Learn Pottery & Ceramics Free

Start with How a Handmade Pottery Cup is Made from Beginning to End — Narrated Version (24 min, Florian Gadsby), then Mixing Shards of Obsidian, Tungsten, Malachite & Tourmaline into my Clay (24 min, Florian Gadsby). All 385 lessons here are free, from the teachers' own official uploads. You'll need pottery tool kit, pottery wheel, air-dry clay and a few more basics (about $455 of kit). The book to keep beside you: The Craft and Art of Clay by Susan Peterson.

What you'll need

Pottery tool kit: Ribs, loops, needle and sponge.
Pottery wheel: For when you outgrow the studio.
Air-dry clay: Practise hand-building at home.
Apron: Clay gets everywhere.

Lessons

How a Handmade Pottery Cup is Made from Beginning to End — Narrated Version (24 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Mixing Shards of Obsidian, Tungsten, Malachite & Tourmaline into my Clay (24 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Blue Clay & Glaze Experiments—Making Pottery for the Financial Times & Nikkei (59 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Center Clay and Throw Pots on the Pottery Wheel (25 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make a Handmade Pottery Teapot — ASMR Version (23 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Center Clay — A Beginner's Guide (17 min, Florian Gadsby, Beginner)
How to Make a Ceramic Teapot, from Beginning to End. (40 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make a Stoneware Pottery Bowl, from Beginning to End — Narrated Version (15 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Making Plates with Mouldy Clay (17 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Rookie Mistakes... (30 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
The Best Pouring Teapot I've Ever Made! (30 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make a Handled Pottery Jug From Beginning to End — Narrated Version (20 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make Pottery Coffee Filters / Drippers / V60 (24 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Melting Metal into Clay (21 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Searching for New Pottery Glazes — Reduction Fired to 1290ºc (26 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Experimenting with a New Black Stoneware (24 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How NOT to Make Pottery Coffee Filters / Drippers / V60 (43 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make a Ceramic Ink Dip Pen on the Potter's Wheel (40 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make a Pottery Mug, from Beginning to End. (26 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
5 Underrated Pottery Throwing Tips (14 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
A New Black Clay — Glazing, Firing & Results! (19 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make Your Own Pottery Maker's Mark (15 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Throwing and Trimming a Large, Indented Stoneware Bowl — ASMR Edition (17 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make a Handmade Pottery Teapot — Narrated Version (23 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make Pottery Chucks and Chums — A Beginner's Guide (23 min, Florian Gadsby, Beginner)
How to Throw & Trim a Pottery Box (20 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Making Tall Pottery Vases from Beginning to End (23 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Throwing & Trimming Miniature Pottery (22 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
3 Clays, 1 Glaze, 1290ºC (26 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Pull Up The Walls of a Pot — A Beginner's Guide (23 min, Florian Gadsby, Beginner)
Making NEW Plate Designs — From Beginning to End (47 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Nowhere to Hide — The Difficulties Behind Minimal Pottery (33 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Surprised by Contaminated Clay (27 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
This Could Destroy My Kiln… (20 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Throwing a Stoneware Vase with Iron Oxide Spangles — Narrated (20 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Trimming Pottery Tricks — A Beginner's Guide (22 min, Florian Gadsby, Beginner)
From Dream to Disaster (17 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make A Large Pottery Jar — From Beginning to End (31 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make a Pottery Mug in 10 Steps (21 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make Pottery Bowls — From Start to Finish (25 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make Simple, Small Pottery Jars — Narrated Version (17 min, Florian Gadsby, Beginner)
How to Tap Center Pottery — A Beginner's Guide (18 min, Florian Gadsby, Beginner)
Mixing Lapis Lazuli, Molybdenum, Volcanic Sand & Carborundum into my Clay (24 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
My Advice on How to Glaze Pottery (20 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Revisiting Porcelain - Throwing and Trimming Jars (22 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
This Bottle Turned Out Better Than Expected (22 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Throwing A Teapot for One on the Potter’s Wheel (24 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Tips, Tricks & Tools for Better Store Jars (37 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Trimming, Glazing and Firing a Porcelain Jar with my New Glazes (26 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Which is the Best Beginner Clay? (31 min, Florian Gadsby, Beginner)
Exploring New Ways to Craft Mug Footwells (34 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
Functional vs. Sculptural (27 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How I Make Angular Stoneware Vases with Linear Markings (28 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How I Make Lined Porcelain Vases from Beginning to End (34 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How I Throw Lines & Ledges in my Pottery (13 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Make A Small Pottery Teapot — Narrated Version (24 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Throw and Handle an Angular Stoneware Mug — Narrated (30 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Throw and Trim a Bowl with Informative Cross Sections (17 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Throw Pottery Espresso Cups and Make a Chuck to Trim Them On (24 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
How to Use a Pottery Spinner Tool (15 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)

Books on Pottery & Ceramics

The Craft and Art of Clay by Susan Peterson - View on Amazon
The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting (A Lark Ceramics Book) by Andrew Martin - View on Amazon
Ceramics by Glenn C. Nelson - View on Amazon