioned way", but the basic methods of making pottery are throwing clay on a wheel and building a piece by hand. Wheel throwing on non-electric wheels is not as old as handbuilding, but is still old fashioned. Kickwheels are foot powered and were used a long time ago. Handbuilding can be done by making coils of clay and putting them together to build a bowl or vase or anything else. The pottery of the Southwestern Native Americans was almost exclusively fashioned from coils.

Answer 6

The makers sculpt the clay in order to make pottery and then put it in a oven and let it harden.

Answer 7

There are many ceramic shops across the US, find one near you, they usually have classes, sign-up' the instructor will guild you in what ever you choose to make. Good-Luck!

Answer 8

clay and sand