How To Make Speckled Pattern Pottery At Home

Recently I have grown a potent interest in hand-crafted ceramics, mainly due to their gorgeous, unique look which makes them one of a kind. On tiptop of that I admire splash pattern so the time has come up to combine the two and brand a DIY Speckled Clay Pottery. Curious to see how they turned out?

How To Make Speckled Pattern Pottery At Home Craft

Handmade pottery has its roots in the ancient history and even though today ceramics can exist establish in stores, I believe clay pots remain a beautiful craft. Depending on the needs some are done on the pottery bike, all the same a decorative piece is probably done best past hand. I accept to be honest hither – I probably didn't need either of them, since I hardly find place to keep my ever growing collection, but I recollect they would make a dandy and inexpensive gifts besides! That's of course, if I will be able to part with them, which might be difficult.

So today I will show y'all how to brand your own dirt pottery from scratch, beware – it's really addictive!

You will need:

air dry clay
plates / round objects of the size you want your pottery to be
knife
ruler
wałek
favorite end (I have used the granite / speckled pattern paint)
matt/gloss spray glaze (optional withal I recommend giving your pots a coat of it to brand sure they are protected and resistant to water)

How To Make Speckled Pattern Pottery At Home Supplies

Instructions:

Earlier starting remember of a design – the purpose, size, shape and finish. I wanted to make a ready of small dishes for keeping small accessories –
jewelry, paper clips…or a small snack. The best method for small object is to roll the clay out and pinch by hand.

How To Make Speckled Pattern Pottery At Home Step 1

one. Curlicue out the ball of clay with a wooden roller (or a round piece of woods like I did) to get the thickness consistent.

How To Make Speckled Pattern Pottery At Home Roll

2. Place the round plate/object on top and cutting away the backlog clay.

three. Utilise the excess clay, roller and a ruler to course the pot borders. To become the verbal measure of the border needed, y'all can utilise this formula : 2 · π · r / where π = 3,1415 and r = radius in cm. And so if the radius of your base is v cm (10cm diameter), y'all volition demand the edge to be about 32 cm to pinch it together. Alternatively you tin can just make it a bit bigger and cut to size without doing whatsoever maths!