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

Offered By: Skillshare

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Pottery Courses Ceramics Courses Wheel Throwing Courses

Course Description

Overview

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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