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Summary: How to center the clay on the potter's wheel to throw a pot; learn this and more in this free video arts and crafts lesson taught by a pottery making expert.
Betty Ingham and her husband Ben, retired from education in 2001. They purchased and have fully remodeled and restored a 100 year old Victorian home from top to bottom. They also own a...read more
"Hi I'm Betty Ingham and I'm speaking today on behalf of Expert Village you start by putting this is called a bat and you put your bat on your wheel and you wet your bat a little bit. You center it as much as you can the most difficult thing about throwing a pot is that the actually beginning stage and that is centering it. You know that it is not center because it is wobbling so I have to get that center but I get the wheel going as fast as I can, I add some water, and with my hands I try to center it and you have to plant your elbows on your legs. It takes a lot of I wouldn't say muscle as much as perseverance you just have to stay with until you get it center and as you can see it is center because it is not moving. It is not wobbling."
eHow Article: How to Center the Clay on the Potter's Wheel
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