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Basic Steps For Throwing On The Wheel: Remember

1. Wedge and form clay into a ball, then throw it onto the wheel. Seal the base and shape it into a cone. 2. Center the clay by slowly squeezing it inward and upward while the wheel spins at a medium-fast pace. Repeat until centered. 3. Open up the clay by pushing down in the middle with your thumbs to establish the floor, leaving 1/2 inch at the bottom.

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Basic Steps For Throwing On The Wheel: Remember

1. Wedge and form clay into a ball, then throw it onto the wheel. Seal the base and shape it into a cone. 2. Center the clay by slowly squeezing it inward and upward while the wheel spins at a medium-fast pace. Repeat until centered. 3. Open up the clay by pushing down in the middle with your thumbs to establish the floor, leaving 1/2 inch at the bottom.

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Basic Steps for Throwing on the Wheel

1. Wedge clay well, form into a round ball.

2. Throw the clay onto center of a bat on the wheel. Seal base, pat into cone.

3. Center clay: Brace arms on legs, have wheel speed medium-fast.


Place hands around base of clay, slowly squeeze clay to center and cone up.

4. Push clay down: With the heel of your left hand, push the left side of clay and
with side of your right hand press down on the top of it.

5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 until clay is centered.

6. Open up clay: Slow wheel, place thumbs together, push down into middle
of clay. Leave ½” clay at bottom - measure with needle tool.

7. Create floor: Start in center, pull fingers of right hand outward. For cylinder,
keep floor flat. For bowl, let fingers curve up wall to establish curve.

8. Pull walls: Slow wheel. Left hand inside, right hand outside (3 o’clock). Right
hand pushes at base to move clay up & rises just above left. Gently squeeze and let
hands travel up with clay. Keep clay in a cone shape.

9. Shape: To shape in: outside fingers above inside, press slowly in and up.
To shape out: inside fingers above outside, press slowly out and up.
Use a rib to refine and smooth curves, also to remove water from surface.

10. Finish: Trim rim to level. Trim excess clay at base. For bowls leave clay at base
to support walls. Pull string under base.

Remember:
• Keep your elbows down!
• Keep the clay lubricated with water, use less water when shaping.
• Keep your hands touching, using them together as one for better control.
• Use your entire body to work the clay, focus on the center.
• Always move your hands into/out of contact slowly while the wheel is
going round. Jerky motions will result in an uneven pot.
• Only touch the pot when the wheel is moving!
• The higher and wider you go, the slower you must go.
• Centering the clay is the hardest and most important part of throwing.
If it’s not centered your pot will be wobbly and uneven.

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