Tips for those who want to curl

Swirl is a wonderful technique for creating beautiful and unique ceramic pieces. Swirl allows you to create organic shapes and patterns that are difficult to achieve in other ways. It is a technique that is both meditative and creative, and gives you the opportunity to create completely unique pieces.

One of the biggest advantages of sprucing is that it gives you a lot of freedom in your design. You can use a variety of tools to create different textures and patterns in the clay, and combine colors and glazes to create a truly unique style.

Suitable for both beginners and more experienced potters, the ringing technique is a technique that can be explored and developed endlessly. It is also one of the most flexible techniques, as you can use it to create everything from small pieces of jewelry to large sculptures.

Clay for ringing

It is always important to choose the right type of clay. To get the best possible results when rolling, we recommend stoneware clay with chamotte.

Chamotte acts as reinforcement in the clay and improves the clay's properties and durability. It gives the clay strength and shape stability, and makes it less prone to cracking during drying and firing.

But the most important detail is to let your curled creation dry slowly. Preferably under plastic that you loosen more and more over a few days. This way you give the different composite parts time to slowly fuse together and you avoid cracks.

Recommended clays from the range:

254 Light stoneware clay
930 Light lava clay
931 Light lava clay, large dots
933 Linen-colored lava clay
391 Linen-colored stoneware clay
371 Black-burning stoneware clay
591 Red stoneware clay
596 Red stoneware clay
376 Black-burning stoneware clay

So if you want to create unique and beautiful pottery pieces, try sprucing! It's a fun and rewarding technique that you'll love working with.