Wheel Wedging on the Pottery Wheel

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Summary: Wheel wedging clay on the potter's wheel prepares the clay for wheel throwing. Learn how to wheel wedge clay on the pottery wheel in this free ceramics video.

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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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"Alright, now we want to do what is called a wheel wedge. And this is important to do on every piece that goes on this wheel. All I'm doing, trying to get all this clay to come up to the top, like that. And I'm saving all my slip here, you see, that's all slip. And I'd rather throw that than water, or do anything with it. Wheel wedge, center. You need a little water, just tap your fingers in there. No need to drag a whole bunch of water onto this. Come down, clean up the bottom, there. Slop bucket. Alright, now you can see, by wheel wedging it, your compressing it down, we've also centered our piece. Now we're ready to start boring a hole in the top of it, drawing up the walls."

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