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This gift guide has more than 40 ideas of gifts for potters, ceramic artists, or anyone who works with clay. Most of these suggestions are priced between $5 and $100, along with a few higher-priced items like pottery wheels and slab rollers.
Most potters probably already have a basic tool kit and a few others tools. But if someone is just starting, we’ve also got a handy guide to the best tools for pottery beginners, and there are many other posts on this site with reviews of tools and books we love.
This post starts with a few “top gift ideas” including aprons, hand lotion, new books, and tool kits, and follows with a bunch of gift ideas $25 and under, $50 and under, $100 and under, $250 and under, and over $250.
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Top Gift Ideas
A few of our favorites, including aprons, skin cream, new books, and tool kits.
Top Gift Ideas: Aprons
The Claypron is a great potter’s apron.
The Claypron
Potters always need an apron or two, and there are many great options. The Claypron is a split-leg apron designed specifically for working with clay at the potter’s wheel. It’s available in a variety of colors, is made with high-quality, washable cotton, and is one of the most popular aprons in ceramic studios. It has ties at the neck and waist, and generally retails for around $40.
Best Lightweight Apron
The Revco apron is a lightweight option.
For a lightweight apron, check out the Revco Split-Leg Apron. It has clips at the neck and around the legs, and a tie at the waist. The apron is available in a few lengths, but the standard 36” length will work for most. It doesn’t have overlapping canvas, but it’s a great option that retails for around $19.
Deluxe Apron
The ScheveningsePracht split-leg apron is made in the Netherlands from thick canvas.
For a deluxe, heavy-duty canvas apron with great ties, style, and a a built-in towel hook, the ScheveningsePracht split-leg apron available on Etsy is awesome! It’s made with a thick, overlapping canvas for great coverage at the wheel, and it has a tie at the waist and an adjustable neck. It is made in the Netherlands and ships from there, so allow a few weeks for delivery around the world. You can also order custom lengths, a linen apron, or check out the other apron options from this store. The split-leg apron is listed at $52.
For more on aprons, visit our complete guide to aprons for pottery and ceramic studios.
Top Gift Ideas: Lotion and Hand Cream
Continuing with our top gifts, a few lotion options. Pottery and clay can be hard on hands and any potter will appreciate the gift of nice lotion
Potter’s Skin Butter
Potter’s Skin Butter from Cara Mae Skincare is deep hydration for hardworking hands. Made by a potter for potters, this is a great gift. Available in Tangerine, Lavender, Mint and Unscented in a variety of sizes.
Cara Mae Skincare has other lotions as well, all equally great.
Weleda Skin Food
Weleda Skin Food in its distinctive green tube.
There are lots of great everyday creams, such as O’Keeffe’s Working Hands Cream (shop at Amazon), but a real upgrade is Weleda Skin Food. It’s a rich, luxurious cream that will help protect hands during a long studio session or at home. This extra thick cream smells great, melds into your skin quickly, and the squeeze tube makes it easy to use at home or studio. It usually listed at $19 for a 2.5 oz tube, but recently it’s been available for $13.
For more on hand creams, visit our complete guide to creams and lotions for the pottery studio.
Top Gift Ideas: Books
A few new releases that are great for any bookshelf.
Boy in a China Shop: Life, Clay and Everything by Keith Brymer Jones
Fans of The Great Pottery Throwdown and potters will love this book by Brymer Jones, judge on the popular BBC series. In a series of chapters inspired by significant objects (usually pots), Brymer shares stories and insights from his life and work.
Boy In A China Shop, Hardcover, 352 pages, published October 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton, $29
Pottery for Beginners: Projects for Beautiful Ceramic Bowls, Mugs, Vases, and More by Kara Leigh Ford
Aimed at beginners, this book covers handbuilding and wheel throwing, as well as how to set up a workspace. Filled with projects, tips, and ideas, this book is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to get started with clay.
Paperback, 192 pages, published October 2021 by Page Street Publishing, $23
Ceramics Masterclass: Creative Techniques of 100 Great Artists by Louisa Taylor
This 2020 book by Louisa Taylor (who also wrote The Ceramics Bible) is a great gift for the potter or artist looking to expand their ideas. The book explores 100 works of contemporary and historical ceramic art and discusses techniques, methods, and concepts behind the works. Presented as a two-page spread per artwork with great images, the book also contains info on techniques and glaze recipes. Available in hardcover for $30 or even better for the studio, Flexbound for around $14, this is a great gift.
