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Welcome to the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Gifts and Gear for Clay Artists and Potters, the place to help you find the right gift for favorite clay addict. Shopping for your favorite clay artist or potter doesn't have to be hard. Here are some things I think are kinda nifty, I'm sure the clay worker in your life will too.

Great Books for the Beginner Clay Student on Amazon 

These books are great for the beginning clay artist or potter. They have lots of good info and are great resources to have on hand.

Make It in Clay: A Beginner's Guide to Ceramics

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Hands in Clay : An Introduction to Ceramics

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Clay: A Studio Handbook

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The Complete Potter's Companion

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Creative Ideas for Clay Artists: A Collection of Articles from Ceramics Monthly

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Handtools for the Beginner from Dick Blick 

This is your basic kit that you will need to start throwing or handbuilding. Add to this a soft steel fettling knife and you are ready to start working in clay.Kemper Pottery Tool Kit

Kemper Pottery Tool Kit

Quality tools of finest stainless steel and select, smooth hardwood. Includes a potter's rib, steel scraper, wood modeling tool, needle tool, ribbon tool, loop tool, sponge, and wire clay cutter.
Kemper Fettling Knives


Kemper Fettling Knives

Use these knives to trim, carve, remove mold marks and sculpt ceramics, greenware, styrofoam, and more. The softer steel blade is flexible enough to bend while the harder is a tempered steel blade with the same feel as other conventional blades. Blades are 4" (102 mm) long, total length 8" (203 mm).

Great Clay Tools on Amazon 

Clay tools become an addiction. I love new tools. Here are a few different items that make great gifts for the pottery and clay artist.

SCULPTING TOOLS

While this is more of a grab bag of tools I am sure they be fun to play with in clay.

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18 Deluxe Dental Tools

Dental tools make great tools to carve details into wet or leatherhard clay.

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Sil-Pin Silicone Rolling Pin with Zinc Handles, Red

Non-stick sounds great, I'd love to give this rolling pin a place in my studio.

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Ateco 11-Piece Graduated Round Cookie Cutter Set

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Great Handbuilding Books on Amazon 

These books would make a clay handbuilder happy. Great resources to have on the bookshelf.

Handbuilding Ceramic Forms

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The Potter's Guide to Handbuilding (Practical Handbooks (Lorenz))

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Handbuilding Pottery: Practical Art Handbook

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Handbuilt Ceramics: Pinching * Coiling * Extruding * Molding * Slip Casting * Slab Work( A Lark Ceramics Book)

This is a great book with lots of photos and highlighting different methods of handbuilding and the work of different artists.

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The Art of Handbuilt Ceramics

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Banding Wheels and Sculpture Platforms on Amazon 

These items are useful for both the potter and clay artist. They allow the piece to be viewed and worked on in the round. Your favorite clay worker will get much use from these following turntables.

Sculpting Wheel- 7" Diameter All Metal with Ball Bearings

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Metal Studio Turntable

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Great Power Tools on Amazon 

Power tools for the potter and clay artist is a fantastic gift. Here are some that have found their way into my studio.

Dremel 400-6/90 Variable Speed XPR Rotary Tool Kit With 90 Accessories

Dremels are a wonderful addition to the clay worker's studio. I use mine to gind off minor glaze blobs to making my own clay modeling tools and stamps.

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Scheppach Tiger 2000 7 Amp Vertical Wheel Wet Grinding / Sharpening System

A wet grinder works great for grinding off glaze mistakes off the bottom of pots.

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Bosch 1590EVSK 6.4 Amp Top Handle Jigsaw

A jigsaw is perfect for cutting wood shapes and backing boards for mounting or tile projects

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Makita 6347DWDE 18-Volt NiMH Cordless Drill/Driver Kit

A drill has so many uses from drilling holes in wood mountings to make it ready to hang to mix batches of glaze quickly and easily with the 5-gallon mixer attachment seen below.

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Warner Tool 5-Gallon Mixer #345

Perfect drill attachment for mixing large 5 gallon batches of glaze.

