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How to Make Pottery : Using a Pottery Wheel: Centering the Clay
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Centering the clay on the wheel;learn this and more in this free arts and crafts video series taught by a pottery expert. Expert: Mark Kooy Bio: Mark Kooy has been teaching high school students how to work with ceramics, metals, painting, drawing, and publications for over 20 years. Filmmaker: Tim Adams
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9 Comments
November 11th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
where do you buy potery wheels
November 11th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
I noted this comment to students, Small balls of clay can be manhandled (although I would encourage students to cone up and compress down to center because this conditioning of the clay helps remove air bubbles) but after you have developed some skills. You are a poor teacher for not noting this and understanding you are demonstrating to beginners. After all, experienced throwers are not going to bother with this video, it is basic. (My condolences to the new thrower trying this method.)
November 12th, 2009 at 12:31 am
i have learned both ways and using muscle is much better than the whole cone thing. i did the cone for years and then tried this way and it is soooooo much easier.
November 12th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Students, please note this is NOT a standard way of centering. Not people I know do not manhandle the clay to center it which is exactly what is happening here. Using a coning up and then compressing down is better, easier, and conditions the clay like wedging. Also, coning up and compressing down does not require manhandling the clay.
This is a bad example of centering because there is no explanation as to why the clay is centering. See Simon Leach on centering… much better.
November 12th, 2009 at 1:12 am
OK! Throwing Competition! One peace of clay 25 pounds or less, who can throw the, tallest, widest, biggest, cleanest, nicest, best shaped vase! Winner is immortalized on U-Tube forever. Every one can judge six months from now. 8/12/09. So on 2/12/09 we will tally the votes. Label the video Throwing Competition and your name. I will favorite your entry so all can see. Also when you have an entry subscribe to my Channel and I will add your video.
November 12th, 2009 at 1:50 am
our artwork made with the Japanese traditional pottery techniques.
November 12th, 2009 at 1:53 am
threw my first pot today and im hooked came out great i can do this all day and i will
November 12th, 2009 at 1:57 am
Threw my first pot today…. it’s short ugly and I’m keeping it because I got sutch a buzz from just being able to do anything at all.
November 12th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Thank you for the demonstration, I just start to learn about pottery. So far still doing hand building.
N Turner