Artobjectscrafts

Now sometimes in order to do what you want to do right at the wheel the clay is going to be too soft. So my solution is, I take a torch to it. I use a tool to turn it on and off because my hands are...

So we are making a set of cereal bowls here today and our first step was to weigh the clay. The next step is to wedge the clay. What we have here is a wedging board which is a piece of plaster covered...

So I've got all four of my feet prepared, I made sure they?re all similar in height, I don't want any of them to be too much bigger than the other. And now I'm going to take my...

Another way of working with slabs, is called slump molding. It's the opposite of hump molding. In hump molding you're laying the clay over a form over a hump. In slump molding...

So we're going to make a salsa dish which is going to be one large kind of flat bowl with larger bowls. And then a set of little bowls inside to put guacamole, stuff like that in. So...

Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture. It is going to be a real inspiration for people, because it is trying to reach the mind as well as the heart. The exhibition...

So, once you've got your mold filled up with coils go ahead and go back over the entire thing with your sponge. Smoothing the walls, compressing them together making sure that you've...

O.k. so now we centered up our pot to be trimmed and the next thing we're going to do is trim a foot onto it, and we're going to use these tools here for that; that I showed you...

Now, if you want to work with coils but you're not quite ready to do it freehand or free form you can go ahead and use a mold. A really good type of material to use for a mold is an...

PREETI PANDI: This is Preeti Pandey on behalf of Expert Village. You know, this is the raw form of the clay which I'm showing you people. It's the mix of [PH] phosphor, China clay,...