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Great Wheelthrowing Books on Amazon 

Wheel-Thrown Ceramics: Altering, Trimming, Adding, Finishing (A Lark Ceramics Book)

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Wheel-Thrown Pottery (DIY): An Illustrated Guide of Basic Techniques from the Hit DIY Show Throwing Clay (DIY Network)

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Potter's Wheel, The

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Pottery on the Wheel

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Potter's Wheel Projects

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Potter's Wheel and Accessories FromAmazon 

A wheel thrower needs a wheel plain and simple. Your beginning wheel thrower will love to get one as a gift also plain and simple.

Potter's Pottery Wheel By Brent Has The Strength And Features Of Larger Potter's Wheels And Includes Splash Pan

Brent wheels are trusted wheels throughout the industry. Your beginning wheel thrower will love this one.

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Creative Idustries 12 Round Bat for Pottery Wheels

Creative Industry bats are my favorite bat to throw on. They are non warping and I have yet to have the pin holes wallow out like other brands tend to do.

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Creative Idustries 14 Round Bat for Pottery Wheels

This size bat is the perfect size to make dinner plates on.

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Creative Idustries 7.5 Square Bat for Pottery Wheels

This small bat is a shelf space saver while drying your work. Good for smaller based forms.

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Kiln Goddess Created Gear on CafePress 

The Kiln Goddess also dabbles in digital art. Here a couple of designs she has made.

Centered/Not Centered Tote Bag

A tote for all the potters out there. Centered and throwing fine on the front but yikes clay disaster on the back. Great to carry your stuff to the studio.

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Centered/Not Centered White T-Shirt

A shirt for all the potters out there. Centered and throwing fine on the front but yikes clay disaster on the back. Great to wear around the studio.

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Centered/Not Centered Jr. Raglan

A shirt for all the potters out there. Centered and throwing fine on the front but yikes clay disaster on the back. Great to wear around the studio.

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Centered/Not Centered Baseball Jersey

A shirt for all the potters out there. Centered and throwing fine on the front but yikes clay disaster on the back. Great to wear around the studio.

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My Other Mug... Large Mug

Your handthrown mug has disappeared again, your co-workers must have a great collection by now. My Other Mug is Handmade mug is a great gift for the potter with sticky fingered office mates.

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Great Raku Stuff on CafePress 

Great gifts for the raku artist.

Great Stuff on CafePress 

Great Clay Sculpture Books on Amazon 

The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists (A Lark Ceramics Book)

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Modeling the Head in Clay (Practical Craft Books)

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Modeling the Figure in Clay (Practical Craft Books)

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Books about Clay Art and Artists on Amazon 

Architectural Ceramics for the Studio Potter: Designing * Building * Installing (A Lark Ceramics Book)

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500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form (A Lark Ceramics Book)

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The Qin Terracotta Army: Treasures of Lintong (National Museums & Monuments of Ancient China Ser.))

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Books About Functional Art, Artists and Potters on Amazon 

Magdalene Odundo

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The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art and Life of George E. Ohr

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Bernard Leach, Hamada & Their Circle: From the Wingfield Digby Collection (Contemporary Ceramics)

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500 Bowls: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design

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500 Teapots: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design

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Glaze Books on Amazon 

The Ceramic Glaze Handbook: Materials, Techniques, Formulas

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Clay and Glazes for the Potter

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The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes: Glazing & Firing at Cone 10 (A Lark Ceramics Book)

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The Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes

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The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes: A Comprehensive Guide to Formulating, Mixing, Applying and Firing Clay Bodies and Glazes

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Kiln Books on Amazon 

The Kiln Book: Materials, Specifications & Construction (Kiln Book)

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Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Guide to Clays and Glazes

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Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques: Raku * Saggar * Pit * Barrel (A Lark Ceramics Book)

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Building Your Own Kiln: Three Japanese Potters Give Advice and Instructions

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Gas Kiln Firing (Crafts (Hardcover Ritchie Unlimited))

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