For more books, check out our recent posts:
14 Best New Ceramic and Pottery Technique Books
and
14 Best New Ceramic History Books and Artist Monographs
Top Gifts Ideas: Tool Kits
A packaged tool kit can be a great way for a beginner to get going, or for an experienced potter to replenish their tool supply.
Mudtool Essentials Starter Kit
The Mudtools Essentials Starter Kit includes 9 tools and a storage tube.
MudTools makes innovative tools such as their beloved flexible plastic ribs, and this MudTools Essential Starter Kit includes nine of their most popular tools (plus the tube). A great gift for beginners, experienced potters will also appreciate this kit. Included are three flexible polymer ribs, the Mudshark cutting tool, a cut-off wire with polymer handles, a long plastic scraper/rib, a sponge, the MudTools all-in-one trimming tool, and the MudTools shredder. The kit typically costs around $75.
Xiem Tool Kits
The Xiem 10 piece beginner’s pottery kit.
Xiem Tools makes two tool kits with some of their best and most popular pottery tools.
The Xiem 14 piece Pottery Essentials tool kit.
The 10 Piece Beginners Pottery Kit actually contains 9 tools (unless you count the tube it comes in as a tool!) including a Foot Shaper, Needle Tool, Heavy Duty Clay Sponge, 11" Pro Wire Clay Cutter, 2 Titanium Fused Trimming Tools, Soft Silicone Clay Rib, Rigid Plastic Clay Rib, and Flexible Stainless Steel Rib. It retails for $61.
The 14 piece Essentials Kit (13 tools plus the tube) has the same tools as the Beginners set with the addition of an extra rib, another loop tool, a metal clay knife, and the extendable Xiem pottery sponge. It retails for $95.
Gift Ideas Under $25
JJRing Craft and Art Organizer Tote Bag
The JJRing Tote Bag
Potters end up with lots of tools so a simple tool bag is very handy. The JJRing Craft and Art Organizer Tote Bag comes in a variety of colors and has numerous pockets to keep everything in its place. Made of nylon with cardboard supports, this bag is available in a variety of colors.
JJRing Tote Bag, $14-18 depending on color
Mini Ribbon Tool Kit
The Mini Ribbon tool kit
This set of 6 tools is great for detail work, decorating, and finishing a piece of pottery or a sculpture. At 5 1/2” each, the metal tools don’t take up much room but they can do a lot, especially for detail work or scraffito. Pair this with the following book for a great gift combo.
Mini Ribbon Tool Kit, $14
Carve Your Clay
This book gives a lot of ideas for surface decoration including carving, inlay, scraffito, wire cutting and more. With easy-to-follow instructions and great illustrations, it’s an inspirational book. Based on Hilda Carr’s signature style but with variations and ideas for every potter, the book is available in hardcover or paperback.
Carve Your Clay, by Hilda Carr, 2020. Listed at $27 but typically available for $19-$25.
Pottery T-Shirts
There’s a lot of fun t-shirts with pottery and kiln themes available from print on demand sites. Most of these sites also pay a portion of the sale price to the artists and designers, so not only are you getting a cool gift, but you’re supporting other artists and designers too. If you see a pattern or design you like, make sure to click around — designs are usually available on multiple products so you can find the right gift.
Pictured here a few shirt ideas with links, or check out our post about pottery shirts.
Pottery Shirts, typically $18-30 each depending on options and styles.
Mastering Ceramics Series
The Mastering Ceramics books are great for beginners and intermediate pottery students. The thorough, straightforward advice covers a variety of techniques in an easy to approach style. All three books are a great addition to any potter’s bookshelf.
The books include
Mastering the Potters Wheel by Ben Carter, published 2016
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Mastering Hand Building by Sunshine Cobb, published 2018
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Mastering Kilns and Firing by Lindsay Oesterritter, published 2019
Xiem Batmate
The Xiem 12” BatMate
The BatMate from Xiem Studio Tools is a 12 or 14 inch diameter piece of synthetic fabric that can be placed in between a bat and wheel head to virtually eliminate any wobble, improving the accuracy of throwing and trimming. Many potters, however, wet the fabric and place it directly on a wheel head to use when trimming pots.
Xiem BatMate, $15
Slab Mats
SlabMats are Available in a variety of sizes.
