Removing Pottery from the Wheel by Expert Village

In this clip we're going to show you how to remove your piece of pottery from the wheel. I have my wire tool here and there's two things I'd like to show you. I've thrown my pot on a bat, which is using bat pin, so I can take my piece of pottery off the... Read More »

Using a Pottery Wheel: Removing the Pot From the Wheel by Expert Village

On behalf of expertvillage.com, I'm Mark Coy. We've pretty much finished our pot. It's all nice and shaped, cleaned up, trimmed and we are ready to put it on the shelf. But before we pull the vat off the wheel, then we want to take this string, our... Read More »

Finishing Skills in Pottery by Expert Village

In this clip we're going to go over some finishing skills. I have formed my pot and am looking to clean it up and to get it tighter. What I can do is use my wooden tool with the point. Come in here at the bottom, and I want to get some of this clay or... Read More »

How to Finish a Clay Pot by Expert Village

So now all of our handles, our knobs, everything is on our casserole. It's already been undercut when I threw it on the wheel, so it's complete. Now I just have to cut it off the bat. Take your wire tool, hold it down really firmly against the bat, and... Read More »

Ceramics & Pottery: Removing Pots From the Wheel by Expert Village

Hi! My name is Vincent Sansone and I am the head of the Ceramics Department here at Crealde School of Art in Winter Park. Today for Expert Village I am going to show you how to remove a pot from the potter’s wheel. I have just finished making this... Read More »