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Clay at Home Kit
$70.00
Make real pottery at home with our Clay at Home Kits! Each kit contains everything you need to get stuck in, from clay to tools, and instructions on three techniques to build just about anything your creative heart desires. We're talking mugs, vases, planters, sculptures, and more!
Grab yourself some vino and nibbles, and this is the perfect beginners kit for a date night, a crafternoon with friends, or just some time to reconnect with yourself. Enjoy!
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At Clay Sydney we pride ourselves on making pottery as accessible as possible, and our kits are no different.
We've designed these kits to take you from someone with zero experience through to a budding potter in the making. That's right, when you've finished the kit, you're officially a potter!
This kit is for 1-2 people. For example, you can make a couple of teacups if there's two of you, or a giant mug if you're doing it on your own.
If you'd like extra clay, you can add on more!
If you're feeling a bit over the stress of modern life, you're not alone.
Fortunately, clay has an incredible sensory quality that allows you to get out of your head, and into your hands. By taking the time to focus on the lovely squishy mud during a 'muditation'* session, the clay will slow your mind, and you'll be pleasantly surprised of what you can achieve.
*(sorry, not sorry!)
All of our kits include 100% REAL Australian Clay - not what's marketed as 'air-drying clay'.
We've seen a lot of kits out there using air-drying clay to create all sorts of vessels - like mugs, planters or vases. Unfortunately, vessels made with these kits are purely decorative. If you add water, they just melt. All that work and you can't even have a cuppa from your creation!
It's also often not clear what these clays include, but generally it's some polymer base (a plastic glue) with a bunch of other junk added in for texture and colour. It's not clay, and it doesn't behave like clay. It's tricky to work with and dries out quickly.
Our clay is the only type of clay that you can fire in a kiln to create durable, useable pottery.
That being said, if you want to create a sculptural piece, then you don't have to use a kiln. It will just sit happily on a shelf!
If you’re just creating something sculptural that is happy to just sit on a shelf, you can just leave it be - you can even paint it with acrylic paint. However it will be brittle, and you won’t be able to get it wet.
If you want something functional, like a mug or vase, you’re going to need to fire it to aver 1000 degrees, and seal with a glaze. Your oven just won't cut it.
If you’re in Sydney you can fire with us at Clay Sydney for an additional fee. If you’re outside of Sydney, there’s a fantastic website called kilnshare.com. It’s not our website, but lists hundreds of kilns all over the world! You can also jump on google and search “firing service in my area” to find your friendly local potters.
