COLORED CLAY Pottery Compilation | Inspiration for Agateware, Neriage, Nerikomi and Marbled Ceramics

There are more than forty different colored clay pots and pieces in this pottery video. Over the last year I’ve learned a lot of techniques for working with colored clay and the clips I’m showing you here are my favorites. There are some brand new cuts and colors mixed in for all of you loyal fans as well as shortened versions of past videos for the first time visitors. WELCOME :) Use the hashtag #ColoredClayWithJim to post your own colored clay work so we can all connect and share. Maybe I can feature some of you in a future video. I’m just trying SOMETHING FUN here. I’m using colored porcelain that I made by mixing in mason stains in different amounts. I fire to cone six in an electric kiln and normally leave the outside unglazed to show the raw clay colors. Four processes of using colorants in clays to make designs are: Agateware, Neriage, Nerikomi, and Marbling. Nerikomi is generally hand building with slabs cut from intricate, colored blocks like the ones you see me cut from in the video. Nerikomi pottery is very time consuming but I love the results. Agateware (English)/Neriage (Japanese) are similar in that you use a pottery wheel to throw a piece with a combination of colors. The wheel spins the colors in the direction wheel’s rotation. Sometimes wheel thrown pieces are left as is or they can be carved into to exposed the colored layers of clay. Marbling is just a general term used to describe Agateware/Neriage. Marbled clay gets it’s name because it looks like marble. It’s easy for people to understand but if you want to be true to the art form, it’s agateware/neriage for wheel throwing colored clay. Thanks for watching. Let me which one of these clips blew your mind! OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY LIKE: ○ Make Your Own Colored Clay - ○ Wheel Throwing For Beginners - ○ How To Make Marbled Clay - ○ Agateware vs. Nerkomi Wheel Throwing- ○ How To Make Agateware/Nerikomi Patterns - ○ Cheap DIY Clay Extruder - ○ Fast Plaster Mixing Tutorial - My name is Jim Fazio. I’m an art teacher and practicing ceramic artist. I make ceramics and pottery tutorials, clay creations, and give you an inside view of the life of an artist. I just make what I want and have fun with the editing and music. Are you not entertained? Check out my channel for more if you’re interested!