Pottery Projects & Tutorials

Turn clay into beautiful pottery with these project ideas. We'll teach you how to shape and fire clay, as well as glazing and decorating techniques.
mini succulent planters
10 Unique Air Dry Clay Project Ideas
Pottery making kiln
Reduction Firing in Pottery
Fire in a pottery kiln
The Firing Process for Making Ceramics
Innovative Ideas for Ceramic Plant Pots
How to Make a Ceramic Plant Pot
A close-up of an antique marbled vase
Decorating Techniques: Marbling With Clay and Slips
Mary Cargile working her Obvara pots during Raku pottery firing at El Camino Fundamental High School, Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 6, 2014.
Obvara Firing Technique in Pottery
Kintsugi Pottery Bowl
What Is the Japanese Technique of Kintsugi?
Cup and tools on pottery wheel
How to Throw a Basic Cylindrical Pot
Two potters wedging clay in preperation for throwing
How to Build a Wedging Table
Close up of female potters hands making bowl
How to Bisque or Biscuit Fire Pottery
Pottery handles
How to Make Handles for Pottery
Mishima pottery
Mishima Technique and Tools
a slab-built pottery mug
How to Make a Slab-Built Pottery Mug
Sculpting clay on pottery wheel
How to Center Clay on the Potter's Wheel
A raku pot wreathed in smoke as it comes out of the combustion chamber.
Overview of Japanese Pottery Technique Raku
Woman loading ceramics kiln
How to Load a Ceramics Kiln
Cutting clay
Making a Basic Slab Pot
Molding pottery clay
Recycling Clay Scraps Into Workable Clay for Pottery
Sculptor at work
The Basics of Hand-Building Slab Pottery
Burnishing workshop of the manufacture nationale de Sèvres.
How to Burnish Pottery
Red clay prepared for pottery students
How to Make Clay Slabs for Hand Building Pottery
Ceramic stains can also be used as washes, not just for lines.
How to Use Ceramic Stains on Bisqueware
Cropped hands of potter painting ceramics on table in workshop
5 Methods for Painting Pottery