Newbie Clay
NEWBIE CLAY is a brief guide with information to help you start on your clay journey, including video links for making, firing, and glazing your ceramic projects, definitions of common terms in clay, and guidance for choosing your materials. Download the PDF from the Files menu to get started. Have questions not covered in Newbie Clay or feedback for future versions? Please contact us at customercare@amaco.com or 1800-999-5456 or visit us on Facebook or Instagram @amacobrent.
Oval Vase
Follow along with this easy hand building oval vase project. This project is perfect for the classroom and easy to do with elementary students to high school students.
This project is built with low fire clay and glazed with AMACO Teacher's Palette Light Glazes but can easily but built with a cone 5/6 clay body and glazed with cone 5/6 glazes.
Hand-built OVAL DISH: Building with Soft Clay Slabs
In this project where we show you how to build a clay oval dish using ONE soft slab of clay that has lots of texture!
This project covers a variety of the 3-D Elements and Principles of Design including Texture, Contrast/Variety, and Proportion/Scale.
The final glazed piece on the YouTube thumbnail is glazed with TPL-44 Peridot and TPL-23 Aquamarine and fired to cone 05!
Projects
Matisse Underglaze Applique
Lesson Plan
Teaching Clay Virtually
Lesson Plan
DIY Texture Clay Stamps & Soft Slab Projects
Clay How To
Hand-Built CLAY PLATES: Building with Soft Clay Slabs
Clay How To
Hand-Built SQUARE TRAYS: Building with Soft Clay Slabs
Clay How To
D.I.Y. Underglaze Stamps
Lesson Plan
Symmetrical Art Deco Tiles
Lesson Plan
Top 5 Glazing Tips & Tricks
Clay How To
Troubleshooting your Brent Potters Wheel with a Silver Face Controller
Equipment How To
DIY Clay Nesting Bowls featuring TPL glazes
Clay How To
Troubleshooting your Brent Potters Wheel with a Black Toggle Box Controller
Equipment How To
Lanterns To Light
Lesson Plan