Just starting out with pottery? This board has the must-haves (and the nice-to-haves) for beginners—tools, starter kits, easy glazes, and a little inspo to keep you motivated when your mug comes out looking like… not a mug.
Sections
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Wheels
Hand building
Slip Casting
Kilns
Glaze
Wheels
This is a decent low end wheel - just don’t use too much clay or be too strong or you’ll overpower it.
Speedball Pottery Wheels Archives
These are my favorite wheels; I had them in college and in two of my classrooms! They last forever and hardly need tune ups!
Brent Ceramic Wheels: Pottery Equipment
Hand building
This kits is perfect to start with for hand building and throwing.
Kemper Pottery Tool Kit Set of 7
I love Mud Tools too! [But they cost a bit more!]
Mudtools Essentials Start Kit
Shredders are my favorite tool to use with students to remove extra weight from their pieces. [You can also get these at Home Depot.]
Shredders
Slip Casting
My students love to “cheat” with slip casting. Slip casting helps them speed up their process!
Mayco Slip Cast Molds
Make sure that you get the mixing attachment for your drill!
Casting Slip
If you want a course on mastering slip casting, Hammerly is your guy!
Mold Making/Slipcasting Bundle
Kilns
A lot of the schools in our area have Skutt kilns; they are great and easy to use!
Skutt Kilns
Olympic is the only brand that I have had in my classroom since I live close to the company. Always consistent and long lasting!
Olympic Kilns
Glaze
These glazes are the most consistent and easy to use! My students love that they are more like paint as far as the colors.
