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How to Make Pottery Bowls
Wedging Clay to Make Pottery Bowls
Centering Clay to Make Pottery Bowls
Opening Clay to Make Pottery Bowls
Pulling Up the Wall to Make Pottery Bowls
Shaping Clay into Pottery Bowl Forms
More ways to Shape Clay into Pottery Bowl Forms
Setting the Rim of Clay Pottery Bowls
Trimming the Clay of Pottery Bowls
Tap Centering Clay in Pottery Bowls
Trimming a Foot of Clay Pottery Bowls
Trimming a Foot of Clay Pottery Bowls: Part 2
Trimming a Foot of Clay Pottery Bowls: Part 3
Wedging Clay for Large Pottery Bowls
More Ways to Wedge Clay for Large Pottery Bowls
Centering Clay for Large Pottery Bowls
Opening Clay to Make Large Pottery Bowls
Pulling Up the Wall to Make Large Pottery Bowls
Shaping Large Clay Pottery Bowls
Shaping Large Clay Pottery Bowls: Part 2
Creating the Rim of Large Clay Pottery Bowls
Summary: Learn how to open the clay when you're making large clay pottery bowls with expert tips on throwing on pottery wheels in this free video art lesson.
Lucy Fagella, a gifted Massachusetts artisan creates unique and beautifully detailed hand made pottery. Lucy has been teaching pottery since 1986. “I get such a kick out of teaching...read more
"Now we are going to continue to make that opening that I started with the palm of my hand. I'm going to back into and use my fingers like I do on the small bowl and I'm going to go back and forth to compress the clay. Even though it was compressed a great deal with my palm of my hand this is more to get that nice curve of the bowl and to just compress it a little bit more. Now the edge of this has a little double rim I like to get rid of that before I go to the pulling and the way that I'm going to do that is I'm going to push my thumb in and pull my fingers out and really push down on this sponge. You can see there is a tiny lump in there and that little lump is probably a air bubble because I may have not wedge that big piece of clay enough. It does take a while to wedge a big piece of clay like that. Again you just want to make sure that you get some of the excess water out and this is all set for pulling up the wall. "
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