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Full of great pottery techniques, as well as ideas you can apply to any pottery project, these step-by-step wheel-throwing instructions will help you improve your pottery throwing skills from concept through completion. For a tool that really only does one thing (spins in a circle), the number of techniques and results possible on the pottery wheel are just astounding.
Lauren Smith demonstrates how to make berry bowls. Simon Levin extols the virtues of throwing and trimming off the hump. Liz Mazurek shares how to alter organic forms. Throwing and assembling oil bottles doesn’t have to be complicated, and Seth Guzovsky shows you just how easy it can be! Finally, Doug Peltzman demonstrates throwing a great teapot form, one of the most difficult challenges for potters. Get all this in our FREE PDF!
Five Great Pottery Wheel Throwing Techniques includes the following articles:
Berry Bowls
by Lauren Smith
Berry bowls are fun and easy to make. They’re also quick to sell and make great gifts. They can be used in more than one way in your kitchen: they properly aerate your berries to keep them fresh and can also be used as a strainer/colander. You can make them in any size and even add a tray underneath to contain dripping water.
Precision Trimming
by Simon Levin
Most potters have heard of throwing off the hump, but trimming off the hump is a little less common. Simon Levin gives tips for maximizing your efficiency on your pottery wheel by doing both.
Altering Organic Forms
by Liz Mazurek
In order to achieve cohesive, fluid vessels, Liz Mazurek throws luscious porcelain on the wheel then alters each piece with pushing, darting, shaping, and refining. Intentional application of glaze encourages flashing and dripping.
Thrown and Assembled Oil Bottle
by Seth Guzovsky
Throwing and assembling oil bottles doesn’t have to be complicated. Seth Guzovsky shows you just how easy it can be!
How to Throw a Teapot
by Doug Peltzman
The teapot form is one of the most challenging projects to throw on a potter's wheel. Doug Peltzman creates beautiful teapots and he demonstrates his complex technique that is sure to take your pottery skills up a notch.
Download the free guide right now, and become a better ceramic artist tomorrow. That’s our promise to you from Ceramic Arts Network!
Best regards,
Jennifer Poellot Harnetty Editor, Ceramic Arts Network
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Full of great pottery techniques, as well as ideas you can apply to any pottery project, these step-by-step wheel-throwing instructions will help you improve your pottery throwing skills from concept through completion. For a tool that really only does one thing (spins in a circle), the number of techniques and results possible on the pottery wheel are just astounding.
Lauren Smith demonstrates how to make berry bowls. Simon Levin extols the virtues of throwing and trimming off the hump. Liz Mazurek shares how to alter organic forms. Throwing and assembling oil bottles doesn’t have to be complicated, and Seth Guzovsky shows you just how easy it can be! Finally, Doug Peltzman demonstrates throwing a great teapot form, one of the most difficult challenges for potters. Get all this in our FREE PDF!
Five Great Pottery Wheel Throwing Techniques includes the following articles:
Berry Bowls
by Lauren Smith
Berry bowls are fun and easy to make. They’re also quick to sell and make great gifts. They can be used in more than one way in your kitchen: they properly aerate your berries to keep them fresh and can also be used as a strainer/colander. You can make them in any size and even add a tray underneath to contain dripping water.
Precision Trimming
by Simon Levin
Most potters have heard of throwing off the hump, but trimming off the hump is a little less common. Simon Levin gives tips for maximizing your efficiency on your pottery wheel by doing both.
Altering Organic Forms
by Liz Mazurek
Thrown and Assembled Oil Bottle
by Seth Guzovsky
Throwing and assembling oil bottles doesn’t have to be complicated. Seth Guzovsky shows you just how easy it can be!
How to Throw a Teapot
by Doug Peltzman
The teapot form is one of the most challenging projects to throw on a potter's wheel. Doug Peltzman creates beautiful teapots and he demonstrates his complex technique that is sure to take your pottery skills up a notch.
Download the free guide right now, and become a better ceramic artist tomorrow. That’s our promise to you from Ceramic Arts Network!
Best regards,
Jennifer Poellot HarnettyEditor, Ceramic Arts Network