Ceramic Teapot Clay Checking

Video Transcript

"O.k. now that we've got our wedged piece of clay, you want to always check yourself because you don't want to find any inconsistencies down the road; especially when you have this much clay. So see how well you're wedging and all you got to do is cross-section; see that would have been a problem. And I thought I had wedged it well enough; see those folds there. That's a problem; you can see it starting right there. And it's real important to make sure you wedge it properly. So, when you think you've wedged enough; go back, re-wedge it; wedge it again. There; that ought to be well enough. And now we're going to go to the wheel; we're going to make sure we have all our tools ready and here we've got our rubber rib, our wire tool; needle tool, natural sponge; another natural sponge and potter's knife, these are all you're going to need for this project. And we got our water; nice fresh water and now we're ready to go to the wheel."