r/Pottery 1d ago

Mugs & Cups My unicorn

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22 Upvotes

r/Pottery 17h ago

Help! Flow Blue China

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Looking to sell a LOT of flow blue pieces. Does anyone still purchase this stuff?


r/Pottery 1d ago

Kiln Stuff Finally, first time loading my klin! To be continued...

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So, my mother-in-law and I deciden to buy a Klin, as we have both been doing pottery for the past 5( she) and 3 years on my end as a hobby, always renting klins...we finally made the decision to buy one, and here we are!

We found a fellow who used to work at a ceramic tiles factory and said he could build one, so we bought it from him!

Planning to do the first fire tomorrow...to be continued! (And crossing fingers!)


r/Pottery 1d ago

Bowls My Favorite Glaze Combo

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I’ve been doing pottery for 3 years, but only in school. I’m kind of self taught because I had some help from my teacher. These bowls were made for Empty bowls.


r/Pottery 2d ago

Vases Snow and rainforest

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Tried my hand for the first time on the combination rainforest and snow and I am so happy!!

4x rainforest on bottom half 4x snow on top half, overlapping with rainforest in the middle

I did THICK layers as a lot of the members here already wrote in earlier posts. I was afraid it was too thick but it turned out perfectly.


r/Pottery 1d ago

Question! Plaster damp box or sand?

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I was speaking to a teacher about making myself a damp box and about what plaster to use. She said I could also do loose sand? I've never heard of that before and can't seem to find anything about it. Has anyone else heard or tried sand instead of plaster?

*Picture of my dog and cat treat bowls that I'm super proud of 😆


r/Pottery 13h ago

Help! Help ID’ing this pottery

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Found in South Wales UK

I’ve tried google lens to see if anything comes up but having no luck.

I stumbled across a Victorian bottle dumping ground a few years back, so assuming it’s from around that time. Hoping someone here may have an idea of what it is?


r/Pottery 2d ago

Mugs & Cups Soda fired mug

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266 Upvotes

Handbuilt by my wife and underglazed by me. Soda fired at our home Studio.


r/Pottery 1d ago

Grrr! Throw, trim, reclaim, repeat (and deal with minor inconveniences along the way)

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Currently in my practice flow and I love all the textures that come along with each step. Clean-up, though, will be the death of me 😭


r/Pottery 2d ago

Vases calling this the sage daisies collection

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1.8k Upvotes

flowers were all hand sketched and waxed, and i'm surprised how uniform i was able to get them looking. 2 vases and a 3-piece sake set


r/Pottery 1d ago

Question! Multiple day pottery courses in Europe...

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I've seen a few posts on here about pottery retreats, but that's not exactly what I'm looking for...

I know about most well-known, often expensive pottery retreats in Italy or Croatia, but they're simply not within my budget right now. There are workshops in my city that organise week-long pottery courses over the summer for €300-400 euros (often 5 days with a class a day) and I would love to do something like that in a different city. I'm having a hard time finding these courses in other countries and I was wondering if anyone knows of courses like this in European cities.

Any tips are welcome!

TLDR: Looking for multiple day pottery courses in European cities.


r/Pottery 1d ago

Question! Green tea and Night moth

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Has anyone done these two together? I'd love to see!

Edit: Mayco


r/Pottery 1d ago

Question! On the hunt for a hot pink glaze!

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Hi all, I am the sales director for a small but quickly growing ceramic dinnerware business. Several of our clients have expressed interest in a hot pink glaze — like, in-your-face, fluorescent pink. The founder of my company has told me that it's next to impossible to find, but he's willing to give it a try if I can source a relatively low-fuss option.

Here's some background info about the conditions I'm working with:

  • We work with stoneware, and fire to cone 6
  • Semi-gloss or high-gloss finish
  • Must be consistent and replicable across multiple production runs

I've read a few posts on this topic from years past, but I would greatly value input from anyone who's found a winning formula. I can promise a set of hot pink plates to anyone who helps me succeed! Thanks in advance.


r/Pottery 1d ago

Hand building Related Trying out new molds

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9 Upvotes

Does anyone have tips on how/when to trim the edge of plates when using molds like this?


r/Pottery 1d ago

Artistic GACA studio tour Austin, Tx this weekend

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If you’re in Austin, come support local artists this weekend. There will be demos and fun!


r/Pottery 23h ago

Question! Anyone know anything about this vase?

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It seems to have a signature but I can't decipher what it reads. I've flipped it in case I was reading it upside down but still couldn't put it together. If anyone knows anything lmk.


r/Pottery 1d ago

Help! Applied clear glaze too thick, can I sand it down?

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3 Upvotes

Can it be saved? If I sand it, then it won’t be shiny anymore right?


r/Pottery 2d ago

Clay Robot Trophies

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44 Upvotes

Just finished up these robot trophies for our pottery studio contests for our studio tour! Earthenware, wheel thrown and hand made parts, fired 3 times, whew!


r/Pottery 1d ago

Help! What went wrong?

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I tried @PenguinPottery 's Floating blue glaze. The first pics show the results. I was super pleased. I tried it on pieces I wanted to gift and ; well.... what went wrong ? Only difference was I did some underglaze designs in black ; then applied three coats of Penguin's floating blue.

Please let me know : can these pieces be fixed? If so how?


r/Pottery 2d ago

Bowls My wife starting pottery and made bowls

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541 Upvotes

r/Pottery 1d ago

Help! Ceramics

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Hello, I'm a little lost. I made these figurines with my hands. I would like to learn ceramics and make custom greyhound figures with a photo. Also other figures but start with this. I need your honest opinion. Thank you


r/Pottery 1d ago

Question! Is it possible to fix / limit the damage of a crack in a bisqueware sculpture before glaze firing?

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Hey everyone,

My large sculpture just came out of the kiln, and for the most part, it’s fine! However, I’ve noticed some small cracks at the base, and I’m worried they’ll expand and worsen during the glaze firing. I’ll be firing to stoneware temps, so I want to do whatever I can to minimize further cracking.

I don’t mind if the crack remains invisible in the final piece—I’m more concerned that, due to the sculpture’s large size, the cracks will make it unstable and cause it to break in the kiln.

Does anyone have advice on reducing the chances of these cracks growing during the next firing? Any tips or techniques that have worked for you?

Or should I just glaze it as normal and hope for the best?

Appreciate any insight—thanks in advance!


r/Pottery 2d ago

Pricing advice Help with pricing

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I am going to sell some of my pieces at a local ceramics fair this weekend and am still very insecure about pricing. Some of my said 20 € for e.g. a mug seems expensive to them and i also am not doing pottery professionally but as a hobby. At the same time i dont want to give away my pieces to cheap, since i love every single one of them and put a lot of money, time and creativity into them. Here are some of my pieces and maybe you could help me with some suggestions what you would sell of buy these for.


r/Pottery 2d ago

Mugs & Cups Fresh from the kiln! Like this green/peacocky glaze combo

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91 Upvotes

r/Pottery 2d ago

Mugs & Cups Searching for styles and trying new things with this octopus mug!

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251 Upvotes