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See how to make a Jardineiere out of clay in this video series of ceramic lessons.
There are 12 videos in this series:
A Jardiniere is a decorative pot that can be thrown on a pottery wheel. See how to prepare the clay to throw a Jardiniere on a potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Tools such as the potter's knife, wire tool, and natural sponge can be used to make a Jardiniere on the pottery wheel. See what tools you need to make a Jardiniere on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
Start the clay centering with a wheel wedge. See how to center clay on the potter's wheel to make a Jardiniere in this free ceramics video.
Your pinkie fingers let you know how far down to make the bottom of a pot on the pottery wheel. See how to open clay to throw a Jardiniere in this free ceramics video.
Pulling clay forms the walls of a pot on the pottery wheel. Learn how to pull walls for a Jardiniere in this free ceramics video.
Pulling clay forms the walls of a pot on the pottery wheel. Learn how to pull walls for a Jardiniere in this free ceramics video.
A plastic rib can be used to shape a Jardiniere on the pottery wheel. See how to shape a Jardiniere with a rib tool in this free ceramics video.
Trimming a pot with the potter's knife on the wheel requires care. See how to trim a Jardiniere in this free ceramics video.
You can use the potter's wheel to add designs to a clay pot. See how to add unique artistic design to a clay pot using the pottery wheel in this free ceramics video.
Using a wire tool is the best method for removing a pot from the bat of a potter's wheel. See how to remove a Jardiniere from the pottery wheel in this free ceramics video.
A ceramic Jardiniere, thrown on the pottery wheel, can be shaped after removing it from the wheel. See how to shape a Jardiniere after you have thrown it on the potter's wheel in this free ceramics video.
See how to check the consistency of the clay walls of your pottery thrown on the potter's wheel 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 a Jardiniere on the pottery wheel in this free ceramics video series featuring artist Chris Cook. Chris will demonstrate how to prepare clay to make a Jardiniere, how to center clay on the pottery wheel to make a Jardiniere, how to open clay on the potter's wheel, how to pull clay to form the walls of a Jardiniere, how to shape a Jardiniere on the pottery wheel, how to trim a Jardiniere on the potter's wheel, how to add design to a Jardiniere, how to remove a Jardiniere from the pottery wheel, how to shape a ceramic Jardiniere, and how to check for inconsistencies in your clay pot.
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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