Clay Home Decor The list
8 Clay Mosaic Stepping Stones for a Garden Path
Eight mosaic stepping stone designs for a garden path built to survive rain and frost.
Beginner to intermediate About an hour per stone
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Clay Inspiration The list
The Clay Projects That Deserve an Entire Long Weekend
Eight ambitious clay projects worth clearing a real weekend for, from a wheel-thrown dinner set to…
Beginner to advanced A full weekend, minimum, per project
Air Dry Clay The list
17 Air Dry Clay Projects for Beginners That Look Professional
Seventeen projects chosen for one thing: the size of the gap between what a beginner can…
Beginner 10-60 minutes each
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Air Dry Clay
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2Clay Inspiration
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1Pottery and Wheel
Centering, pulling, trimming, glazing, firing. The long apprenticeship, broken into afternoons.
1Seasonal and Gifts
Ornaments, holiday tables, and handmade presents timed so you are not sculpting on December 23rd.
1Sell Your Clay
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Everything You Need to Start Clay Crafting for Under $20
The shortest possible list of things that will actually get you from nothing to a finished…
Beginner
Air Dry Clay Fix it
Why Your Air Dry Clay Keeps Cracking, and the Fix for Each Cause
Cracking is not one problem with one answer. It is five different problems that look identical,…
All levels
Clay Sculpture Step by step
12 Clay Animal Sculptures Perfect for Beginners
Start with animals whose charm survives imprecision. A slightly wrong hedgehog is still a hedgehog; a…
Beginner 45 minutes each
Clay Home Decor Make this
How to Make a Clay Trinket Dish in 30 Minutes
The single most useful object you can make from a scrap of clay, and the one…
Beginner 30 minutes
Clay Techniques Step by step
How to Do Sgraffito, the Scratched Surface Pottery Technique
Coat the piece in one colour, scratch through to the clay underneath, and you have a…
Intermediate 90 minutes
Clay Inspiration Essay
Wabi-Sabi Clay Art: When Imperfection Becomes the Whole Point
A Japanese idea about cracked bowls and weathered wood, and what it does to the way…
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Sell Your Clay Full guide
How to Price Handmade Clay Jewelry Without Underselling Yourself
Most handmade sellers price by feel, then wonder why a good month leaves them with no…
Selling 20 minute read
Tools and Supplies Tested & compared
Which Polymer Clay Brand Is Actually Worth the Money?
We conditioned, rolled, cut and baked the same six shapes in every major brand, then tried…
All levels
Clay With Kids The list
20 Clay Projects for Kids That Need Zero Special Tools
Four clay projects picked for one reason: every tool they need is already in a kitchen…
Beginner 15-30 minutes each
Seasonal and Gifts The list
15 Clay Christmas Ornaments From One Weekend of Work
One batch of clay, one Saturday, and enough ornaments to cover a tree and still have…
Beginner One weekend
Pottery and Wheel At the wheel
How to Center Clay on a Pottery Wheel
Centering is the wall every new potter hits. It is not a strength problem and it…
Beginner at the wheel 2 hours practice
Polymer Clay Make this
How to Make Polymer Clay Earrings in 30 Minutes
Six shapes, one cutter, and a kitchen oven. This is the project that turns a block…
Beginner 30 minutes
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