Yofuly Mini Pottery Wheel Review

Sep 23

Are you interested in trying pottery but don’t have the time or money to invest in a several weeks pottery course or expensive pottery wheel? A mini pottery wheel may just be the answer to your dilemma.

Today I'll review and demonstrate how I throw tiny pots on this miniature pottery wheel. This wheel is perfect especially for beginners who just want to test the waters throwing pottery because pottery can be a very expensive hobby.

Like me, maybe you’re toying with the idea of having a small business on the side and you’re interested in learning and making pottery to sell. Couldn’t we all use a side gig these days?

It can be very expensive to take a class at your local pottery studio and maybe you don’t have the time or funds to make that happen due to extenuating circumstances. Pottery wheels are no joke when it comes to cost.

What if you decided to purchase a mid range or expensive pottery wheel only to discover that ceramics isn’t for you after all?

It’s much easier on the wallet to drop $50.00 on a mini pottery wheel than say $500.00 upwards to $1,500.00 on just a pottery wheel. Not including any of your potter’s tools.

Sure, you might be able to sell it second hand, but you’ll never recoup your initial investment.

A tiny pottery wheel is also the perfect solution when you want to throw tiny pots on the wheel but don't want to clean up a large wheel mess for tiny pots. So it saves time and energy.

There is a slight learning curve involved, but that goes for any pottery wheel.

This Yofuly Mini Pottery Wheel was $49.99 and came with a set of artist brushes and complete beginner basic tool set. Honestly, I was hoping for a set of mini tools to throw the pottery with, because I already have a couple beginner tool sets.

That said, if you don’t already have a beginner pottery tool set this will be a great addition to the mini wheel and aside from your clay, you’re already 2/3’s of the way to becoming a ceramic artist.

As you’ll see in the review video, I made a tiny sponge to get down into my tiny pots to sop up the excess water. I’ve learned to use my homemade tool as an all in one tool to throw and pull a wall as well.

A complete list of links to the products I used is provided below.

About the clay I use: For this particular video I was using a high fire earthenware clay which I bisque fire in my kiln at cone 05 and after glazing fire at cone 5 for the final fire. If you don't have a kiln or have access to one you can certainly use an air dry clay. Air dry clay throws much like porcelain clay and there can be a learning curved involved, but that is also true of most clays when you are just beginning.

Be aware that you won't be using glazes on your air dry clay but can use acrylic paints to paint your pots after the clay has dried a bit. It's probably easier to dry the piece on the wheel with a heat gun or I simply use a butane lighter to dry my piece on the wheel.