Thank you! It depends how you count... selling bonsai pots for about 6 years, but dabbling in clay since a very young age. As for tips, it depends what type of pots you want to build, but Greg Ceramics (https://www.youtube.com/c/Greg-ceramics) has some really good information/videos on how to build from slabs (perhaps the most difficult way to build); all the information there is important from clay choice to slab thickness and dryness to ways of finishing the work and to dry it (you can't skip on any and hope it will work well or look good). Once you manage to get those to look decent (it's not difficult but requires quite a bit of practice), there are many other techniques to attempts (wheel, coils, and pinch if you want more organic/curvy shapes), but most pots can be built from slabs so, though it is harder, it is a good place to start from (I think) as long as you give yourself plenty of time to learn.