Pottery Puns for the Glazed and Confused

Welcome to a collection of pottery-related humor and illustrations.


Let's potter around and see what we can shape before the wheel stops spinning and the thing needs to be put in the oven.


​Here are the puns.

Puns

bored pot glazed over
breaking pot could affect No Clay Bonus
caught short - use a chamber pot

clay alligator - crockodile
dreamy ceramic - sexpot
​dropped pot into a pothole

family of potters - kith and kiln
floating pot sails across the potion
mad potter - clayzy

my pottery friend is a kiln-dred spirit
overweight potter has a pot belly
potter can take poternity leave when baby pot arrives

pregnant potter has a little pot in the oven
rebellion and the Gunpowder Pot
​redundant potter - got fired

secret society of ceramic artists - potterati
stop throwing pots - you're kiln me
where pottery lives - Chinatown​

​​​win free pots in the National Pottery
Pottery Making design shows a potter at a potter's wheel lovingly creating a new piece of ceramic art. Contains wheel base, large formed pot and potter with hands caressing and shaping the clay. Fun illustration for pottery makers and ceramic artists.

Pottery Making Gifts >>

Expressions

bull in a china shop - destructive actions
feet of clay - a weakness in a person
point Percy at the porcelain - take a leak

pot boiler - creativity for making a living
​​pot calling the kettle black - no right to criticize
​pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - superstition
Pottery Making Hands shows a pair of potter's hand caressing a clay pot into shape.

Pottery Making Hands Gifts >>

Famous Potters

Beatrix Potter - writer
​​Brad Pott - actor
Cassius Clay - boxer

​Davy Crockett - American folk hero
​Ceramic Jagger - singer
Ming the Merciless - fictional potter

Grayson Perry - eccentric ceramic artist
Caractacus Pott - Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
​​Harry Potter - wizard

Iggy Pot - punk potter
Pol Pot - dictator

Films and Media

Ghost - famous pottery scene
​Ugetsu -  Japanese potter 1953
I Love Pottery design features a potter at potter's wheel with a large ceramic pot - in front of a large I Love symbol. For pottery making enthusiasts.

I Love Pottery Gifts >>

Internet Pottery

eClay - for secondhand bargain pots
FacePot - catch up with your friends
InstaGlaze - selfie pots

OnlyPots - for adult pots only
PitPot - short and sweet
Potter (now called X) - news about pots

​Preddit - links for ceramics
​SnapPot - snap and chat
​WikiPottia - all you need to know about ceramics

Songs

Amazing Glaze - Judy Collins

Crock Around The Clock - Bill Haley

Melting Pot - Blue Mink

Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers, from the Ghost movie scene

Fun Keep Calm Pottery design shows a potter at the wheel creating a clay pot with the words

Keep Calm Pottery Gifts >>

Words For Pottery Puns

Some handy words for making up your own pottery and associated puns

ceramics, china, clay, crocks, fired, glaze, kiln, porcelain, pot, potter, pottery, slip, throw

Out Of The Oven

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It can be rested on a shelf to cool down while the rest of the internet waits for attention.


​With luck it was not too cracked and nothing fell off while it was being read.


Created by Mark Ewbie. Last Updated: August 28, 2025.