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Set up your home pottery studio — real specs, honest advice. A multi-brand guide to wheels, kilns, clay, glaze and the small stuff, written from maker specs and published safety sources.

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Food-safe ware
Selling your pottery

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Specs come from manufacturers and product listings; we do not lab-test or fire products. Electrical and safety notes are general information: have a licensed electrician check any kiln circuit.

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