Pottery & Ceramics Courses and Certifications

Florian Gadsby

How to Pull Up the Walls of a Pot - A Beginner's Guide

Learn to pull up and evenly distribute the clay walls of a thrown pot, correcting thin spots, wobbly rims, and uneven pressure.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Florian Gadsby

How to Make a Ceramic Teapot, from Beginning to End

A complete stoneware teapot process, from throwing body, lid, spout, and handle to glazing, kiln firing, and finishing.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Florian Gadsby

How a Handmade Pottery Cup is Made from Beginning to End - Narrated Version

Follow a stoneware coffee cup from soft clay through wheel throwing, handle making, glazing, reduction firing, and finishing.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dialogue with the World · Spoken Ceramic English

Learn spoken English through Chinese ceramics, from materials, techniques, and firing to Jingdezhen porcelain styles and their connections to tea and food culture.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Life Ceramics

Learn traditional Chinese ceramic techniques through non-functional pottery molding, decoration, glazing, and firing.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

An Appreciation of Traditional Chinese Ceramic Arts

Explore the history, kilns, production crafts, and representative works of traditional and contemporary Chinese ceramics.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Pottery

Make your own decorative mug as you learn pottery throwing basics. Master potter Sarah Wolf shows you how from start to finish in this beginner’s class.

• Craftsy
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• $39.00

Florian Gadsby

Throwing Handmade Pouring Vessels - Making Pottery from Beginning to End

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Follow the complete making of handmade pouring vessels, from wheel-thrown stoneware bodies and spouts through glazing, reduction firing, and a final pour test.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Florian Gadsby

How to Make a Large Pottery Jar - From Beginning to End

Follow the making of a tall lidded jar from clay preparation and throwing through glazing and reduction firing.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Florian Gadsby

Making Tall Pottery Vases from Beginning to End

Follow tall bud vases from wedged clay through wheel throwing, reduction firing, and finishing.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Florian Gadsby

How to Throw and Trim a Bowl with Informative Cross Sections

Cross-sectional diagrams show how a simple stoneware bowl takes shape on the wheel and where clay should be removed during trimming.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Florian Gadsby

How to Make a Handled Pottery Jug From Beginning to End - Narrated Version

Follow a stoneware jug through the full making process, from wheel throwing and trimming to handle attachment, glazing, and reduction firing.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Florian Gadsby

How to Center Clay - A Beginner's Guide

Learn to center clay on a potter’s wheel, from wedging and hand positioning to applying pressure, managing water, coning, and correcting wobble.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Florian Gadsby

How to Make a Pottery Dinner Plate - Part One

Learn to wedge soft reclaimed clay, prepare a throwing batt, and throw a dinner plate on the pottery wheel.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Florian Gadsby

How to Throw, Glaze and Fire a Pottery Inkwell - From Beginning to End

A complete demonstration of making a pottery inkwell, from wheel throwing and chuck trimming through glazing and high-temperature reduction firing.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video