Throwing Steps
The process used to remove air bubbles and align platelets.
What is Wedging?
This is the most important part of trimming.
The process of making a form on the wheel
What is throwing?
The process of aligning the platelets on the wheel
What is coning?
The shape of your clay before you place it on the wheel head.
What is a potato?
This is when you find the venter point of your centered mound of clay.
What is a pinwheel?
When trimming, you must use this kind of tool.
What is a sharp carving tool?
You make this shape with your body in order to center
What is a triangle?
This is where you determine the thickness of the base.
What is making a hole?
This is the name of what a vessel stands on.
What is a foot?
This is a ring in your walls that is off center
What is a hoola?
This is when you redistribute the clay vertically.
What is pulling?
This is to reduce the probability of glaze dripping off your pot
What is an Insurance line.?
This is how you fix an off centered ring in your wall
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