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Learn how to make a clay birdhouse on the pottery wheel in this free ceramics video series.
There are 14 videos in this series:
You can make a clay birdhouse on the pottery wheel. Learn about making a domed clay birdhouse on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Find out how much clay you will need to make a bird house on the pottery wheel and see how to prepare the clay to make the bird house in this free ceramics video.
See how to center clay on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Pulling a dome of clay on the pottery wheel is done by pinching the clay and pulling up on it. Watch how to pull a dome of clay on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
The dome of clay bird houses should be closed on the pottery wheel. See how to close a clay dome on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Pots on a pottery wheel can be dried using a propane torch. Learn how to dry potter's clay with a propane torch using the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Clay bird houses need holes to allow the birds to enter just as wood bird houses do. See how to cut holes in a clay birdhouse in this free ceramics video.
Bird houses need a lid to keep out predators and water. Watch how to throw the interior of a clay birdhouse lid on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
See how to throw the exterior portion of a clay birdhouse lid on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Using a chuck ring to trim clay pots on the wheel is an efficient way to trim pottery. Watch how to make a chuck ring to trim your pottery on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
See how to trim the lid of a clay birdhouse on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Bird houses need hangers to allow you to hang the house from a tree limb. Learn how to make a clay hanger for a clay birdhouse in this free ceramics video.
Scoring clay should be done to attach separate pieces of a clay birdhouse. Watch how to attach a clay hanger to a clay birdhouse in this free ceramics video.
A clay birdhouse with separate pieces should be fired separately and attached with cement or epoxy. Learn how to finish a clay birdhouse on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Birds need houses, just like we need houses. Although birds don't need houses like ours, they do have certain preferences such as a dry house that shields them from the wind, rain, and predators. With these basic needs taken care of, little else is necessary. Bird houses made of clay keep birds dry, safe from predators, and protected from the elements. Clay bird houses can be hand built or thrown on the pottery wheel. Learn how to make a clay birdhouse on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video series featuring artist Emily Owen. Emily will demonstrate how to center clay on a potter's wheel, how to pull a clay dome on the wheel, how to close the clay dome, how to dry pottery clay with a propane torch, how to cut holes in a clay birdhouse, how to throw a birdhouse lid, how to trim clay pots using a chuck ring, and how to make and attach a clay hanger to a clay birdhouse.
Emily Owen Emily Owen was born and raised in Austin, Texas. Owen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a bachelor's of Science from the University of Texas in Austin with a total of 180 hours and a 3.72 GPA. In 2007, after building a home studio, she fully launched "Little e Pottery," which is now her full-time profession.dkdk
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