Handbuilding
What is handbuilding?
Handbuilding, which includes slab building, coiling, and pinching, is a traditional method of creating with clay in which you use your hands and clay (flat, in round strips, or in a ball) instead of a potter's wheel. If you're new to pottery, this is a very approachable way to get to know clay as an artistic medium.
You will have access to our white stoneware clay, all of our handbuilding tools and textures, and a selection of underglazes and glazes.
Everything you make can be food safe!
But what about the wheel?
Many people prefer handbuilding to the potter's wheel because it's relaxing, free-form, and provides a low-stress activity where you're practically guaranteed success.
What kinds of things could I make?
Practically anything! Some things our students have made: mugs, plates, vases, pipes, plant stakes, wall hangings, charcuterie boards, wall-hung plant pockets, spoon rests, soap dishes, ceramic flowers, ceramic spoons...
See our Pinterest board of ideas
We use a strong, mid-range, white stoneware.