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Summary: Get your potter's wheel ready! Learn how to flatten the clay with expert tips and advice on pottery in this free video.
David D. Gibson has a BFA in Ceramics from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and has done post-graduate study in Ceramics at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He is and...read more
"DAVID GIBSON: In this next clip we're going to flatten the platter. I've pushed it down like a pancake on the wheel, but I'm going to continue to do that using the side of my fist, I'm pushing the clay out. Again, I can't stress enough compression. We need to really compress, compress, compress our clay. Again, moving that clay from the inside to the out; got a nice big pancake here with plenty of clay. I wanna--on this edge here define what is my floor and what is my rim. Okay? I'm working from the inside out with compressing here with my fingers and working from the outside back in, keeping this base nice and tight. This one will help to avoid any S-cracking or cracks that you maybe having with your platter. Keeping the bottom compressed."
eHow Article: Flattening Clay in Pottery
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