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Learn how to make pottery mugs on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video series.
There are 11 videos in this series:
Sponges, a potter's knife, and a wire tool, are great tools for making a pottery mug on the potter's wheel. Find out what tools are useful for making pottery mugs on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Seal the bottom of the clay to the bat so the clay does not shift off center. Learn how to center clay on a potter's wheel to throw a pottery mug in this free ceramics video.
To wedge clay on the wheel, squeeze the clay as the wheel spins the clay. Learn how to wheel wedge clay on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Potters open clay on the wheel by plunging their thumbs down in the clay to the level of their pinkies. Learn how to open clay on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Even while potter's are throwing a pot the pot can crack on the pottery wheel. Learn how to prevent the clay from cracking while throwing on the pottery wheel in this free ceramics video.
Potters pinch the clay between their thumbs and index finger and pull up the clay to form the walls of a pottery mug. Learn how to pull the walls of a pottery mug in this free ceramics video.
Some think that potters must pull up or throw up on the pottery wheel, but potters can actually throw down on a potter's wheel. Learn how to throw down on the pottery wheel in this free ceramics video.
The rim of a pottery mug is one of the most important parts to carefully form. Learn how to form the rim of a pottery mug in this free ceramics video.
Potters use a rib to shape curves on clay pots such as pottery mugs. Learn how to form curves on a pottery mug in this free ceramics video.
Use a potter's knife to trim the bottom of a clay pot or pottery mug. Learn how to trim a pottery mug in this free ceramics video.
Make sure the wire tool does not have any kinks when using it to remove a pot from the bat. Learn how to remove a pottery mug from the bat in this free ceramics video.
Ceramics, the craft of forming pottery, is over twelve thousand years old, pottery appearing in the tenth millennium before the Birth of Christ. The pottery wheel was invented between the 6th and 2nd millenniums B.C. in Mesopotamia and completely changed pottery production, allowing pottery to be created much faster and more uniform in shape. Today, in the twenty-first century, pottery is produced on a large scale; however, individual potters can mix their own clay or dig it from the ground and focus more on the art and beauty aspects of creating ceramic pottery. A ceramics artist can use the potter's wheel to throw many different types of ceramic vases, pots, and bowls. Learn how to make pottery mugs on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video series featuring artist Chris Cook. Cook will demonstrate how to center clay on the pottery wheel, how to open clay on the wheel to make pottery mugs, how to prevent cracks in pottery when throwing on the wheel, how to pull the walls of a pottery mug, how to form the rim of a pottery mug, how to form curves on a pottery mug, how to trim a pottery mug, and how to remove a pottery mug from the bat.
Chris 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. For the past seven years, Chris has continued to practice and develop his unique style.dkdk
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