Wheel Throwing Step 1; WEDGING Clay in Preparation for Throwing (Bonus Tip on Preventing "S" Cracks)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2021
- This is the first step of my new wheel series I am working on this summer! I am remaking my wheel videos on my new SKUTT wheel!!! Here is a link to my wheel- available from most good pottery suppliers. skutt.com/products-page/potte...
The first step is WEDGING your clay in preparation for throwing. Whether you are using brand new clay, or recycled clay, I recommend to my students to do at least a little wedging to get it to a perfectly even consistency for throwing. You absolutely do NOT want bubbles lumps, or slip embedded areas, as the inconsistency of these would make throwing an even form difficult if not impossible at times.
Remember that wedging is a push-turn type of action. I have another video explaining two different types of wedging- one that is two handed and symmetrical which people refer to as rams head- or another which is more one handed dominant and looks more like a conch shell. Each person needs to develop their own preference for the best way for them. Here is the link to that other video: ttps:// • A Guide to Wedging Cla...
Two tips I mention in this video are: #1 when wedging, don’t flatten the clay too much- folding over on itself will often cause bubbles- just rotate it into itself more gently to avoid air pockets. And… #2 Rotate your wedged ball SIDEWAYS to eliminate the spiral directly on the bottom. This is especially helpful for plates and wide objects.
My new series will offer new videos with tips and tricks to successfully wheel throw pieces- from beginner to intermediate to advanced. I will be offering a good deal of EXPLANATION within the videos to help people understand the mechanics of why things work the way they do! I often tell my students they learn more from their mistakes than from their successes in throwing. In these videos in my series, I will try to distill my best tips I have learned from my successes and failures, and my students' struggles as well. Two things have led me to becoming the potter I am today. Countless hours of making pots, (and explaining how to make pots), and understanding and learning from my failures when pots didn’t work out! These are the things I want to share with you- to help YOU become a better potter!
Please subscribe to my channel to get the latest updates on this video series, AND, subscribe to my NEW wheel throwing playlist too! (I am keeping it as a separate list from the old wheel throwing playlist!) Here is a direct link to the new playlist! • NEW Wheel Throwing Pla...
Check out your local pottery suppliers- I love my favorite local supplier- Cornell Studio Supply in Dayton… give them a call, they’re super helpful! (And tell them I sent you!) cornellstudiosupply.com/
For the great tools, materials, and suppliers I recommend check out this link to a live searchable (control F) Googledoc I continually update with lots of my favorite tools on Amazon using my associate links! docs.google.com/document/d/1X...
I am a public high school ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. (Mason is currently the largest high school in Ohio!) As a potter, I have been working in clay for over 33+ years, and I have been teaching for over 30 years, the past 22 have been specifically teaching high school ceramics. I love what I do! I have my own studio in my home basement, where I work on my personal pottery for my Etsy site; www.etsy.com/shop/KaransPotsA...
I started my TH-cam channel a few years ago, to make videos to help my students if they are absent and miss a demo, or if they would like to explore more advanced techniques independently. I have been amazed to reach such a wider audience than my own students!
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I am in a partnership with Skutt - as they sent me the new wheel to use for the videos! I am not receiving any compensation from them beyond the wheel.
My son his girlfriend and I are taking a class in the beginning of March, these videos are so helpful in understanding what we will be doing. Gives me a heads up so to speak on the class.
Very useful, thank you. I had to do month of wedging before I found it easy to do 👍
Would love to see you do a new teapot video. Also different types of lids! Thanks!
I find wedging a good warm up before working with clay. Thank you for your videos!
I am so excited for your new videos to come out. I will be starting wheel throwing soon so this is perfect timing.
In the beginning of this video you showed hot to wedge the rams horn but then you started doing almost a spiral wedging. Is the second way of wedging what you need to do for working with clay on the wheel? Thanks again!!
You can do either!!! I forgot to talk about the two techniques in the video- completely forgot to mention how they differ! My biggest suggestion is whichever method you prefer, just smooth over any creases and turn the ball sideways if you have “s” cracking issues!
I'm starting a class tomorrow! I'm so excited!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass how sweet that you responded!
Do I need to keep the slip water/sludgy water from my water bucket? I’ve heard/read some online who add it into a pillow case with scrapes of clay. When it gets full the top is secured then hung to drain to dry out until it’s workable to wedge.
How many times can I reclaim clay? I don’t have a kiln. Right now I’m really working to get back where I was before I had to store my pottery wheel & etc when the girls needed me more than I had time for pottery. The girls are grown now so I have more of my time back, at least when lupus/Sjogren’s/fibro flares don’t have me down.
I’ve taken special care not to mix the clays I’m working thru. When switching to a new clay type, I wash down the splash pan halves, all used tools, wheel itself, the throwing water bucket & the larger water bucket that I use to easily rinse/wipe my hands using a submerged sponge. I keep tar roofing paper cutouts so they soften enough to use on the wheel ahead
I currently have clay in various reclaim stages. I have buckets with lids that contain 1) Hobby Lobby clay that’s sold as stoneware (was practice before getting better clay; Laguna (I think it’s laguna) Half & Half ; Speckled Brown (Highwater,
I think, not in the studio atm), & BMix 5 with grog. I don’t have a bucket with lid for the BMix 5 w lid yet. I’ve been mixing everything well. I use a hammer to break up whatever pieces either dry too fast or ones I let dry up to see any mistakes so as not to repeat them if necessary. Once broken into manageable pieces, I drop them into sludge stage until they’re soft enough to wedge into clay with the rest of the same type clay in my buckets. I don’t mix the sludgy slip from throw water bucket unless it’s too dry otherwise. I hope by doing this I’ll have enough to either find somewhere to fire it or I get a kiln.
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