Video: Tips on Stoneware Pottery

Stoneware pottery is not very sensitive to heat after it has been fired so it's great for making cookware. Learn tips on how to get started from an expert in this free video clip.

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When you're making things in stoneware pottery, like I do, they're actually sturdy enough and temperature sensitive, lack of temperature sensitive enough to be baked in. So one of the items that I make is a casserole. This is something that you can put your stuff into the bottom, put the lid on it in the oven, and then bake it. It's got handles, so it's easy to take out of the oven, and it's a pretty way to display your covered dish at the table. So, in order to do that, we're going to have to do several steps. We're going to have to make the body, the lid, the knob, the handles. There's quite a bit involved in making a casserole. But the first thing we're going to do is make the body. And we're going to start with about, I'll do one that's four pounds, since that's what I've got there. That one's a little bit smaller, but that's okay. So we'll start with a four pound ball of clay, and make the body of the casserole. And we're ready to throw.

Tips on Stoneware Pottery

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