How to Center Clay and Throw Pots on the Pottery Wheel

This video goes over the basics of how to centre clay, throw a pot on the wheel and thereafter how to remove it neatly, alongside many other tips and tricks that might help you learn how to throw. These tips reflect my way of making and there are, in fact, numerous subtlety different ways of doing...

Intermediate - 25 min - Arts & Crafts - Florian Gadsby

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What you'll need

• Pottery tool kit: Ribs, loops, needle and sponge.
• Pottery wheel: For when you outgrow the studio.
• Air-dry clay: Practise hand-building at home.
• Apron: Clay gets everywhere.

Books

1. The Craft and Art of Clay by Susan Peterson - View on Amazon
2. The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting (A Lark Ceramics Book) by Andrew Martin - View on Amazon
3. Ceramics by Glenn C. Nelson - View on Amazon

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• How to Make a Handmade Pottery Teapot — ASMR Version (23 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
• How to Center Clay — A Beginner's Guide (17 min, Florian Gadsby, Beginner)
• How to Make a Ceramic Teapot, from Beginning to End. (40 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
• How to Make a Stoneware Pottery Bowl, from Beginning to End — Narrated Version (15 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)
• Making Plates with Mouldy Clay (17 min, Florian Gadsby, Intermediate)