Creating a ceramic bowl

in hive-185836 •  4 years ago 

This is me throwing on the potters wheel, or as I prefer to say, playing in the mud! This started out as a approximately one pound ball of clay, and the first step is to center it on the spinning wheel. If it's off-center, you will have an uneven finished product.

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After it's centered you can begin to shape the clay, keeping the wheel spinning.

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It's starting to look like a bowl here! But after this it will need to be trimmed once it's "leather hard" to give it a more refined foot and shape

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I hope you enjoy this very quick look into how wheel-thrown pottery is made! If people are interested I can show more processes.

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