Two Ways to Make EASY Pinch Pot Pumpkins! Great for Beginners!

This video is a tutorial on two EASY ways to make PInch Pot Pumpkins! This is easy enough for most ability levels. Little kids can make them, and even special needs kids who have the help of an adult can make them to their own degree of success! These are made hollow and vented to allow water vapor to escape. Note the clay doesn’t exceed the thickness of a finger, to allow it to dry well. Do not make them solid, or they may not dry, and then can potentially explode.

For the FINISHING video, check out this video:    • 3 Simple Ways to Finish the Bisque Fi...  

If you are interested in the wooden tool I am using for making the “V groove” of the pumpkin ribs, I make them in three different kinds of wood: Cherry, Hard Maple, and Purple Heart. Here is the link to the listing in my Etsy shop!
https://karanspotsandglass.etsy.com/l...

Check out your local pottery suppliers- I love my favorite local supplier- Cornell Studio Supply in Dayton… give them a call, they’re super helpful! (And tell them I sent you!) https://cornellstudiosupply.com/

For the great tools, materials, and suppliers I recommend check out this link to a live searchable (control F) Googledoc I continually update with lots of my favorite tools on Amazon using my associate links! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X...

I am a public high school ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. (Mason is currently the largest high school in Ohio!) As a potter, I have been working in clay for over 33+ years, and I have been teaching for over 30 years, the past 22 have been specifically teaching high school ceramics. I love what I do! I have my own studio in my home basement, where I work on my personal pottery for my Etsy site; https://www.etsy.com/shop/KaransPotsA...

I started my Youtube channel a few years ago, to make videos to help my students if they are absent and miss a demo, or if they would like to explore more advanced techniques independently. I have been amazed to reach such a wider audience than my own students!

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I am in a partnership with Skutt - as they sent me the new wheel to use for the videos! I am not receiving any compensation from them beyond the wheel.