Using a Pottery Wheel: Pounding the Clay Into a Ball
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Using a Pottery Wheel: Pounding the Clay Into a Ball
On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Mark Coy and I am here to teach you how to throw pots, not do pots but how to throw pots. We are going to start out first with our clay and the best way to cut clay out of your bag is with just a piece of string It allows you to get through the sticky tackiness of the clay better rather than a knife or putty knife or any of those kinds of things. We are going to start off with a nice freshly cut piece. This is wonder white clay that I got at the local clay store and just pounding into a ball kind of wedging it a little bit at the same time. If you are working from your own clay that you put together or those kinds of things or if you are a little sketchy and if the clay is actually well mixed, you will want to wedge that out on a table. But otherwise straight out of the bag usually works pretty well but I like to soften my clay up a little bit. It kind of helps its elasticity when we work it on the wheel.
On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Mark Coy and I am here to teach you how to throw pots, not do pots but how to throw pots. We are going to start out first with our clay and the best way to cut clay out of your bag is with just a piece of string It allows you to get through the sticky tackiness of the clay better rather than a knife or putty knife or any of those kinds of things. We are going to start off with a nice freshly cut piece. This is wonder white clay that I got at the local clay store and just pounding into a ball kind of wedging it a little bit at the same time. If you are working from your own clay that you put together or those kinds of things or if you are a little sketchy and if the clay is actually well mixed, you will want to wedge that out on a table. But otherwise straight out of the bag usually works pretty well but I like to soften my clay up a little bit. It kind of helps its elasticity when we work it on the wheel.
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