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How to Throw a Plate on The Potter's Wheel: For Beginners!

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How to Throw a Plate on The Potter's Wheel: For Beginners!

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About How to Throw a Plate on The Potter's Wheel: For Beginners!

Intro! How to Throw a Plate!

Part 1: Prepping your clay and the wheel!

Part 2: Coning Up and Down!

Part 3: Centering!

Part 4: What Makes a Plate, a Plate?!

Part 5: Compressing the Surface

Part 6: Establishing the Lip!

Part 7: Using the Wooden Knife!

Part 8: A Trick for Centering a Plate!

Part 9: Wire Cutting!

Part 10: The Challenge!

What You Will Learn?

  • Plates are one of the fundamental wheel thrown forms, along with cylinder and bowls (check out my other videos for those) yet they can be tricky! I hope this video helps give you the confidence and skills to easily throw beautiful plates in your studio! .