Using a Slab Roller to Avoid Wasting Clay by Expert Village

Hi I'm Betty Ingham and on behalf of Expert Village now this got a little bit of a wrinkle in it so what I'm going to do is I'm going to, you have to get the wrinkle out or it will if I where to fire that it would be a crack. What I'm going to do is just... Read More »

Clay Pottery Drying Tips by Expert Village

Okay, so I've got a lid and I've got a base that have both firmed up. They've sat about a day; you want to make sure that it's firm enough that you can't easily push it around. This stage is called leather hard. When you smear, you should not be able to... Read More »

Using a Pug Mill to Reconstitute Clay by Expert Village

Hi I'm Betty Ingham my husband Ben and I have our own business called the Hairy Potters and we make pottery and I'm speaking today on behalf of Expert Village. When we get to about right here we put this brick and this brick will tell us the temperature... Read More »

Pottery Tools by Expert Village

Ok today we're going to do some throwing and before you get started with your throwing you need to gather a few things together. First of all you probably want to put on an apron because you can get pretty messy doing this. Secondly, you want to get a... Read More »

Blue Sludge Glass Beads by Expert Village

All right, so our first step onto making beads today, we're going to use our super blue sludge and our mandrel. So, you read the directions here, and it says shake up. Then you give it a good shake here. I'm going to unscrew the top. Basically, you just... Read More »