Ceramics at Home for Beginners

Overview

“If air bubbles remain when working with baked clay, the piece may crack or explode while baking. Don't worry that it doesn't usually happen if you know how to remove those bubbles. I will teach you to do it, it is very easy. But it is very important that you know before you start experimenting with the clay, especially because you have to keep in mind that your pieces will be with those of other people in the same oven and we must be responsible.”

In this video lesson Paula Casella Biase addresses the topic: How to recycle clay at home, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ceramics at Home for Beginners. Learn modeling and enameling techniques to create decorative pieces.

Partial transcription of the video

“How to Recycle Mud at Home Hi. Now I'm going to explain to you how to recycle your clay. That's something you need to know even if you wonder why you'd need to know that now before you're using it. But it's important that you do. When our clay pieces have air in them, they could explode inside your kiln. So it's paramount that you know how to get the air out of your pieces if we're using clay we're recycling from other pieces. If we just bought it and just took it out of the package, it's fine. It's packed so tight, that there's no room for air. But if we had some clay left over from anothe...”

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Course summary for: Ceramics at Home for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
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• 82638 students
• 5 units
• 21 lessons (3h 51m)
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• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Fine Arts