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Why You Should Consider Making Handmade Pottery Bowls

Terry Connor
9 min readJan 6, 2019

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One trend that hasn’t gone away on the pottery landscape is handmade pottery bowls and for a good reason. Why is that? Well, there are many reasons, and we will go over why that is, how to make them so you have an effective and reliable result from making this type of product, and why many potters are choosing to go this route.

They’re Pretty!

Handmade pottery bowls tend to be very pretty. Unlike other pottery items, which can take a lot of skill to learn, these are simple, and they look nice. Out of all the basic items you can make on a wheel, these tend to be the most aesthetic, and that’s because of the following:

• You can use pretty glazes

• You can make these foods and waterproof or for decorative purposes

• You can use stains to create textures on them

• You can always paint various intricate designs

• They tend to have a unique element to them

The cool thing about handmade pottery bowls, is you don’t have to do some super intricate design to make them look good, although you totally can. Even just glazing the bowl in a beautiful black finish will certainly do the job, and that’s something that makes them truly stand out, and it’s why they are considered the…

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Terry Connor
Terry Connor

Written by Terry Connor

I'm someone who is always looking to improve my life and others. Looking to be a better person spiritually and financially. Plus I love pottery and Cats.

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