Smooth coil pots ideas

Blue and White Coiled Vase Egg-shaped with Exposed Coils

Students are busy working away on my lesson plan for the TPA; "Line in Real Life". Students were face with a challenging project of creating Applied Art (functional objects with an artistic flair). Students are creating open coiled bowls that depict real life images from their every day lives. Some of the students have incorporated lines from crosses, spider webs, metal gates, roots, hair, railroad tracks, headphones, etc. I'm loving the students' creativity and they are working so well…

Butterfly coil pot hand made by myself

Yesterday I knew I wanted to make something with clay, but didn’t know what. Felt like years since I had my hands in some clay. I had absolutely no inspiration at all. It’s like my brai…

This spectacular tan coiled vase is made with a stoneware clay and finished with oxide stain and wood ash glaze to give it a wonderful primitive feel. A colored glaze is used in the free-form opening, giving a flash of color in the turquoise throat. The vase is 12 inches tall and 7 inches in

This pot is a great example of several of the techniques used in the video including the different types of snail and the raindrops. I liked how the artist left a gap in the side and the top uneven, contributing to the artistic element of the piece. I also found the glaze fascinating, especially how in some places it was clearly reflective.

Noble art that is appreciated on a large scale and considered a masterpiece may not be up to most of us as we may not have the talent, the skill, the creativity or the inclination

This spectacular tan coiled vase is made with a stoneware clay and finished with oxide stain and wood ash glaze to give it a wonderful primitive feel. A colored glaze is used in the free-form opening, giving a flash of color in the turquoise throat. The vase is 12 inches tall and 7 inches in

Working with Clay (2) CeramicIce.com Coil method can also be used to build bowls, vases or other creations. It also has a long history among many civilizations, ranging from early China to ancient Aztec cultures. The artist takes a lump of clay and rolls it into a ‘rope’, which can be of various thickness. Then, a coil is placed on top of the previous one, creating different shapes. The coils can be left visible or can be smoothed away depending on the artistic design.

In regard to ceramic sculpture, I am a hand-builder – generally using the coil method. It’s a very methodical, slow-paced way to work, and I enjoy it for those reasons. I love seeing a …

Hand made coil pot, made with smooth crank clay. Rough textured exterior and broken rim

Several years ago a friend of mine went to a clay workshop & they suggested using flower pots as a form for students to build their coil pot...