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Ceramics video tutorial: How to make a clay pinch pot

Get your Great Pottery Throw Down applications at the ready! Watch this video tutorial and learn how to make a simple ceramic pinch pot (also known as a thumb pot) with ceramicist and artist Charlie Brookes. She’ll show you how to transform a small ball of clay into a thumb pot by just making simple pinching motions. This activity is super relaxing, mindful, and you get to make something cool that you can store pens/pencils/make up brushes in – whats not to like?! Grab some clay and follow along with this video tutorial, to learn how to make a pinch pot!

Materials: Air dry clay and clay slip (available to buy online or in most craft/art stores), a wooden modelling tool or pencil, a banding wheel or a wooden board or plate.

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