Slab Mats are a canvas alternative for use with slab rollers, handbuilding, or even cut up them up and use as bats on the wheel. They are a plastic, fabric-like material, with one smooth side and one that is slightly fuzzy and ideal for working with clay. You can cut with clay knives on them and not worry about damaging your table top surfaces. They are easy to clean — just wipe with a sponge — and result in much less dust than canvas. They are available in a variety of sizes but the larger 22 x 50” size really allows you to spread out.
SlabMats, $6–$23
Gorilla Tubs
Three sizes of Red Gorilla Tubs / Tubtrugs.
Gorilla Tubs, also known as TubTrugs, are flexible plastic tubs with handles that are available in a variety of sizes. They are great for reclaiming clay, mixing plaster, mixing glazes, or just about any studio task. They are even great for gardening and yard work.
The lower wider options are best for reclaiming clay, and the taller options are great for mixing plaster. They are available from a variety of vendors on Amazon. For me, some ship from warehouses in the U.S. while others took a bit longer as they shipped directly from Spain, where these flexible buckets are manufactured.
Read a full review of these buckets here.
Small Tools under $25
There’s a lot of small tools that can make a big difference in the studio. Here’s a few that make a nice gift for any potter.
Kemper Clay Drill
The Kemper Clay Drill
The Kemper Clay Drill is the best way to drill holes for spouts or drain holes in planters, or just to make circular holes in any piece of clay. It makes a variety of sizes, simply keep twisting and work the tool deeper for a wider hole. It’s easy to use, easy to clean, and replaces all the other drill tools in one easy piece.
Kemper Clay Drill, $4.50
Neiko Diamond Bits
Neiko Diamond Bits
Diamond bits allow you to drill through fired and glazed ceramic, and this small set from Neiko is a great introductory set. Pair it with any drill, and you are set. Just be sure to use it with plenty of water so the bits do not overheat. Ranging from 5/32” to 1/2”, the Neiko bits are a good size for tasks such as drilling cord holes in ceramic lamps or adding drainage holes for planters. At $10 or less, the Neiko bits are a cost-effective addition to any ceramic studio.
Neiko Diamond Hole Bits, $10
Metal Rib Set
The Comiart Metal Rib Set
A variety of ribs can help a pottery easily achieve different shapes on the wheel or handbuilding. This cost-effective, affordable set of 10 ribs includes a wide variety of shapes as well as two serrated ribs that are useful for creating texture or joining clay together.
Comiart Metal Rib Set, $10
Mudtools MudWire set
Potters always need wire cutoff tools and this two-wire set includes a standard straight wire and a curly texture wire, with the great Mudtools plastic handles.
Mudtools Mudwire Set of 2, $15. Individual wires available at Blick for $9.
Xiem Precision Applicator
The Xiem 3oz precision applicator
A great decorating tool is the Xiem precision applicator, available in 1 and 3 oz sizes. These applicators have a soft, flexible rubber bulb with a variety of screw-on metal tips. Mostly used for slip trailing and slip-decoration techniques, these bulbs can be used to apply just about any type of thicker, viscous liquid. The larger 3 oz size will be the best option for most. There are cheaper slip-trailing options that are a plastic bottle with similar metal tips, but the rubber bulb in the Xiem applicator provides steady, even pressure that is just easier to use.
Xiem 3oz Precision Applicator, $26
Gifts Under $50
MudTools Double Ended Trimming Tool
The Mudtools double-ended trimming tool.
This steel trimming tool from MudTools is a great studio tool, allowing potters to trim in a flat plan or in a curve. It’s a toolbox essential tand is also available as part of the MudTools kit, mentioned at the top of the post.
Mudtools Double Ended Trim Tool, $27
Wooden Clay Mallet
This handmade wooden clay mallet, by CompanionWorks of Brooklyn, NY, is well proportioned, comfortable, and beautiful. With a maple mallet and poplar handle, it will only get more beautiful with use.
It’s available for $40 from CompanionWorks on Etsy. Also check out their beautiful clay anvils for making bowls from slabs. The anvils are available in widths of 3” ($40) and 6” ($50).
The CompanionWorks clay mallet (top) and clay anvil are beautiful and functional handmade tools.
10,000 Years of Pottery by Emmanuel Cooper
This lavishly illustrated book is a great addition to any potter’s bookshelf and will provide years of inspiration. With 360 pages and full-color pictures on almost every page, it traces the history of ceramics from the Ancient Near East through contemporary times from all parts of the globe. Originally published in 1972, the book has been updated continuously since. The most recent 4th edition is available as a paperback for $40-$50. Unfortunately, it seems to be out of print at that moment so it’s only available used.
