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How to Throw and Trim a Plate on the Pottery Wheel - Clay and Ceramics Class

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Overview

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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.

Syllabus

  • Introduction to Plate Making
  • Throwing a Plate on the Wheel
  • Recentering Your Plate for Trimming
  • Trimming on the Wheel
  • Conclusion

Taught by

Steve McDonald

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