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Pottery Videos

A hand-picked selection of tutorials and creators to help you master the craft.

Curated Video Guides

Fundamental tutorials and special demonstrations covering core pottery techniques.

Wheel Throwing

Centering Clay – 5 Keys

Expert Clay • 6 min • 2024

A short, structured checklist for mastering one of the hardest parts of the wheel.

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Handbuilding

Coil Pot for Beginners

Pottery to the People • 2021

A friendly, accessible entry to handbuilding with coils.

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Glazing

How to Make Glaze Test Tiles

Florian Gadsby • 18 min • 2024

Professional workflow for creating test tiles that match your forms.

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Glazing

Using Wax Resist

Molly Makes Pottery • 2024

A quick "micro-lesson" on using wax resist for better glazing results.

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Wheel Throwing

Centering Clay (Evergreen)

Christine Caswell • 2015

A classic, high-reach guide to centering that has helped hundreds of thousands of potters.

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Kilns & Firing

How to Build an Earthen Oven

Townsends • 2011

Learn how to build a wood-fired earthen oven, a technique documented back to ancient Rome.

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History

The World's First Pottery is Older Than You Think

Dan Davis History • 2025

The remarkable story of how hunter-gatherer societies developed pottery technology long before the invention of farming.

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History

The Invention of Pottery - China & Czechia

Stefan Milo • 2020

A prehistory documentary exploring the earliest evidence of pottery in China and Czechia.

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Featured Creators

Follow these experts for consistent, high-quality pottery education.

Florian Gadsby

Refined functional ware, wheel throwing fundamentals, and studio discipline.

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Ingleton Pottery

Practical studio advice and accessible how-to demonstrations from a long-running channel.

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Pottery to the People

Friendly, community-focused pottery education and handbuilding tutorials.

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Ancient Pottery

Andy Ward's channel dedicated to ancient pottery making and historical Southwest techniques.

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Little Street Pottery

Technique-focused demonstrations and studio insights.

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Potteryforall

Curated pottery inspiration and process clips from around the world.

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