How To Make A Ceramic Bowl By Hand

Now you have a bowl but more than likely it is too thick to be a good bowl.

How to make a ceramic bowl by hand.

Handbuilding is an ancient pottery making technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel using the hands fingers and simple tools. Ceramic mold making opens up endless potential for creative expression. To make a pinch pot one inserts a thumb into a ball of clay and continually pinches the the clay between the thumb and fingers while rotating to thin. Many new potters and experienced ones as well want to go bigger and better with bowls but just don t know how to get there.

If you want to make pottery decide on which item you re going to make before choosing an appropriate clay such as low fire clay. The most common handbuilding techniques are pinch pottery coil building and slab building. How to hand build serving bowls did you ever wish you could make a large serving bowl but don t have a pottery wheel. You want the sides to be about 1 4 inch thick.

Well maybe it s time for you to consider hand building one. Or maybe you re not quite accomplished enough at the wheel to do it. In this video i will show you how to do clay bowl using the score and slip method without a pottery wheel as well as finishing steps using a clay sponge t. If you re making a bowl or plate use a potter s wheel to ensure it s symmetrical.

To get the walls thinner place one hand on the outside of the bowl and one on the inside.