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Teapots hold a special place in the hearts of potters and learning how to make teapots is a big milestone in any potter’s artistic development. (Scroll for more.)

Simon Levin and Steven Rolf are passionate about pots. They have been involved with pots for a long time. Making pots. Teaching pots. Looking at pots. Talking about pots. And talking some more.

Meredith Host’s wheel-thrown plates begin as large clay discs with lots of supporting clay, which allows her to get excellent compression to avoid cracks. (Scroll down for more!)

Forrest Middelton makes the largest wheel-thrown plate on the compilation, beginning with 12.5 pounds of clay, and gives great advice on how to center this much clay without wrecking your wrists. (Scroll down for more!)

If you’d like to make a large platter that isn’t round, using a slab and a slump mold can be just the ticket. (Scroll down for more!)

Plates require more clay that a lot of other forms and Adam Field starts off with great tips on how to set the clay up right from the beginning to make your job easier. (Scroll down for more!)

In Part 3 of Teaching Clay in the Classroom, ceramics educator and artist Jeni Hansen Gard presents an in-depth overview of basic wheel-throwing techniques for the K–12 level. (Scroll down for more!)

In Part 2 of Teaching Clay in the Classroom, ceramics educator Jeni Hansen Gard provides a thorough introduction to handbuilding processes for the K–12 level.

In Part 1 of Teaching Clay in the Classroom, artist and educator Jeni Hansen Gard provides a comprehensive guide to setting up a classroom for teaching ceramics at the K-12 level.

In this video, Doug Peltzman demonstrates and discusses how he plays with volume and line to create unique pots with active, engaging surfaces. Doug’s process is all about curiosity. (Scroll down for more!)

Sarah Pike shares her techniques for creating beautiful slab built vessels with unique custom textures and designs. (Scroll down for more!)

In this video, Didem Mert shares her handbuilding techniques for three of her signature forms, as well as her bone-dry decorating with terra sigillata, underglazes and slips. (Scroll for more.)

In this thorough instructional video, you’ll learn the secrets to creating a number of Josh DeWeese's wonderfully gestural forms including mugs, tumblers, an ewer, a tray, and a pitcher. (Scroll for more!)

Form and function go hand-in-hand, and in this video Jennifer Mecca shares her unique techniques for throwing and altering vases, bottles, and serving pieces, as well as her sprig and Mishima decorating techniques. (Scroll down for more!)

In this video, Julie Wiggins shares techniques for making platters using homemade and appropriated molds, as well as her Mishima surface techniques and glazing process. (Scroll down for more!)

In this video, S.C. (Steven) Rolf shares his secrets to staying fresh and motivated in the studio by continually playing with form and decoration. (Scroll down for more!)

In this video, you’ll get a glimpse into a day in the studio with Simon Levin as he shares his streamlined process of throwing and trimming pots primarily off the hump. (Scroll down for more.)

Tea sets are a wonderful challenge for the ceramic artist and the best tea sets have complimentary elements that are carried through each piece of the set without looking too “matchy matchy." (Scroll down for more!)

Inspired by the human form and the natural world, Tara Wilson strives to make “pots that speak softly yet reveal complexity in both form and surface through continued investigation and use.” And her pots do that so well! (Scroll for more!)

In this follow up to Mix & Match: Forming Techniques, Brenda Quinn demonstrates how she creates her beautifully patterned surfaces. (Scroll down for more!)