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3 Things You Need to Start Making Southwest Pottery

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Getting started making Southwest pottery can seem daunting. This video will help you connect with all the resources you need to start in Southwest pottery, the tools, materials and the skills. Below are links to some of the resources I talk about in the video.

TOOLS
Gourd scrapers and polishing stones:
Pukis:

MATERIALS
Low fire clay:
Iron oxide for paint:

SKILLS – SELF PACED
Online video classes:
My blog:
Tony Soares YouTube channel:
Clint Swink's book:

SKILLS – WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
Andy Ward (me):
Cherylene Caver:
Kelly Magleby:
SW Kiln Conference:

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Throwing and Turning a Pottery Bowl with Cross-sections — ASMR Version

Here's this week's ASMR version of my bowl throwing and trimming video. If you'd like to watch the version that goes into a lot more detail about the process and discusses the cross sections too, you can do so by following this link:

Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
0:13 – Preparing reclaimed clay to throw with
1:38 – Spiral wedging individual balls of clay
2:02 – Throwing bowls
5:51 – Trimming bowls
12:37 – Finished examples
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