Video: What is a Pottery Wheel?

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The pottery wheel or potter's wheel is used to throw clay bowls, pots, and bottles. Find out more about the pottery wheel in this free ceramics video.

- Wedging Clay on the Potter's Wheel

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This is the potter's wheel and it has an electric motor and it has a weighted flywheel and it can be use either as a kick wheel or a motorized wheel. And the important part of that using the wheel and throwing on the potter's wheel is the height of the seat should be level with the bat head height and this a recessed wheel head and the plaster back fits in. This should be level with the seat and the reason for that is when you're leaning over the wheel you want to have your upper body weight and your leverage as oppose to just physically strength of your body. So, try to adjust the seat accordingly, so when you lean over you're looking directly down on the piece With our wedge clay in a slightly rounded bottom, you want to wet the plaster back and then slightly wet the rounded bottom and placing it as close to the center as possible on the back is very important, it'll simplify the centering procedure and then tapping it in place formally so it stays on the back.

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What is a Pottery Wheel?

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