Making a Pottery Teapot: An Intermediate Project Explained The teapot is one of pottery's most satisfying challenges. It asks you to throw multiple separate components, join them together with confidence,…
Common Wheel Throwing Mistakes and How to Fix Them Every potter remembers their first time sitting at a wheel. The clay spins, you lean in with confidence, and within about…
Making Handles for Mugs and Jugs on the Wheel There is something deeply satisfying about throwing a mug on the wheel, only to realise that you now have to make…
How to Throw a Cylinder: The Foundation of Wheel Work Every jug, mug, vase, and bottle you have ever admired on a potter's shelf began its life as a cylinder.…
How to Centre Clay on a Pottery Wheel Introduction: The Foundation of Every Thrown Pot Ask any experienced potter what separates a beginner from someone who can throw consistently well,…
Introduction to the Potter's Wheel There is a moment, usually about ten minutes into your first pottery class, when the clay does something completely unexpected. It lurches sideways, folds in…