How to Form a Ceramic Bowl
After admiring pottery bowls at art fairs and ceramics shops, many people would like to know how to make their own. After learning to center and form a project's opening, its time to bring up the walls and form a ceramic bowl.
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Instructions
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Thin the walls of the ceramic bowl by gently pinching the wall and pulling it upward. Keep the speed at which you pull similar to your wheel speed: the faster your wheel is going, the faster you can pull up the walls.
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Keep pulling the walls up until you achieve the right size and thickness for the bowl. This is usually about 1/4 of an inch thick.
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Cut away excess clay at the bottom of the ceramics bowl by using an angled wood tool to scrape it off.
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Even out the top of the bowl by forming a lid. Insert a pointed needle tool at the desired height and slowly cut off the uneven top until it's flat.
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Create a narrow mouth on your bowl by pushing gently on the outside of the bowl's walls.
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Widen out the bowl by forming a lip, slipping your fingers inside and pressing outward.
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Remove the ceramics bowl from the wheel by cutting it off with a wire tool or fishing wire. Allow it to dry for about a day.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep your hands wet to prevent friction between your fingers and the clay.
Be careful when widening the bowl because the clay can become too thin and break.
