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This is part of the new wheel series I am working on this summer! I am remaking my wheel videos on my new SKUTT wheel!!! Here is a link to my wheel- available from most good pottery suppliers. skutt.com/products-page/potte...
The video is focused on the preparation of the wheel and clay for throwing.
In a nutshell, here are the key points I tell and show my students:
Wheel direction is COUNTER- CLOCKWISE for right handed throwing. Clay spins away from the fingertips, and into the palm of the left when centering.
Step 1) Start with a ball rather than a square
Step 2) Attach the ball firmly in the middle of the wheel head or bat
Step 3) Advice for beginners: Blend the ball edge to the bat to prevent water from creeping underneath
Step 4) Pat that ball into a little mountain shape BEFORE you wet your hands!
Step 5) LOCKING your ELBOWS and HANDS
Elbows to thighs or splashpan if sitting- to side or splashpan if standing
Hands locked together when at all possible thus creating a STABLE TRIANGLE-
Step 6) CONING- Water on ball and hands- Use the LEFT hand to begin centering the base of the clay where it attaches to the bat. ELBOW LOCKED- Hook thumb over top
Step 7) When centering the base with left and thumb over top, slide the left hand upward to pull any off centered areas up and through the top of the dome.
Step 8) PUSH down the clay by pushing it away from you and down with the left hand/thumb.
Step 9) Repeat the CONING process two more times until centered.
CHECK YOUR ELBOWS- ARE THEY LOCKED??
Step 10) Once fairly centered from the coning process (Done primarily with the left hand) then concentrate on the HOCKEY-PUCK prior to dropping the middle.
Step 11) Lock the left hand on the left side of the clay- pushing IN with the heel of the hand- while hooking your left thumb over the top edge to maintain a straight side.
Step 12) Lock the hands together- left on side, right on top, making a 90 degree angle with the hands. Right is in a fist- like you are going to punch- and you are pushing down with the side of the right hand- while locked to the left. Keep left thumb hooked over the top.
Step 13) CHECK YOUR ELBOWS- ARE THEY LOCKED??
My new series will offer new videos with tips and tricks to successfully wheel throw pieces- from beginner to intermediate to advanced. I will be offering a good deal of EXPLANATION within the videos to help people understand the mechanics of why things work the way they do! I often tell my students they learn more from their mistakes than from their successes in throwing. In these videos in my series, I will try to distill my best tips I have learned from my successes and failures, and my students' struggles as well. Two things have led me to becoming the potter I am today. These are the things I want to share with you- to help YOU become a better potter!
Subscribe to my channel to get the latest updates on this video series, AND, subscribe to my NEW wheel throwing playlist too! • NEW Wheel Throwing Pla...
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Check out your local pottery suppliers- I love my favorite local supplier- Cornell Studio Supply in Dayton… give them a call, they’re super helpful! (And tell them I sent you!) cornellstudiosupply.com/
For the great tools, materials, and suppliers I recommend check out this link to a live searchable (control F) Googledoc I continually update with lots of my favorite tools on Amazon using my associate links! docs.google.com/document/d/1X...
I am a public high school ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. (Mason is currently the largest high school in Ohio!) As a potter, I have been working in clay for over 33+ years, and I have been teaching for over 30 years, the past 22 have been specifically teaching high school ceramics. I love what I do! I have my own studio in my home basement, where I work on my personal pottery for my Etsy site; www.etsy.com/shop/KaransPotsA...
I started my KZbin channel a few years ago, to make videos to help my students if they are absent and miss a demo, or if they would like to explore more advanced techniques independently.
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I am in a partnership with Skutt - as they sent me the new wheel to use for the videos! I am not receiving any compensation from them beyond the wheel.