{"id":24427,"date":"2024-02-22T11:32:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/?p=24427"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:35:19","slug":"detailed-clay-coil-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/detailed-clay-coil-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorative Clay Coil Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The clay<\/a> coiling method can be used to create both simple and complex pot designs. You can fully customise your pot and create all sorts of funky designs using spirals, balls, curved, wiggly and straight coils, then paint<\/a> them any way you like!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The clay coiling method can be used to create both simple and complex pot designs. You can fully customise your pot and create all sorts of funky designs using spirals, balls, curved, wiggly and straight coils, then paint them any way you like!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,27,765,255,256,239,231],"tags":[687],"class_list":["post-24427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-grown-ups","category-clay-coil-modelling","category-clay-modelling","category-home","category-techniques","category-themes-grown-ups","tag-clay-modelling"],"acf":{"age":["6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Intermediate"],"time-to-make":["1 hour"],"idea-type":["Art Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K1576","time":"45 Minutes plus drying time","skill_level":"Easy. Adult supervision needed","how_to_make":"

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  1. \tFirstly, make some clay slip by adding a little water to some soft clay and mix it with a fork.<\/li>\r\n
  2. Then tear off piece of clay and roll it into long \u2018sausage\u2019 shapes, the width of your pinky finger.<\/li>\r\n
  3. \tFor the base of the coil pot, roll one of the \u2018sausage\u2019 shapes into a spiral.<\/li>\r\n
  4. \tThen using a modelling tool, smooth out the top.<\/li>\r\n
  5. \tScore and create texture around the edge of the circle base.<\/li>\r\n
  6. \tThen paint some slip over where you scored the clay.<\/li>\r\n
  7. \tRoll another coil and cut it to the right length. Do this by lining up the coil to the edge of the base, or on the coil below and trim the ends. You can cut the clay with a modelling tool. <\/li>\r\n
  8. \tOnce it\u2019s cut to length, you need to bond the two ends of the coil together using the scoring and slip technique. <\/li>\r\n
  9. \tRepeat this for 3 coils at the bottom of the pot.<\/li>\r\n
  10. \tThen, roll 6 clay balls that are the same size.<\/li>\r\n
  11. \tScore and add slip to the previous coil and place the clay balls evenly around the pot.<\/li>\r\n
  12. \tThen, roll out a long coil and use the score and slip technique. Position the coil on top of your pot and direct the coil over and between the clay balls to create a wiggly design. <\/li>\r\n
  13. \tContinue to build your pot using the same technique until the pot reaches your desired height then set aside to dry. You can smooth the coils with a little bit of water and a paint brush as you go.<\/li>\r\n
  14. \tWhen the clay coil pot is dry, paint with your desired colours.<\/li>\r\n
  15. \tLastly, varnish your pot to create a shiny finish.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","shopping_list":"
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    • Paintbrush<\/li>\r\n
    • Fork<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"Position the joint in your clay coils at different points around the pot. ","image_01":64606,"step_instruction_01":"","image_02":64607,"step_instruction_02":"","image_03":64608,"step_instruction_03":"","image_04":"","step_instruction_04":"","image_05":"","step_instruction_05":"","image_06":"","step_instruction_06":"","template":"","related_projects":"24434,24419,7869,7190,25699","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"","products":"FX918,AC443,FE585,FC743,FE9554,FX903,FC380","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":10,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24427"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87793,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24427\/revisions\/87793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}