169. Beginners Guide to Wheel Throwing a Wide Shallow Platter

[@Wayinsworld]

Thanks for the stoneware grog advice. I've been throwing with normal porcelain and consistently experiencing collapsed rims on my platters. Tooling the inside is also no shame IMO.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Porcelain is more difficult for sure. But not impossible :-) Here is an example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmHHqXShgdeInpYsi=pKapZXa3RUGN_8st

[@andreag7822]

Excellent, thank you Mikkel. It is hard work centering a large piece of clay, I’ve not achieved success with large pieces yet….I admit I found myself holding my breath when you were but at least you had something impressive to show for it. ❤🇬🇧

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Just try :-)

[@denisenoble4010]

@andreag7822 I used to hold my breath all the time, but luckily it's something I rarely do, blue is not a good look lol happy potting

[@denisenoble4010]

I love making this shape bowl, I just need to increase the clay amount to make the my bowls bigger, roll on September to get back to class😊

[@deMibPottery]

You can do it!

[@urlkrueger]

Hey Mikkel, be a little careful when using stiff clay. I tried making a 40cm wide platter from stiff clay and was straining, huffing and puffing just like you in this video. Unfortunately I ended up with a case of tendonitis that prevented me from doing any heavy work for a couple of months. Remember we are getting older so understand your limits and leave the strenuous stuff to the young folk.

[@deMibPottery]

Its not as bad as it looks and the firmer clay makes it easier to do the wide shallow pots :-)

[@ЕвгенияКозлова-и4ш]

Браво

[@deMibPottery]

🙏

[@Mackelsey]

Do you find that the edges lift a bit on drying and firing?

[@deMibPottery]

Depends on the clay and how you dry it but generally yes, edges do raise a bit. But with very grogged clay and slow drying much less so

[@PaulByrne-ev2zm]

5 kilos. That’s not a platter for passing… :). Enjoyed watching you wrestle the clay into shape.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks for watching!