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Tools for Making Pottery Mugs
Centering Clay to Make Pottery Mugs
Wheel Wedging Clay to Make Pottery Mugs
Opening Clay on the Wheel to Make Pottery Mugs
Preventing Cracks in Pottery: Wheel Throwing Techniques
Pulling the Walls of a Pottery Mug: Wheel Throwing Techniques
Throwing Down on the Pottery Wheel
Forming the Rim of a Pottery Mug: Wheel Throwing Techniques
Forming Curves on a Pottery Mug: Wheel Throwing Techniques
Trimming a Pottery Mug
Removing a Pottery Mug from the Bat
Summary: Potters use a rib to shape curves on clay pots such as pottery mugs. Learn how to form curves on a pottery mug 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
"All right, now that we're getting towards the end of this piece, let's go ahead and give them a little wipe down. And this guy wipe down. I want everything to be nice and dry, all right. So you just take your rib, go right in there, just go right in, nice. Don't force it too much, just let it do it, it'll do its thing. All right. I got the desired curve that I'm looking for. Now since I did that I can tell that it kind of messed my rim up a little bit. So, I'm going to grab a little bit of water, go back, and really get on that guy, and there it is. I've got the belly I'm looking for, I've got the rim that I'm looking for, now I want to go by, I'm going to do some of that wheel trimming, so I don't have to trim this thing tomorrow. It's going to be trimmed on the wheel, and then we're going to put it up, let it set up, and we're going to throw a handle on it."
eHow Article: Forming Curves on a Pottery Mug: Wheel Throwing Techniques
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