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26 students
Throwing Pottery on the Wheel: How to make ceramic clay mugs
Exploring form and function with the friendliest of forms
Created bySamuel Deering
Last updated 1/2022
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What you'll learn
- Covering tools and equipment need and how to prepare our clay.
- Centering clay on the wheel.
- Throwing and shaping the mug shapes.
- Pulling and attaching handles to the mugs.
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Course content
6 sections • 8 lectures • 50m total length
Requirements
- Students will need access to a wheel and other basic hand tools. But this is a class for beginners so it's accessible to all levels.
Description
Welcome, in this class we'll be learning how to throw, shape, and put handles on three basic mug shapes. Using one pound of clay we'll make a cylinder shape, a cone shape, and a funnel shaped mug. Then using one piece of clay we will shape, and then pull handles for each and attach them to each mug, going over how to do each task efficiently and effectively. Then if there are any finishing touches concerning the handles or trimming we will go over that. While also covering the tools required and how to prepare, from the wheel itself to my preferred hand tools for working on the wheel. I usually keep it simple with tools, and much prefer to use my hands as much as possible as it helps develop my sensitivity working with clay. Which is something I also recommend to my students as they learn how to work with clay on the wheel and with hand building.
My goal with this class is to help you get a better understanding of how to make a mug, and demonstrate what can be accomplished with basic skills on the wheel, and communicating the aesthetic properties that make a mug nice to look at, and to use.
Who this course is for:
- This class is for all level potters, from beginners to advanced, and also for those who are interested in the process and want to learn more about how these items come to be.