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Introduction to Pottery for Kids
Supplies for Making Pottery
Tools for Making Pottery
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How to Make a Clay Pottery Bowl
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How to Start a Pottery Piece on a Pottery Wheel
Building Up the Sides of Pottery Wheel Piece
Summary: How to begin making your piece on a pottery wheel; all this and more in this free arts and crafts video taught by an 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 on behalf of Expert Village. For my making of bowls and you start out by putting this is called a bat and you put your bat on your wheel, wet your bat a little bit, and you center it as much as you can, I get the wheel going as fast as I can I add some water, and with my hands I try to center it and then you have to open it up, to open it up you put your two thumbs in and you make your hole. Now we got a pretty good size hole but it's going to be to big pit thick on the bottom so you want to go down a little bit further and you want to bring it out a little bit more. And you've gotten the first part of it done."
eHow Article: How to Start a Pottery Piece on a Pottery Wheel
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