Using your hands to change a pile of rough mud into a shape you like is a process of creating miracles, which must contain the concentration of craftsmanship and the precipitation of time. Many people like to do pottery and enjoy the joy of creation.

Each hand-made object presents a different beauty due to different environments, moods and techniques. Even if there are imitations and setbacks, they will eventually be full of rewards. But inexperienced people often feel distressed, here are the correct pottery steps.

The 5 steps of pottery:

· Prepare the material for drawing.

· Dry the drawn blank and place it in the light.

· After drying, you can engrave the characters you want.

· Coat the cup with a nice coat and glaze it.

· Put the cup into the machine and fire to 1240 degrees. Take it out and it's done.

1. Billet forming

It uses the centrifugal motion generated by the blank drawing machine, and during the rotation process, the mud in the semi-solidified state with water is stretched and formed according to the design concept.

2. Clay plate forming

The main feature of making pottery with clay slabs is that it is easy to form a larger and complete surface, and the molding speed is faster. The technical requirements for clay plate forming are very high.

In order to do a good job of clay tablet molding, it is necessary to master the technical issues such as clay tablet production, perception of the clay materials used, and clay tablet combination.

3. Clay bar construction

The mud strip method is a kind of pan construction technique that is constructed by mud strips. The mud sticks can be rubbed by hand or extruded by pressing mud stick tools.

4. Burning the biscuit

After the clay is dried, the kiln is installed, and the secondary biscuit is fired to about 800 degrees to harden the clay, and then wait for cooling before leaving the kiln.

5. Glaze

The bisque-fired porcelain body can be glazed, and the inner glaze is applied first.

6. Burning

The well-glazed bottle needs to be loaded into the kiln again and fired. The firing requires a high temperature, usually between 1280 degrees and 1310 degrees.

7. Decals

If the bottle needs other text descriptions or patterns such as trademark, alcohol content, etc，paste the glazed flower paper on the surface of the fired bottle, and then put it in the oven to bake the flowers, and bake it to about 700-800 degrees.

To do a good job of pottery works, it is not enough to know these things, but also need to be patient and observe a lot.

1. Be patient

The most important thing in DIY pottery production is patience. It takes a long time to do pottery. We carefully observe how the potter is doing, and do it little by little. Don't be too hasty.

2. Keep your hands clean

The process of pottery art is relatively complicated. The material used is selected mud, which is very sticky. In the process of production, we must touch the mud, and we can do it according to the shape we want to knead. Do not touch the food after finishing, wash your hands is the most important.

3. Have confidence

If you are doing pottery for the first time, you cannot avoid the phenomenon of failure. Don't be discouraged at this time. Just do it a few more times, and doing everything requires a process.

The most important thing is not to forget that throughout the process, making pottery brings joy. Pottery is a very technical activity, and we can learn some other knowledge in pottery making. Hurry up to indulge the artistic breath!