What equipment and materials you need for making ceramic vases, pots, cups, and etc.? You will need a potter's wheel, clay, clay tools for shaping the clay, underglaze and enamel, and oven. Potter wheels came in the manual, which you operate by striking a shuttlecock with their feet, it becomes very tiring and people will sell the wheels for manual retail price less.
potter's wheels automatically make the job easier, but are more expensive. They are often sold at less than retail. You'll have to decide which is best for your needs.
There are several types of clay and that the effects of the final product. How you select clays for each product is something for you to experiment and discuss with your teachers. clay tools are very different. pick them is a personal choice.
The oven can be something small enough to make a single cup on the height of ovens the size of a small house. This is where you spend the most money. They can take a lot of room if you work at home, too.
Posted on April 17, 2010.