Hand-Building Pottery At Home - Easy Peasy Mug

You can make beautiful and functional pottery at home using just your hands and simple tools. This video will take you from a lump of clay to a finished, usable mug using only tools you have at your house or can easily buy at a nearby store. Hand built pottery is made without the use of a potters wheel but in this case I have taken it a step farther using only a knife, a gift card and a spoon to form a mug. Afterwards I fire this mug in my yard without a kiln using a few bricks and charcoal.

Fire pottery without a kiln https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxjk09ZJzrlsyEo-ickFHnMDwQBT1HP5b

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0:00 Why hand-build pottery at home
0:35 Coil building a mug at home
3:28 Attaching a mug handle with the rivet method
4:35 Smoothing and polishing the mug
6:40 Painting designs on the mug
7:30 Firing pottery at home without a kiln
9:11 Sealing the mug
9:54 Testing the sealing and using the mug

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