The ceramicists on Folksy use a wide range of techniques including potters wheel, traditional hand building technique, slip casting, mould slumping and coiling.
The ceramicists on Folksy use a wide range of techniques including potters wheel, traditional hand building technique, slip casting, mould slumping and coiling. Added to this they use a lot of surface pattern designs and techniques, marking the surface of the clay with anything from pen lids, to children’s toys, to leaves and flowers, pressed into the clay, which burn off in the kiln. Lots of them mix their own special slip and glaze mixes to create their own colour ranges and use various clays including stoneware, earthenware and porcelain; when you add all these techniques and materials together the creative possibilities are endless!