101. How to Make a Mug on the Potter's Wheel
Oxford Clay Podcast
Episode 101: How to Make a Mug on the Potter's Wheel
Welcome to the second episode of the How to Make a Raw-Glazed Mug on the Potter’s Wheel series!
In this episode, we’ll actually be making our mug on the Potter’s wheel!
I talk you through the different stages of making a pot on the potter’s wheel and the different speeds the wheel needs to go at for each stage.
We’ll also cover the importance of using water and anchoring your arms when making pottery on the potter’s wheel.
The stages of making a pot on the potter’s wheel:
✨ Fixing the clay on the potters wheel (maximum wheel speed).
✨ Centreing the clay (maximum wheel speed).
✨ Opening the clay out to start to make the pot (medium wheel speed).
✨ Bringing the pot up to make a cylinder, making sure the walls of the pot are an even thickness all the way up (slow wheel speed).
✨ Shaping the pot (slow wheel speed).
✨ Finishing the rim of the pot to make it nicely shaped and smoothed (very slow wheel speed).
✨ Cutting the pot off the potter's wheel (wheel is still).
✨ Cleaning the wheel after use to prevent clay dust.
All these episodes can be viewed as videos in the ‘How to Make a Raw-Glazed Mug on the Potter’s Wheel’ YouTube playlist here.
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