Making a Ceramic Witch o' Lantern from Wild Clay

In this video, I walk through how to handbuild a ceramic witch o' lantern from wild clay for Halloween. Follow along from pinching the pumpkin base, to coiling the witch hat, flaring the brim, carving the pumpking and hat, and burnishing for a smooth finish. For those of you interested in my 3D printed banding wheel, checkout my tip on how to use it as a throwing wheel hack. And unlike me who made the poor guy's hat a little too big, be sure to measure the hat to pumpkin ratio! 😅 Checkout how I made the cone mold:    • Making a Wild Clay Cone Mold for Future Mu...   🎃 If you enjoyed watching this witch o' lantern build, give this video a thumbs up and subscribe for more wild clay experiments! ✨ Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:08 - Wedging 00:20 - Pinching Pumpkin 02:32 - Smoothing Pumpkin - Banding Wheel Hack 04:31 - Making Witch Hat 05:04 - Coiling Hat 06:24 - Removing Mold 07:08 - Making Brim 08:21 - Flaring & Shaping Brim 10:00 - Hat Shape Done! 10:09 - Adding Ridges to Pumpkin 11:43 - After Firming Up 11:53 - Carving Pumpkin 13:10 - Pumpkin Carved! 13:17 - Carving Hat 14:20 - Hat Carved! 14:24 - Burnishing 17:19 - Done! 17:36 - Blooper Music: Cemetary Clown by Sir Cubworth