How to Throw and Trim a Plate on the Pottery Wheel
Steve McDonald, Author, Instructor, Digital Entrepreneur
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Introduction to Plate Making
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Throwing a Plate on the Wheel
10:18 -
Recentering Your Plate for Trimming
2:03 -
Trimming on the Wheel
6:39 -
Conclusion
0:51
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About This Class
You've learned how to make a bowl on the pottery wheel. Now it's time to create a plate.
Follow this step-by-step lesson that walks you through:
- Centering your clay
- Opening the clay up
- Smearing and compressing the clay down on the bat
- Shaping and finishing your plate
- Cutting your plate off of the wheel
- Drying your plate
- Trimming a foot into the bottom of the pot
This lesson does require some prior pottery experience. I recommend taking the Pottery on the Wheel for Beginners course before taking this course.
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Great clear video and project, will definitely have to rewatch this video and attempt it later on! Beautiful work
Good tips.
I am loving Steve's classes. I only started throwing 6 months ago, and I nearly gave up as I was failing to master it. But I've been following Steve who clearly highlights learner problems and how to get past them. As a result I've enrolled on a new course in a studio and have now got over my learner's hump and and am happily throwing half decent bowls.
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