Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel
Pinch Pots
A course by Lilly Maetzig , Ceramist
About the video: Pinch Pots
Overview
“In this lesson, we will go over how to make a pinch pot. Pinch pots are a really basic but beautiful way to begin understanding clay and how to make pots.”
In this video lesson Lilly Maetzig addresses the topic: Pinch Pots, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel. Learn the entire process of working with clay at home, from the initial design to the final glaze.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to make a pinch pot. which is a really lovely and basic way to make a pot. Let's get started. To start with, we're going to need some clay. So you want to have enough that you can hold it both hands and cover it like this so depending on the size of your hands, somewhere between a golf ball to a tennis ball kind of size would be great. So you're going to need to roll the clay into a ball. If the clay is straight out of the bag, you don't need to do anything to prepare it. If you're using scraps, you may need to wedge it. So after your clay is rolled...”
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Course summary for: Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel
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Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics
Lilly Maetzig
A course by Lilly Maetzig
Lilly Maetzig is a ceramist from New Zealand who is based in London. After experimenting with clay in art school, Lilly decided to further her pottery skills with classes and has been sculpting ever since.
Lilly founded her own ceramics brand Mäe Ceramics in 2016. Her work explores the contrast between the texture of raw and glazed clay to expose the natural qualities of her finished objects. She sells her objects through retail and wholesale channels, with most of her customers finding her through Instagram where her work is appreciated by over 45K followers. Her clients include restaurants and cafés around the globe, design shops like Yonobi Studio in Copenhagen, and events like Google Playtime.
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