Make a Clay Mug: Handbuilding Pottery for Beginners

Time to get muddy!

Have you ever wanted to craft your own pottery? There is a lot to learn about ceramics, but this video is designed for absolute beginners to jumpstart your pottery journey. 

Join professional ceramicist Mia Moss, founder of Pottery to the People, in this 53-minute video making a clay mug from start to finish. Craft your mug along with her in her sunny studio in Berlin, Germany.

This class will cover how to make a clay mug using the coiling technique, which can be applied to creating all kinds of ceramics, from the humble mug, to as far as your imagination can take you! This type of handbuilding is great for beginners, because it requires very few tools, but it’s also an ancient technique that will root your work within the history of this craft.

• Introduction
• Tools & Materials
• Make your Template
• Rolling Coils & Making the Base
• Building up the Walls
• Shaping your Pot
• Drying tips
• Smoothing your Pot
• Adding a Handle
• Preparing for the First Firing
• All about Bisqueware
• How to Glaze
• Glaze Firing
• The Great Reveal!