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Ceramic pottery tools are essential for shaping, decorating, and finishing ceramic pieces. These tools allow potters to create intricate designs, smooth surfaces, and ensure their pieces are functional or aesthetically pleasing.

Clay Cutting Wire & Cutting Harp
A thin wire used to cut blocks of clay or slice through large pieces of clay.

Rib/Kidney
Used for smoothing and shaping the clay while it’s on the wheel or after it has been moulded.

Sponges
Used to smooth, moisten, or shape clay.

Trimming Tools
Tools like knives, shaping tools, or carving tools used to trim excess clay from a leather-hard piece.

Extruder
A tool that pushes clay through a die to create long, uniform shapes such as coils, slabs, or intricate designs.

Paddles
Tools used to shape and flatten pottery by tapping the clay.

Air Dry Clay: Non-toxic and easy to use - Simply make your object, allow it to dry completely and you can paint or varnish it!

Paperclay: Made from cellulose fibres (paper pulp) and clay, allowing for a lighter weight clay body used in a wide range of techniques. Can also be used as an air drying clay as the paper pulp makes it stronger than traditional Earthenware or Stoneware clays.

Earthenware: Made from a coarse-grained clay & is the lowest firing clay.

Stoneware: Non-porous & durable afer firing, middle fire temperature range clay.

Terracotta: Made from a fairly coarse, porous clay that is high in iron oxides, which give it its characteristic reddish-brown color. It is a non-vitreous ceramic, meaning it doesn't become glass-like when fired at relatively low temperatures. 

Porcelain: Fine white, translucent clay renowned for its whiteness and purity. This clay is fine grained, the highest firing and most expensive.

Ceramic glazes are a glassy coating applied to pottery that melts and fuses during firing, creating a smooth, often glossy, and waterproof surface. It enhances colour vibrancy and provides durability.
 
Ceramic underglazes are a decorative colours applied to clay before glazing. It remains visible beneath the final glaze layer, allowing for detailed designs and vibrant colours with a more matte or textured finish before being sealed by the glaze.

Ceramic glazes are a glassy coating applied to pottery that melts and fuses during firing, creating a smooth, often glossy, and waterproof surface. It enhances colour vibrancy and provides durability.
 
Ceramic underglazes are a decorative colours applied to clay before glazing. It remains visible beneath the final glaze layer, allowing for detailed designs and vibrant colours with a more matte or textured finish before being sealed by the glaze.

The Ceramics Bible
The Complete Guide to Materials & Techniques

Brimming with more than 700 full-colour photos and illustrations, this is the new definitive guide for serious ceramics practitioners. Inside are step-by-step instructions on moulding, firing, and glazing techniques, generously accompanied by detailed photographs.

Also included are beautiful examples of contemporary work, plus plenty of historical information, artist profiles, troubleshooting tips, and an extensive resource section. Perfect for students, artists, and collectors, this is a tremendously valuable addition to the vibrant world of ceramics.

288 pages