Continue your pottery journey with stoneware clay. Want to start your pottery studio and want a starter kit? This kit will get you started and get your creative juices flowing. This combo kit + class is also a perfect gift idea for the potter in your life.

This kit comes with the enrolment in my online pottery class "Make ceramics at home". This is a pre-recorded online class you can take at your pace. During this pottery class we will talk about the basics of clay, ceramics, temperatures and glazes, how to set up a home studio, and I will demonstrate how to make a mug via hand-building technique. This course does NOT cover wheel throwing. 

The class is a mix between slides and video demonstration. See below for a table of contents or have a look here. 

The workshops are on the Teachable platform and you can take it at your own pace.

Each lecture has a link to download the slides and relevant materials. Note that due to the nature of this product containing digital content, it is excluded from returns. 

The class is in *English*. This is not a live class. 

The clay contained in this kit is stoneware clay that fires up to 1250C. This clay will need to be fired in a kiln and glazed in order to be water and food safe. This kit does NOT contain any glaze. 

The kit contains:

• 2 kg of speckled stoneware clay (once fired past 1200C, the clay will have speckles - not visible until fired). 
• 1 rolling pin  (may be without handles depending on our suppliers)
• 1 metal cutter
• 1 metal rib
• 1 metal tool
• 2 wooden tools
• 1 wooden rib (useful if you have a wheel)
• 1 sponge
• Tips and tricks to get you started at home
• A list of kilns in Germany. If you are in Berlin, you can have the clay fired at my studio in Berlin Kreuzberg (Kleistone Studio). Firing costs are not included in the kit. Make sure to download the firing form before dropping off your pieces.
• Enrolment in the English Make ceramics at home online class (to take at your own pace). You will be given a code to enrol after you purchase this product.
• THE KIT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY GLAZE

Technical information about the clay:

• Firing range: 1000-1260C
• Matures at: 1220C
• Recommended firing temperature: 1220C or 1230C

Table of contents of the online class:

1. Setting up a home studio
2. Overview of tools and materials
3. Safely working with clay
4. Studio tour
5. Introduction into clay and firing
6. The stages of clay
7. The process of reclaiming clay
8. Building your own ceramics aesthetic and creating collections 
9. Test tiles: how to
10. Making slip
11. Build a mug with hand-building techniques
12. Slow drying your pottery
13. Introduction to glazes
14. Glazing demo
15. Examples of creative glazing applications