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Summary: Watch a ceramics artist throw a noodle bowl off the hump in this free video on pottery wheel ceramics.
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
"So now I'm going to make that but I'm going to make it in real time because the fun part about these is how quick you can actually throw them. So you can move onto more important things like glazing or dinner! Or hanging out with friends and family. You don't want to spend all your time sitting behind this wheel. You'll never get any better at it. There we go. Down, plunge right there compressing with my thumbs. I am just going like this. That's compressing the bottom compressing, compressing and then take your sponge and squeeze the bottoms so that it comes up. Push it down and come up again and the faster you do these. The more fun they look the more fun they are. Well it's all dry right there I just want to give it a little water and start over from the bottom and pull out my last pull. Done. Alright like that. Clean it off. Dry it down and dry it down like that. Potter tool. Cutting the bottom there, just like that and you make a whole bunch of these really fast."
eHow Article: Throwing a Noodle Bowl on the Pottery Wheel