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Summary: Preparing the clay is one of the first steps towards throwing a multi-piece pottery form. Learn how to prepare your clay with tips from a pottery expert in this free craft video.

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Emily Owen Emily Owen was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She took advanced placement art courses to earn college credit while in High School, before heading to the Un... read more

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Pottery: Clay Preparation

Some pieces that you want to make on the wheel might require throwing two separate pieces and then putting them together. An example would be a pot like this, which is actually two bowls, and of them is inverted and connected to the original one. Or, a bottle, and in this case, I threw a base, and I threw a neck separately, and then I'll be connecting those on the wheel. So, I'm going to show you how to make both of these forms, but the first thing I need to do is to prepare my clay. So, in each of these cases, all four pieces I use a pound and a quarter of clay. So I'm going to cut four one and a quarter pound pieces of clay. Using my wire tool. Best way to cut your clay. So there's a pound and a quarter, and I'll pad that together into a ball, and I"ll do that three more times, so that I have four balls ready, and then we'll start the project.

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