Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques

Overview

“You are about to learn some basic skills of hand-building forms with clay. But first, I am going to show you how to set up a workspace for yourself at home. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Setting Up, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques. Create unique ceramic vessels at home, learn clay molding, design, firing, and glaze techniques for decorative pieces.

Partial transcription of the video

“Setting Up I will teach you some basic skills of hand-building with clay, but first, we'll see how to set up a workspace for yourself at home. MATERIALS To begin with, we're gonna need a porous work surface to work on, so something like wood that is untreated, like MDF or ply, and if you don't have that, you can use a chopping board or any kind of old, porous tile that you have around the house. If you don't have any of those, you can use something like a tea towel, and you can work straight onto that, which will wick up any moisture and it won't get stuck to your surface. The first and mos...”

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Course summary for: Ceramic Arts: Specialization: Traditional Techniques

• Level: Beginner
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• 1498 students
• 7 units
• 101 lessons (17h 58m)
• 31 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, DIY, Fine Arts