How to Make Pottery on the Wheel for Beginners

How to Make Pottery on the Wheel for Beginners , available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.2, with 19 lectures, based on 26 reviews, and has 612 subscribers.

You will learn about Buy the right tools for the job for around $10 Set up your permanent or temporary pottery studio. Arrange your wheel, water and tools and get ready to throw a pot. Throw a pot on the wheel from start to finish. Choose the right clay. Center your clay on the wheel. Pull up the walls of your pot. Shape the walls and finish the rim of your pot. Cut your pot free from the pottery wheel. Throw a bowl. Throw a vase. Throw a plate and trim a foot into the bottom of it on the pottery wheel. This course is ideal for individuals who are If you are brand new to pottery this course will walk you step by step through throwing a pot on the wheel. or If you have done a little bit fo pottery and are struggling to throw nice pots on the wheel this course will show you a lot of tips and tricks to improve your skills drastically. or If you are an experienced potter you will find the lessons in this course to be too basic for your needs. It is particularly useful for If you are brand new to pottery this course will walk you step by step through throwing a pot on the wheel. or If you have done a little bit fo pottery and are struggling to throw nice pots on the wheel this course will show you a lot of tips and tricks to improve your skills drastically. or If you are an experienced potter you will find the lessons in this course to be too basic for your needs.

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Summary

Title: How to Make Pottery on the Wheel for Beginners

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.2

Number of Lectures: 19

Number of Published Lectures: 19

Number of Curriculum Items: 19

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 19

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Buy the right tools for the job for around $10
Set up your permanent or temporary pottery studio.
Arrange your wheel, water and tools and get ready to throw a pot.
Throw a pot on the wheel from start to finish.
Choose the right clay.
Center your clay on the wheel.
Pull up the walls of your pot.
Shape the walls and finish the rim of your pot.
Cut your pot free from the pottery wheel.
Throw a bowl.
Throw a vase.
Throw a plate and trim a foot into the bottom of it on the pottery wheel.

Who Should Attend

If you are brand new to pottery this course will walk you step by step through throwing a pot on the wheel.
If you have done a little bit fo pottery and are struggling to throw nice pots on the wheel this course will show you a lot of tips and tricks to improve your skills drastically.
If you are an experienced potter you will find the lessons in this course to be too basic for your needs.

Target Audiences

If you are brand new to pottery this course will walk you step by step through throwing a pot on the wheel.
If you have done a little bit fo pottery and are struggling to throw nice pots on the wheel this course will show you a lot of tips and tricks to improve your skills drastically.
If you are an experienced potter you will find the lessons in this course to be too basic for your needs.

Have you been dying to learn how to do pottery? Now is your chance. This course will teach you how to throw a pot on the wheel, from pulling your clay out of the bag to removing your pot from the wheel.

This pottery wheel course is for first time beginners new to throwing on the pottery wheel or for intermediate students who want to brush up their skills or troubleshoot their skills for quicker success.

It doesn’t include instruction on the process of firing your pottery once it has been thrown. That's for another course.

This course includes the following:

1. How to arrange your pottery wheel workspace, your clay, your water and your tools. How to set up a temporary kitchen tabletop studio if you have limited space. How to set up a room as a permanent studio if you have lots of space.

2. How to throw a pot on the pottery wheel. This is step by step lesson that takes you from pulling a piece of clay out of the bag to centering all the way through to cutting your pot off the wheel.

3. Specific tips and troubleshooting techniques to help you rapidly improve your pottery making on the wheel. These lessons will not only help you to quickly learn important skills, they will help you to avoid many of the common pitfalls that beginners and intermediate students face when learning to throw pottery.

4. Video demonstrations of the entire throwing process that you can watch over and over again to improve your technique. This will help you to throw pots much more quickly and easily than learning by trial and error.

This course assumes you already have access to a pottery wheel and know how to make it spin. It also assumes you can outfit your workspace with a water bucket and a basic set of tools including a sponge, a clay cutting wire, a clay needle and a wooden clay knife. If you don’t have these tools you can buy a kit that includes all of these tools for around $12 online or at most craft stores.

If you're ready to learn how to throw a pot on the pottery wheel, this lesson will show you how and give you tips and strategies so you can learn faster and with less effort.

Start watching and throw your first pot today!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Pottery Wheel Throwing

Lecture 1: Introduction to Your Pottery Tools, Wheel and Workspace

Lecture 2: How to Throw a Bowl on the Pottery Wheel, Step-by-Step Video Introduction

Chapter 2: Pulling up the Walls of Your Pot

Lecture 1: The Basics of Pulling Up the Walls

Lecture 2: The Secret to Not Pinching Through the Walls

Lecture 3: Checking the Thickness of Your Walls

Chapter 3: Additional Pottery Making Tips and Techniques

Lecture 1: How to Cut an Uneven Rim

Lecture 2: Tip: How to Keep Your Hands and Your Clay Clean and Dry

Lecture 3: How to Remove Your Pot from the Wheel

Lecture 4: Easy Ways Most Beginners Find to Ruin Their Pots and How You Can Avoid Them

Lecture 5: How to Set Up a Pottery Studio and Arrange Your Wheel

Chapter 4: Putting All of the Skills Together

Lecture 1: Putting it All Together to Throw a Larger Vase

Lecture 2: Finishing the Bottom of Your Pot

Chapter 5: Intermediate Techniques – How to Make a Plate on the Wheel

Lecture 1: How to Throw a Plate on the Wheel

Lecture 2: How to Cut Your Plate Off the Wheel

Lecture 3: A Note About Drying

Lecture 4: How to Re-center Your Plate for Trimming on the Wheel

Lecture 5: How to Trim Your Plate on the Wheel

Chapter 6: Bonus – Despicable Five Ebook

Lecture 1: How to Get Your Course Certificate

Lecture 2: Bonus – Despicable Five Ebook (FREE Download)

Instructors

Steve McDonald
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5 stars: 16 votes

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