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Summary: For a ceramic assembled vase, the body is created separately from the neck. See how to throw a vase body with expertise 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
"I am going to throw the body which is actually just going to be a closed form. Let's see hopefully this works out. I have a feeling in the back of my head that there is a problem down at the bottom with this clay here but I think it is going to be in the side walls but I'm just going to go with it anyway, no problem, we're not saving lives here. Almost all the way down and open it up, open it up and compressing the bottom, compress the bottom just a little bit because we are going to cut this straight off the wheel and now we have our basic centered piece right here, just bring it in and now we are ready to throw this closed form."
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