You might want to write on your pottery as part of the design, to create your maker's mark or to write a dedication to someone who will receive your pot as a gift.

However, I’ve always found writing letters and words in pottery really tricky!

In this episode, I tell you about 6 ways I’ve tried to write letters and words in pottery with varying success!

✔️Etching handwriting into clay at the leather hard stage using a pen or pencil.

✔️ Painting lettering with glaze or oxides.

✔️ Creating 3D letter sprigs in clay with silicone sugar crafting moulds.

✔️ Slip trailing lettering, bisque firing and glazing with a transparent glaze.

✔️ Pressing lettering into leather-hard clay using metal letter stamps.

✔️ Getting a bespoke lettering stamp made from 3D printed plastic.

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Resources for Potters:

⭐ Pottery eBooks

⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon

Free Pottery Guides:

🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):

🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)

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