Tools | General Pottery

We stock a range of pottery tools for you to use on your creative clay journey.

Many of our unique tools can be purchased online - just follow the link in the item.

The Basics

We stock a range of essential pottery tools, for the beginner and the experienced potter, including:

Rolling Pins
Red Rubber Ribs
Metal Ribs
Wooden Ribs
Clay Cutters
Sponges
Buckets
Boards
Potters Knives

The Basics: Throwing

We stock a range of tools to get you started in your wheel throwing adventures, including:

Clay Cutters
Sponges
Buckets
Throwing Bats
Boards
Ribs and Kidneys
Trimming Tools
Turning Tools

Throwing Tools

We stock a range of specialist throwing tools to add to your tool collection as your wheel throwing adventure continues. These include:

Stick-a-bats
Throwing Bats
Calipers
Professional Tungsten Turning Tools
Rimu Pebble Ribs
Brass Pebble Ribs and Tools
Clae brass pebble tools

Glazing Tools

We stock a range of glazing tools, including:

Red Glazing Bulbs
Metal Hand Sieves
Talisman Hand and Bucket Sieves
Glazing Tongs
Glazing Atomisers
And a huge range of glazing brushes

Potters Knives and Piercing Tools

We stock a range of knives and hole-makers. These include:

Wooden potters knives
Metal potters knives
Pin Tools
Hole Cutters

Rolling Tools

We stock a range of rolling tools, including:

Rolling Pins
Brayers
Foam Rollers
Texture Rolling Pins
Texture Rollers

Brushes

A large range of beautiful brushes for glaze, slip, and underglaze application, including:

Hake Brushes
Glaze Mops
Liners

Brushes can be purchased in-store and a selection are available online at:

Brass Ribs

These bespoke pottery rib has been created by Clae in beautiful brass. These tools have a lovely smooth finish. Choose from the traditionally shaped rib, perfect for throwing on the wheel, or compressing the clay when hand-building, or the scratchy rib, just right for creating texture or preparing clay for joining.

These ribs are 10cm x 5cm at their widest.

$14.00

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Cobcraft Throwing and Sculpting Tools

Cobcraft tools are locally-made and have been the staple of New Zealand potters for decades.

We stock a range of these tools, including:

Loop Tools $34.50
Coilers $19.60
Pin Tools $5.90
Turning Tools $27.60

Anvil

These pottery anvils are used for shaping larger clay items, in conjunction with a paddle or hand. They are hand-turned in Canterbury by local craftsmen, and are in recycled kauri, rimu, and kwila.
They measure 8cm x 12 cm.

$72.00

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Paddles

These pottery paddles are used for shaping lclay items, and can be used conjunction with a pottery anvil. They are hand-turned in Canterbury by local craftsmen, and are in recycled rimu.

The rectangle paddle measures 7cm x 21.5cm.
The medium paddle measure 7.5 cm x 22 cm.
The small paddle measures 5.5 cm x 19 cm.

$18.00 - $32.00

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Banding Wheel

These light-weight banding wheel have a super smooth turn and are great for painting or carving lines, as well as hand-building. They are made in Germany of non-corroding zinc metal.

The wheel measures 20cm diameter , 11.5cm high.

$165.00

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Clae Wooden Tools

These beautiful Clae wooden pottery tools are locally-designed and locally-made.
There are two multi-purpose tools with lovely curves (which can be used for hand-building and throwing), and a
a wooden knife.

$12.00

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Rimu Pebble Ribs

This beautiful set of pebble ribs have been designed by
Clae and made right here in Christchurch. They are made of recycled rimu, and have been designed to give the thrower a range of curves to work with as they throw. The hole in the centre adds grip when working wet, and the smooth wood creates a silky smooth finish on the clay.
There are four different sizes and shapes for you to choose from.

$14.00 - $18.00

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Brass Pebble Tools

Designed by Clae and made in New Zealand, this set of brass tools is a fabulous addition to your tool kit. Cut from 1mm brass it is finished with a simple rubbed satin surface that will continue to patina and weather as you use it.

This set includes:

Rib No. 1 $36.00
Rib No.2 $32.00
Rib No.3 $32.00
Rib No.4 $28.00
Knife $24.00
Knife $24.00
Multi-Tool $24.00
Claw $18.00

Set of 8 $195.00 - perfect for the potter in your life.

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Rolling Pin - recycled Matai

These beautiful rolling pins have been here in Canterbury for Clae and are a great addition to your tool kit. They are crafted out of recycled Matai and are the perfect weight for rolling out clay slabs - particulary when combined with Clae rolling sticks. Each rolling pin is 45cm long, with handles that allow for fingers to grip without leaving marks on the clay.

$56.00

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Pair of Rolling Sticks

These rolling stocks have been made right here in Canterbury out of recycled Rimu. They make rolling out clay slabs a breeze - particularly when using a Clae Matia rolling pin.

The rolling sticks are 45cm long and 4.5cm wide, and come in three thicknesses:
4mm for thin slabs
7mm for medium slabs
10mm for thick slabs

$22.00 per pair

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Wiggle Wire

Wiggle wires have been created by Clae to enable you to texture your slabs. Just use the wire to cut through your slab and you have two pieces of textured clay read to be made into something fabulous.

Each wire is approximately 32 cm long and has a ceramic pebble at each end for grip.

Large wiggle (pictured) is $18.00.
Small wiggle is $16.00

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Talisman Sieves

We stock a range of New Zealand made Talisman sieves, including

Cup or Test Seives
Bucket Sieves (collar and screen)
Bucket Sieve Screens

Wooden Brayer

Selected for inclusion in the Clae range of tools, this wooden brayer is great for compressing clay and joins, as well as pressing transfers into clay.

$12.50

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Sgraffito Tools

Selected for inclusion in the Clae range of pottery tools, these tools are perfect for carving. There is a tool for fine line work, more robust line work, and faceting

$28.00 per tool

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Professional Tungsten Turning Tools

Selected for inclusion in the Clae range of tools, these professional turning tools are a fantastic addition to your throwing tool basket. They are made of tungsten and never need sharpening, enabling sharp and clean turning. These tools are designed for use on hard leather-hard pots (in the Eastern throwing tradition), and are particularly good for fine white clays.

$52.00
In hand-made pouch $65.00

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Recycled Rimu Wheel Tray

These wheel trays are made of recycled rimu and are made for Clae right here in Christchurch. They are perfect for sitting tools, water and ware-boards while you work at the wheel, and are a beautiful addition to your studio.

These wheel trays have a bar on the under-side that can be adjusted to fit your wheel, which prevents them from sliding off the back of the wheel.

$95.00

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Throwing Bats

These throwing bats come in three sizes and are perfect for use with a Stick-A-Bat.
If you have screws on your wheel-head, you can drill holes to measure.

30cm diameter $18.00
20cm diameter $15.00
15cm diameter $10.00

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Stick-A-Bat

These synthetic chamois keep your throwing bat on the wheel and make turning so much easier.

$20.00

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