Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel

Meet Lilly, discover how she got into ceramics, and why she fell in love with sculpting unique objects. Learn how ceramics, fashion, nature, and architecture inspire her work before getting a brief overview of what you’ll do in the course.

Start the course by setting up your home workspace and going through the tools you’ll be using to create your project. Learn about the main types of clay, what each one is best used for, and how to prepare your clay. Understand how pots are made by making a basic pinch pot, a coil pot, and a slab pot.

Next, it’s time to get to work on your final project! See Lilly’s method for defining the design of your vessel, including how to draw shapes and create templates. Prepare your clay and see how to cut out shapes. Using Lilly’s guidance, assemble your vessel step by step and add adornments until you are happy with the result.

See the best way to transport your vessel for firing and learn about the stages that clay goes through before becoming ceramic. See how to apply a glaze to your bisque vessel and fire it once more to discover your finished ceramic piece! Finish the course with Lilly’s tips on how to recycle your clay scraps.