How To Make A Pipe In Ceramics Class

I also took a ceramics class senior year and like many of my super edgy peers decided to make a smoking device.

How to make a pipe in ceramics class.

For the first time i am showing my whole process of pipe making. I tried to copy this mug design that also had a bowl built in because i thought it was very cool. The last pipe maker retired and gives his last demonstration how to make clay smoking pipes. Then a wood or amber mouthpiece and long stem is drilled and carved to fit in the socket.

And don t tell me not to smoke blah blah blah i don t wanna hear it it s not gonna change my mind. Most clay bodies will work for making pipes though i believe those elaborate bavarian pipes with metal lids are made from glazed stoneware. You will learn how to make a tube where the water sits a percolator to diffuse the smoke. The easier clay pipe to make is a clay bowl that can easily be pinched to shape and a short stem applied to the side with a rod used to make a hole through the stem into the bowl and a socket opened to receive the long stem.

I d say any clay that can withstand firing can deal with the gentle heat that slow burning tobacco generates but non vitrified clays in general withstand heat shock better. This reminds me of a short story from my hs days. This is a basic beginner video on how to make a ceramic water pipe. His craft lives o.

I wanna make a pipe in ceramics but i have to disguise it or it ll get thrown away. Of course i had to pretend like i was just making a mug. It is then dried and fired. Most of all that includes showing my mold.