Ceramic flower making takes a bit of time and practice.  I developed the skill at Coalport China Museum using ancient techniques of bone china flower making. Bone china is a very sticky clay so you use oil such as sunflower oil on your fingers to stop it sticking.  It is very soft and can only be sculpted into tiny or palm of the hand size flowers.

You can make flowers out of any clay with a bit of practice. I believe I could teach anyone to make flowers out of clay.  Below are some ‘how to’ guides and videos showing you how to make ceramic flowers using clay.  The techniques will work with any clay so can be tried using the air drying clay or other clays you may wish to work with.

History of Ceramic Flower Making

Ceramic flower making started back in the days when the potteries created elaborate bone china flowers and added them to their wares.

If you want to learn all about the history and see tutorials just on Bone China Flowers click here.

How to Make Ceramic Flowers

Flowers can be made out of any clay with a bit of practice. Below are some tutorials on how to make flowers with clay. Below these you can watch videos of my making my flowers.

Flower Making Videos

I have got a few videos on YouTube which you can see below.

Bone China Flower Making

Below are videos of me making bone china flowers at Coalport China Museum in Shropshire.