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Summary: Wedging clay on the wheel for ceramic bottles eliminates inconsistencies within the clay. Learn how to wedge clay on the wheel with tips from a master potter in this free ceramics video.
Chris Cook received a BFA in ceramics and sculpture from Southern Oregon University where he studied raku, studio ceramics, stoneware, and various firing techniques under Jim Romberg....read more
"Alright so I got my ware board and what we're; what we're first going to start out with, with these it's important that you start out with the spout for these little bottles because you want the spout to set up so when you're working with it it doesn't get messed up because you don't want a dribbly spout so we're going to make tiny little spouts and we're going to set them over there and we're going to make; since we're only making two bottles but I'm going to make a group of spouts because I'll, I'll decide which one I like out of them and they're easy enough to make. So connected to the wheel head; get it all nice and wet doing a little wheel wedging, get rid of any inconsistencies that may be lurking inside your clay; now down and I don't know, notice I never go that fast; you should never go that fast it'd break your finger but I just never really mentioned that I have my foot on the, on the; on the petal all the time and I'm keeping it just at a nice cool speed, no reason to floor it. Alright so now we've got that ready to go we're ready to pull some spouts off the top."
eHow Article: Ceramic Bottle Wheel Wedge