Underglaze Sampler Packs
The Speedball Underglaze Sampler Pack
Underglazes are studio favorites and are great way to get vibrant, saturated colors on ceramics. They can be applied by brush, sponge, or spraying. Use alone for a matte finish, or in combination with a clear glaze for a glossy finish. Sample packs are a great way to find the underglaze colors that work best, and are available from a variety of manufacturers.
The Speedball sampler pack includes 12 colors in 2 oz bottles, $45.
AMACO Velvet Underglazes are available in 4 different sampler sets of 2 oz jars for $52 each. Shop at Blick
Mayco has a 10 pack underglaze sampler for around $40. Shop at Amazon
Sax True Flow Underglaze has a 12 pack sampler set for around $43. Shop at Amazon
Wooden Rollers
Set of 5 wooden rollers
These sets of wooden rollers allow potters to quickly and easily add relief textures and patterns to slabs, pots, or any piece of clay. The wood is long-lasting, durable, easy to clean, and can really add that extra-special touch to elevate handmade work.
Wooden Rollers set of five, $27, set of 8, $40.
Creative Pottery by Deb Schwartzkopf
Whether you are a handbuilder or work on the wheel, this book is a guide to taking your ceramics to the next level. Add complexity to your projects with simple changes, learn how to make bisque molds, or choose from other projects in this self guided book from potter Deb Schwartzkopf, founder of Rat City and Rain City studios in Seattle.
Creative Pottery, Hardcover, 192 pages, published June 2020 by Quarry Books, Listed at $30 but typically available for $25-$27.
3M Respirator
3M half facepiece respirator with P100 filters.
A quality dust mask is a must have for anyone who mixes glazes from scratch, makes their own clay, or works with plaster. The best option is a 3M respirator. A basic model is about $15 plus the filters, but for a few dollars more you can get the “rugged comfort” mask which has a more comfortable liner and a few extra features. Pair it with P100 filters or P100 cartridges, and you’ve got high quality protection against silica and other airborne particulates.
For more, visit our complete guide to dust masks.
3M Respirator, $23-$40 depending on model
The Ceramics Reader
This book brings together texts, extracts, and other pieces of writing on the field of ceramics. Covering past and present, it’s recommended for serious hobbyists, ceramic students, professionals, or anyone that wants to read more about this amazing medium. At 616 pages long, there’s something in there for everyone. Don’t read it front to back—just flip it open and find what interests you.
The Ceramics Reader, paperback, $36.
Anker Soundcore P2 Earbuds
These Anker earbuds have an absolutely amazing 40-hour battery life, above-average sound, and are cheap enough that they’re suitable for studio use and possibly getting dirty with clay. I’ve had a pair for almost a year and they are the best wire-free earbuds I’ve ever had.
Anker Soundcore Life P2 earbuds, $45.
Gifts Under $100
Nidec-Shimpo Banding Wheels
The Shimpo 8 3/4” x 2 1/2” tall banding wheel is one of five options from Shimpo.
Banding wheels are very useful for coil building, sculpting, and decorating. Nidec-Shimpo Banding Wheels are the best on the market, made of cast iron with sealed bearings. They are on the heavy side, but this added weight gives the wheels a smooth, even spin. Shimpo banding wheels come in five different sizes ranging from $60 to about $120. The 8 3/4” wide x 2 1/2” tall model ($80) is an all-purpose size that should work for most studios. For more info, read our complete review of banding wheels.
Stadea Adjustable Diamond Hand Pad Set
The Stadea adjustable diamond hand pad system.
Stadea is a go-to brand for quality diamond tools, and this new option is great for potters! It features a 5 inch long foam pad with velcro and 6 different diamond pads, ranging from 50 grit to 1500 grit. It’s perfect for light-duty cleanup such as smoothing the bottom of pots and sculptures. And the adjustable pads means you just have to store one foam block, not six, so it can save space too.
Stadea Adjustable Diamond Hand Pad, $54.
JBL Bluetooth Speaker
JBL FLip 4 portable speaker.
It’s always great to have tunes in the studio, and a portable bluetooth speaker makes it easy to play anything from your phone, tablet, or laptop. The JBL Flip 4 is slightly older (meaning it’s available at a discount) but is still a great option that sounds great, is easy to pair with devices, and comes with long-lasting build quality. For something bigger and louder, check out the JBL Charge line of speakers. The JBL Flip 4 is waterproof, available in a variety of colors, and usually retails for around $80.
