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Modern life has us fragmented. Much of our work and play revolves around screens. Customers, colleagues and even friends are virtual. Our bodies are sitting at rest, but our minds are digitally stressed.

You were meant to work with your hands: a basket of picked vegetables, a stack of chopped wood, a lump of clay transformed into tableware at your fingertips.

Pottery quieted my soul. In 2018, I started throwing pots as a means of managing stress. I found an inverse relationship between working with my hands and my mental strain. Today, pottery is an essential and cherished rhythm in my life.

Center down, unwind and say "goodbye" to stress

Seventy-three quick, concise video lessons

Give a one-of-a-kind gifts or online sales.

Building forms with slabs of clay is the most accessible way to make a mug. This technique has many advantages over other production methods like the ability to texture walls and create beautiful geometric forms.

Molds allow a potter to create thousands of identical pieces using a process called slip casting. But before you can start slip casting, you'll need to learn the process of working with plaster to create a reproduction mold.

Most ceramic items in your kitchen were made by slip casting. Though often associated with industrial machines, this production method has many creative perks! It allows me to create hundreds of "blank canvases" on which I can put unique imagery, yet retain a consistent form that will stack and store perfectly.

"Center the clay. Imagine the form. Fashion it with your fingers." It's not just the process for making mugs but a recipe for life! Throwing on the wheel is what initially drew me into pottery. I have been shaped through this peaceful and meditative craft and in these videos I pass on what I've learned.

Pottery is unique among the arts in that your patrons will spend intimate time with your artwork: in their view, at their lips, in their hands. Crafting the right handle for your mug is both an aesthetic and utilitarian decision, and we'll go over several paths to get there.

Well constructed mugs are not always the mugs that sell the best. Over the past five years, I've learned a lot about how to get mugs to sell. In this course, I'll share those secrets that will keep your shelves fresh with new work and your studio funded.

We'll go over four ways to make a clay slab and techniques to create mug forms with them. We'll explore texture, seams, joining techniques, and approaches to finishing.

LENGTH: 8 LESSONS

You'll learn how to safely and effectively create reproduction molds for slip casting. Then, we'll make a press mold used for creating handles with porcelain or stoneware clay bodies.

LENGTH: 14 LESSONS

I'll show you how I mix five gallons of cone 6 porcelain slip at a time and how you can make your own. Then we'll do some slip casting with the molds we've created.

LENGTH: 3 LESSONS

We'll go over the basics of throwing on the wheel and trimming your leather hard vessels. I'll show you some tools that make production pottery easier and how to make those tools yourself. Lastly, we'll talk through several examples of throwing on the wheel and off the hump.

LENGTH: 12 LESSONS

Handles play such an important role in the aesthetic and feel of your mugs. In this lesson we'll go over multiple methods for constructing and attaching a handle, and I'll share pro tips all along the way.

LENGTH: 23 LESSONS

There's more to mugs than great forms and elegant handles. Getting your mugs to sell often involves a connection that goes beyond the technical aspects of your work. In this section we'll go over how to attract the right customers and get them to identify with your work.

LENGTH: 5 LESSONS

I’m so confident that this course will get you hooked on mug making that I am giving you a no-risk, 30 Day guarantee just for giving it a try. During that time, if you don’t feel like these lessons are working out for you, simply request a full refund. No questions asked.

My name is MJ and pottery is a new career for me. I started working in clay in 2018. We were returning to home after 12 years overseas. I had been working in tech and was tired of buttons and pixels. I really wanted to do something with my hands and make things I could hold. Pottery was the perfect fit and my hobby became a passion which became a vocation.