How to throw a dinner plate on the potter's wheel.

[espresso424]

I love this way! Thanks for the technique!

[chemersan21]

jacked



[TheDraindeimo]

Damn, you have some muscles lol. i had a hard time focusing on the clay

[bookwormliam]

wonderful video, thanks, but my problem is how to then get it off the wheel and into the kiln without ruining it.

[Buttrtug94]

@bookwormliam

throw on a bat. let it dry COVERED!!!! until leather hard, trim it just a little, and fire!!!! but WATCH the drying! otherwise it will crack. before you trim take a wire and carefully cut it off the bat! walah!! a plate :)

[nuclearated]

@bookwormliam Just make sure you throw all of your plates on a bat that way you can let your plate setup on the bat instead of trying to remove it and end up warping the clay. Remember to run your wire under the bat once you've thrown the plate and then comeback and run the wire through again once the plate is more setup, then you can trim it. Hope this was somewhat helpful.

[didz1982]

wow thanks, i have struggled with throwing plates for a long time, i will try this technique now.

u r so gracious with the wheel.

i m so sloppy specially when i m centering the clay....oh well!

[jkhd08]

Cool, I liked you :-) and the way you throw

[earwigjunction]

your video is great, I've tried this technique now and it's working well. Thanks! -Scarlet in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

[seigel]

@earwigjunction is patty still there. I think she teaches doing plates like this as well :)

[fmlangford]

Very nice. Do you have a video of you trimming the dinner plate? Also, if you you were making a set would you use some kind of a gage? Thank you for the video.

[Seyton666]

Haha Ralph. Hope this video will help haha

[MarksPottery]

good demo, thanks.