Coil pottery ideas for beginners

This here is my before and after picture of my coil. This is my favorite piece just because I didn't have to worry about my piece being smooth or not. I also like the round coils in the middle of the piece and the twist at the end. It was fun and easy making this piece the only difficult part was actually making the coils. I started with my hands at first, but the thickness never came out the way I wanted it. With the glazing part, I poured the glazed inside and then hand painted on the…

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An artist on Deviant Art created a bird coil pot. They creatively used coils to form a wing. I found it very interesting. The pot was not a common pot that was all symmetrical. It placed emphasis on the wing by having it stick out. Perhaps, when I make my own coil pot, I don't necessarily have to make it symmetrical. Peter Garrand is a ceramic artist. One of the things he specializes in is coil pots. He makes swirls out of them and combines the swirls together to for a pot. In my pot, I want…

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