Summary: Keep the wheel head clean while making a ceramic beer stein to prevent stray clay pieces from getting into your piece. Learn how to clean the wheel head with tips 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
"Alright, now we're centering this, trying to find that wobble down there. I think I got it. Go and press down and just centers it right up. Alright? Get rid of any kind of funny stuff down there, just like that. Now we've got our centered piece of clay. You can go back and check it with you finger, hold it nice and steady on your leg like that. It's looking good and centered. Good thing to do too in the beginning when you're trying to throw, is keep everything nice and clean on the wheel head here. It will just keep your mind centered so you'll be able to find the center of the clay even better. You can just go and take your sponge and clean up any stuff that may be on the wheel head, alright? Now we've got a nice clean wheel head here and take this rubber rib like that. Now you can see that it didn't center the piece at all, but you can see that it looks centered even more just like that."
eHow Article: Ceramic Beer Stein Wheel Cleaning
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