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Full of great throwing tips, as well as ideas you can apply to any pottery project, these step-by-step instructions will help you improve your pottery throwing skills from concept through completion. Whether you’re interested in throwing complete pots on the wheel, like Dannon Rhudy’s citrus juicer; throwing textured parts for alteration and assembly, like Jake Allee’s stilted bucket, or if you’re simply interested in throwing larger pots right on the wheel, like Mark Issenberg’s tall vases, then wedge up some good throwing clay, pull up your throwing stool, and get that pottery wheel spinning!

 

 

Pottery wheel throwing techniques included in Three Great Pottery Wheel Throwing Techniques: Tips on Throwing Complex Pottery Forms Using Basic Throwing Skills:

Pottery Wheel Throwing Technique 1

Throwing Clay to Achieve Texture and Interest on Assembled Pots, by Jake Allee

This pottery project consists of throwing clay pieces and parts on the wheel, adding texture, cutting them up, altering them, then combining them into a beautifully assembled pot.

Pottery Wheel Throwing Technique 2

Throwing Tips for Making Tall Forms, by Andrea Perisho

Veteran potter Mark Issenberg creates his beautiful wheel thrown vases in three parts. When breaking down a big wheel-throwing project into smaller pieces, the impossible becomes possible. You’ll love the challenge and the results with this magnificent thrown vase.

Pottery Wheel Throwing Technique 3

Throwing Ceramic Juicers: Simple Wheel-Throwing Techniques Produce a Complex Form, by Dannon Rhudy

Dannon Rhudy has been a potter and teacher for many years, which probably explains why her demonstration on how to make a ceramic juicer on the potters wheel is so clear and easy to follow. With very basic wheel-throwing experience, you can make these useful kitchen juicers for all your friends and family.

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