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Making Clay Coils by Hand
Clay Preparation Extruder Tips
Clay Extruder Tips
Cleaning a Clay Extruder
Making a Clay Coil Base
Making a Clay Coil Wall
Paddle Shaping Clay Molds
A Clay Bowl Mold
Finishing a Clay Bowl Mold
Torch and Flip Bowl Mold
Clay Coil Base Making Tips
Clay Coil Wall Making Tips
Smoothing Clay by Throwing
Shaping Clay with a Rib
Making a Clay Coil Handle
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Summary: Clay coils can be made by hand or with an extruder to be more precise. Learn how to smooth a clay coil wall by hand on a spin wheel from a pottery expert in this free video clip.
Emily Owen was born and raised in Austin, Texas. Owen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a bachelor's of Science from the University of Texas in Austin with a total of 180 hours...read more
"So, now that I've got a basic form built up with the coils it's pretty close to on center. The walls are pretty close to evenly consistently thick. What I can do, is actually use my throwing techniques. Get the wall on the interior a little bit moist. And, stretch this pot out and shape it to what I'm looking for. Now, I'm pushing from the inside and the outside simultaneously towards each other and just moving my hands up the pot. Now, what this is doing is smoothing out the coils on the inside and also making the walls a little bit smoother and more consistent. I'll do this a couple times. And, like I said if you're not extremely proficient at throwing yet this is a good way to get larger pieces that are a little bit more consistent than you would be able to get by throwing alone. Now, for the rim all you have to do is take your needle tool and hold it at an even place and cut off whatever excess you've got. And, then hold the sponge over the edge to round that off. And, then I can show you how to get some shape into this cylinder. I'll turn it into a mug for the purposes of this project."
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