JBL Flip 4, $80
Magna Cart
The Magna Cart roller. A classic!
Potters need to move heavy stuff all the time. Whether it is boxes of clay, packaged ware for shipping, or large sculptures, the Magna Cart is an invaluable tool that folds up for efficient storage when not in use. The cart can hold 150 lbs, has 5” rubber wheels, a 15” wide base and the handle can extend to 39” tall. There are a lot of folding carts on the market now in all shapes and sizes, but the classic Magna Cart is still the best option.
Magna Cart collapsible rolling car, $60-$65.
Nidec-Shimpo Handheld Extruder
The Nidec-Shimpo Handheld Extruder comes with 5 dies and a blank die, which can be drilled to any shape.
A handheld extruder is one of the best ways to make handles or other shapes in a quick, efficient way. Clay is placed in the barrel, a die is screwed on, and through squeezing, the plunger pushes the clay through the die. There are a variety of handheld extruders—all about the same—but the Nidec-Shimpo Handheld Extruder is compact and well built and comes with a few dies. The key is getting dies that work for. In addition to the basic dies, a great add-on is the hollow-form dies (at Blick via link below) and the Scott Creek Handle Die kit, which should match up with any small handheld extruder.
Shimpo Handheld Extruder, $58, extra die sets $40-$45.
Nidec-Shimpo Potter’s Stool
Nidec-Shimpo Potter’s Stool
Another great gift idea from Nidec-Shimpo is the Shimpo Potter’s Stool. It’s the most versatile, comfortable, and functional pottery stool on the market. It has four adjustable legs with nine slots on each leg with a range of 19 to 26 inches high. The legs can be adjusted independently, allowing for the stool to be set at an angle if desired. It also has a comfortable, padded seat. It’s a great upgrade for any potter.
Shimpo Potter’s Stool, 16 x 16 inches and ranges up to 26 inches tall. It generally costs around $90.
Sony Bluetooth Boombox
The Sony Bluetooth Boombox
This little Sony unit is a great for studios. It can stream via bluetooth, or use the digital tuner to pick up just about any AM/FM station in your area. While it doesn’t have audiophile quality, the sound is decent and for me personally, I just like having the option of listening to the radio without fussing with my phone. It seems to be the best, most functional option for a Bluetooth boombox that is priced under $100.
Sony Portable Bluetooth Boombox: $90-$99
Power: AC cord or 6 C batteries
Mudtools Rib Set
Mudtools Ribs, some sets of six available at Amazon or buy them individually.
Mudtools ribs are used and loved by many potters. There are four different firmness levels, and each level has six different shapes. There are sets of all 6 on Amazon, or head over to Blick to pick out individual ribs.
Mudtools ribs:
Red — very soft
Yellow — soft
Green — medium
Blue — firm
Mudtools Rib Set, $51 for six ribs at Amazon, or individual ribs at Blick, $9 each.
Gift Ideas From $100 to $250
Milwaukee M12 Cordless Drill
The Milwaukee M12 Drill Kit comes with a drill, one battery, charging station, and a bag.
The Milwaukee M12 compact cordless drill is a studio favorite. It’s strong enough for most jobs, but small and light so that it’s comfortable for just about any user. Paired with the right mixer blade, this is an ideal drill for mixing glazes, plaster, or other tasks in a ceramics studio. Milwaukee also makes a wide variety of tools that fit the M12 battery. Click here to read a full guide to cordless drills.
Milwaukee M12 Drill kit, typically retails for $125-$140.
Recommended drill accessories for ceramics:
Jiffy LM Laboratory mixer for mixing small glaze cups.
Plastic helix mixer for mixing 1-2 gallon glaze buckets.
Jiffy ES Mixer for mixing 2 to 5 gallon bucket.
Dewalt 14 piece bit set for drilling holes and the Dewalt 45 piece screwdriver set.
My Weigh iBalance 5500 Scale
My Weigh iBalance 5500 scale has a 5500 gram / 12 lb capacity and is accurate to 0.1 grams.
The MyWeigh iBalance 5500 is a precision scale that is accurate to 0.1 grams while maintaining a large capacity of 5500 grams or about 12 pounds. It has a stainless steel top, optional AC power adapter, simple and intuitive buttons, and a 3 year warranty. The four feet can be independently leveled too. It’s one of the best options on the market and is a great gift for the potter who also mixes their own glaze.
