Trying to throw make a perfect clay pottery sphere / ball vase on the wheel

I was asked to try to make a round ball shape on the wheel by one of my viewers ,so here it is.
Not the best effort as the hole went a bit wonky at the end but it is a bit tricky when the clay is collared in and gets thin.
I've no idea what use it will be as a vase pot or whatever but it was just a try at something different on the wheel.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• clay
• pot
• pottery
• wheel
• throwing
• making
• vase
• ball
• demo
• technique

[setchemati]

now all you have to do is figure out how to make it bounce

[911no]

Make a second one and glaze them blue and you could have a pair of blue balls.

[Mishie146]

In my experience, little though it may be, it greatly helps to use either a wooden rib or a medium soft plastic rib on the outside while you are stretching the walls into a spherical form. For whatever reason, it keeps the clay more stable, especially if you have the wheel turning a bit slower than what you would for pulling up the walls.

[Calibz]

Very nice!

Those spheres could easily make interesting looking teapots, especially if you manipulated their shape after you first throw the ball.

[rachelduncan123]

@wolfhound692 HAHA no offense but i really think you should LERN how to spell first ;)

[wolfhound692]

Dam,  I want to lern that

[HellHound60248]

@FlamingHomelessDude He said "ball vase"

[ro413900]

that was great too bad you cant close it all the way cause of the air bubbles

[crazykid9919]

@FlamingHomelessDude THERE GO VASE

[bagelkel00]

I hope I'll be as talanted as you one day :)

[hellorodney]

terrific thanks

[FlamingHomelessDude]

you never closed it up......