| Before you start making ceramic, it is
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| | ware home and finish it there. In all
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| important to collect all the tool and
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| | likelihood, you will buy the few
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| material needed for your work. Take a tip
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| | necessary tools from your teacher. This
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| from this article on what are the things
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| | will be the start of your own home
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| to be collected and how to get prepared.
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| | workshop.
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| There is a vast variety of tools and a
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| | Of course many new ceramists begin by
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| equipment now available to the ceramics
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| | immediately furnishing a complete studio,
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| hobbyist. Suppliers catalogues are
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| | from clay to kiln. In most cases this is
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| jam-packed with paraphernalia for the
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| | not advisable for two reasons. First,
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| amateur workshop. After paging through
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| | there are financial considerations which
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| one of these catalogues, the beginner is
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| | would frustrate this grandiose plan of
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| apt to be over impressed with the
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| | action for most people. Second, it is
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| necessity for fancy tools and equipment.
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| | more prudent to wait and see what type of
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| Fact is, however, that very few
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| | equipment is best suited to your personal
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| implements are can't-do-without for the
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| | needs and desires. The clay worker who
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| beginning ceramist.
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| | wants to specialize in hand-sculpture
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| A working surface covered with a piece of
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| | will not require the very same tools and
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| oilcloth, wrong side up; one or two
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| | materials as the one whose skills and
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| simple modeling tools, a knife, and about
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| | fancy lean toward pottery.
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| five pounds of clay are all you need to
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| | When you select a site for your workshop,
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| start shaping your first object. The cost
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| | make certain it is not exposed directly
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| of these is negligible. Most clay, for
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| | to extremes of heat or dampness. Good
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| example, can be bought from retail
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| | lighting is also important, contributing
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| dealers at about 15 cents a pound.
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| | both to the ceramist's comfort and to the
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| Build your collection of tools slowly,
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| | quality of his work. Running water, or
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| adding items as you need them. It is
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| | easy access to water, is also desirable.
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| likely that you will do your first
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| | Until you start to accumulate a sizable
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| clay-craft in a local studio or
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| | collection of tools and equipment, and
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| classroom, under the guidance of a
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| | want to set up your own workshop, your
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| professional teacher. It is not probable
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| | kitchen should serve the purpose.
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| that you'll begin sculpting or casting
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| | Many tools you will be able to make
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| your own pieces in a mold. Instead, you
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| | easily for yourself; others you will find
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| will be supplied with green ware, a
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| | already at hand about the house. No
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| fettling knife, brushes, colors and
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| | matter how far you advance in the
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| glazes. You will remove the mold marks
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| | ceramics art, you'll find the most useful
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| from the greensward, smooth the surface,
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| | tools are your fingers. Every other
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| add some decoration and glaze. Then the
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| | modeling device is employed simply to
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| professional ceramist will fire it for
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| | supplement the work that can be done with
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| you in his kiln.
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| | your hands. When shaping a piece of clay,
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| After you have learned to do this, which
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| | tools will only assist your fingers. They
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| should not take more than one or two
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| | will not accomplish anything that can't
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| lessons, you may want to take the green
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| | be done with your fingers.
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