How to Clean a Pottery Wheel

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Part of the video series: How to Make a Ceramic Casserole Dish

Summary: The wheel head of your potter's wheel should be clean of chunks of clay. See how to clean a pottery wheel before throwing a pot in this free ceramics video.

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By Chris Cook
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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

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on 10/25/2009 Whats up Chris....this is your old roomate Thomas, Looks like your doing good, badass pottery teacher..I'm not suprised. Email me I would like to talk with u. tmongan2@gmail.com

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"Alright so the same as any other thing that you're getting ready to make on the wheel; make sure your wheel head is nice and clean. Take any extra chunks of clay that are floating around from the last project; put it in the sludge bucket. Get your tools ready; the potter's knife, the wheel tool; two natural sponges alright, and blue rubber kidney because this is my favorite one; it's nice and flexible, he'll bend in any shape; it strengthens the clay up real nice. And you want to have your wire tool ready; no kinks, nice and clean; alright. Now that that's ready to roll; nice dry head alright. Nice clean bottom; let's find the center, right there. Alright, I can tell that's going to be just a little too much clay so I want to take that off; decided that in the last second there. And now we're ready to center; start throwing the walls, start depressing this clay."

eHow Article: How to Clean a Pottery Wheel