My Weigh iBalance 5500 Scale, $249
Gift Ideas $250-$550
Giffin Grip trimming tool
The Giffin Grip in use, holding a pot in place for trimming.
The Giffin Grip is a trimming tool that attaches to any pottery wheelhead, and various arms allow you to easily hold vases and pots in place for trimming. It sure beats trying to attach pots using small bits of a clay. It’s not cheap—typically around $270—but it lasts for ever and once a potter has one, they’ll use it all the time.
Giffin Grip trimming tool, $270
Speedball Artista Tabletop Wheel
The Speedball Artista Tabletop Wheel
The Speedball Artista is a great tabletop wheel that is strong enough for most potters but is also portable and can be stored with ease. It’s the perfect option for an at-home practice wheel or for someone looking to try out pottery with a professional machine. It has an 11” wheelhead, a 1/3 horsepower motor, is compatible with standard 10” bats, and weighs just 26 pounds, so it can easily be put away when not in use. You can also add an optional foot pedal or legs. For a complete overview, check out our guide to tabletop wheels.
Speedball Artista Tabletop Wheel, $520
Gift Ideas $550 and up
North Star Portaroller
The North Star Portaroller is a great tool that can instantly upgrade any studio. Designed for artists who are on the go, it’s also ideal for small or home studios because it quickly breaks down into three pieces that can be stored when not in use. The Portaroller has two metal rollers, a crank, and two tabletop pieces that fit on either side of the roller. The top roller can be adjusted for slab thicknesses up to 2.5 inches and it can make slabs that are 16 inches wide. It’s a well thought out piece of equipment that is backed by North Star’s impeccable record of quality. There’s also a larger model in the same style, the North Star Polaris, that can make slabs up to 22 inches wide.
For a complete guide to portable rollers, click here.
North Star Portaroller, 16” wide slabs, $726
North Star Polaris, 22” wide slabs, $829
Full Size Pottery Wheel
A professionally quality pottery wheel starts around $800 and ranges up to around $1,500 to $2,000. Most potters use a wheel in the $800 to $1,500 range from quality brands such as Nidec-Shimpo, Brent, or Speedball. We’ve got a complete pottery wheel buyer’s guide here, but just know that as the price goes up you are paying for a stronger motor, a sturdier tabletop and legs, and a few other features.
Here’s a quick overview of a few wheels that would be great gifts.
Nidec-Shimpo Wheels
Nidec makes three full size wheels:
Shimpo VL-Lite
Shimpo RK-Whisper
Shimpo VL-Whisper
VL-Lite is a motor-driven model that retails for $793
RK-Whisper has the classic Shimpo metal body and fixed foot pedal, 12” wheelhead, and the ultra-quiet magnet driven wheelhead. It retails for $1,208
VL-Whisper is many potter’s favorite with a 14” wheelhead, the same ultra-quiet magnet drive as the RK, and a moveable foot pedal. It retails for $1,399
Brent Pottery Wheels
Brent Model B.
Brent wheels are workhorses and come in a few models where everything is the same, except the motor. Some models are also available in black in addition to the distinctive “Brent yellow.” The most popular Brent models are the Brent B with a 1/3 horsepower motor, or the Brent C, with a 1/2 horsepower motor.
Brent Model B, 1/3 HP motor, $1,660
Brent Model C, 1/2 HP motor, $1,740
Speedball Wheels
Speedball Clay Boss Wheel
In addition to the tabletop model mentioned above, Speedball makes two full sized wheels. The Clay Boss has a 1/2 HP motor with a 14” wheelhead. It’s reversible, but only via a plug and not a switch. The Big Boss has similar features except it comes with a 1 HP motor.
Speedball Clay Boss 1/2 HP wheel, $989
Speedball Big Boss 1 HP wheel, $1241
Other Gift Ideas
Kilns: Read our guide to Skutt kilns here.
Tools: We’ve got a lot more ideas in our tool guides such as:
Tools that can be used in the kitchen or the studio.
Classes: A set of classes at your local ceramics studio can be a great gift. If you can’t find a studio, ask a local clay supplier if they can recommend local studios.
Magazine Subscriptions: Magazines are great sources of ideas and inspiration. Check out The Studio Potter, Pottery Making Illustrated, or Ceramics Monthly.
Tours, Trips, or Conferences: Look for pottery-specific travel tours, retreats, or conferences.
What ideas do you have for pottery gifts? Let us know in the comments.
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