Ceramics & Pottery: Centering the Clay

Part of the Video Series Introduction to Ceramics & Pottery

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How to center the clay for a pottery project; learn this and more in this free arts and crafts video series taught by a pottery expert.

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Thank you so much for your informative, easy-to-follow videos. The hard work and effort you go to in order to show us all these basics is greatly appreciated!

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Ceramics & Pottery: Centering the Clay
Hi! I am Vincent Sansone, Director of the Ceramics Department at Crealde School of Art here in Winter Park. Today I am going to tell you a little bit about making a pot on a potter’s wheel. One of the things you will have to have if you want to make pottery by hand is to have a potter’s wheel and this is a fairly expensive piece of equipment, so usually when people are learning about the process, they come to a school first. I am going to put a piece of clay on the wheel and show you how this is used. First of all, I have to center the clay, now I get my hands wet and I get the clay wet and then I brace myself, hold my hand steady and center the clay.

About the Expert

Expert: Vincent Sansone is Director of the Ceramics department at Crealde School of Art in Winter Park, Fl. He holds a MFA in ceramic arts and teaches classes weekly at Crealde. Read More