Ceramics Throwing Cylinder

This article is about making a cylinder on a pottery wheel.

Ceramics throwing cylinder. Put the clay on the center of the wheel head. To begin you must gather your tools and materials. Watch this instructional ceramics video to throw a tall cylinder on a pottery wheel. Students will be taught how to throw cylinder and bowl forms turn trim the bases of pieces and glazing techniques using special ves glazes.

With a bowl of water wet hands and clay. Making a cylinder is the the most basic form and serves as a beginning point for most aspiring ceramicists. The easiest way to do this is by throwing the clay with some force on the center. So you re about to throw on a wheel and you re really excited about this but then the second that you do you end up having some major problems with centering clay it s frustrating and it s something that many potters have issues with when they re beginning on the wheel in this post we will discuss the top problems with centering clay and throwing clay and how to rectify them.

Using one hand to act as a brace it is necessary to keep to a careful process of slowly pulling the clay upwards with even pressure until the clay walls are about 1 4 thick. In this section of ceramic arts network professional studio potters provide instruction as well as inspiration for anyone wanting to learn improve and master techniques on the pottery wheel. Spin the wheel fairly fast. The tall cylinder can then take on a more unique shape.

Follow these steps to get the desired result of a cylinder from a ball of clay. The difficult process of throwing a cylinder has many different styles and techniques in which you can do to get to the desired result. I won t divulge how long it has been since i had that assignment but i still got a ton out of this demo. Throwing clay on the potter s wheel is a rewarding activity that uses both mind and body.

We ve probably all had this assignment in our beginning wheel throwing class. If you are one of those people you have come to the right place. But before all of that he gives one of the best cylinder throwing demos i ve seen. The object here is to cup the clay in the hands squeeze it using legs for extra strength and bring it up into a tower shape.