Great explanations. Also, I appreciate your suggestion to dissect and learn. I've been fiddling with and trying to fix mistakes instead of learning from them.
Thank-you Dara, that was very good info...I just got my pottery wheel a few days ago and have been struggling...your videos are very helpful, thank-you so much!
I will go back and catch your other videos and subscribe. You are excellent in giving details n reasons of what you are doing n how to do it! Thank you for you expertise!
My pottery teacher lets us finish every ball of clay. Maybe she thinks it’s giving us a feeling of success. I secretly ‘mess up’ so I can practice centering...I’d like to cut some of my pieces to check wall thickness and evenness.
Hey Dara, great info I just started a class and MAN it aint as easy as it looks. What is the weight of the clay you are using for these cylinders? Would you mind mentioning that at the beginning of each? Nevertheless I LOVE the way you teach. Thanks for the info!
Do you start putting pressure with both hands right away or do you wait till the outside hand reaches where the inside hand is? Because the outside hand is always a little lower than the inside hand because the inside of the pot has more height. So it just seems like if you started putting pressure on both hands at the same time your two fingers wouldn't evenly be meeting up together because the outside hand is all the way at the bottom. Sorry if my question is confusing
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Great explanations. Also, I appreciate your suggestion to dissect and learn. I've been fiddling with and trying to fix mistakes instead of learning from them.
Thank you Dara :-) watching you in France and practising with my cylinders....
Thank-you Dara, that was very good info...I just got my pottery wheel a few days ago and have been struggling...your videos are very helpful, thank-you so much!
Thank you for the demo and for the 'why' explanation! Very helpful.
You are an amazing teacher, thank you for sharing those videos!
Best teacher
I will go back and catch your other videos and subscribe. You are excellent in giving details n reasons of what you are doing n how to do it! Thank you for you expertise!
Great! Thanks for watching. You can also follow us on Instagram @HeyPotters!
Very helpful techniques and reminder to practice vs work with a hopeless piece 😁
Great tips this helped me a lot I'm excited to try again tomorrow in class!
Great tutorial
Thank you so much. :)
Nice vid, thank you.
Good pointers!
thank you ! I think I need to cut I half few pieces to see my weakness.
It took me awhile to remember that my hands need to be touching! What a difference for even pulling!
Awesome thank you
My pottery teacher lets us finish every ball of clay. Maybe she thinks it’s giving us a feeling of success. I secretly ‘mess up’ so I can practice centering...I’d like to cut some of my pieces to check wall thickness and evenness.
It really help me to improve the throwing skill
Hey Dara, great info I just started a class and MAN it aint as easy as it looks. What is the weight of the clay you are using for these cylinders? Would you mind mentioning that at the beginning of each? Nevertheless I LOVE the way you teach. Thanks for the info!
Can you re-wedge that ball clay once you've sliced the pot down the centre or is it best to start with a new ball of clay?
Absolutely! You can rewedge it until it is too wet to use. Then you just need to dry it out a bit and use it more!
Do you start putting pressure with both hands right away or do you wait till the outside hand reaches where the inside hand is? Because the outside hand is always a little lower than the inside hand because the inside of the pot has more height. So it just seems like if you started putting pressure on both hands at the same time your two fingers wouldn't evenly be meeting up together because the outside hand is all the way at the bottom. Sorry if my question is confusing
How tall should your cylinder be after 3 pulls?
Do you start pulling up on the outside from the very bottom edge? I have trouble finding out where to pull from the outside, thanks so much!
The very bottom. Your outside finger tip actually remains a bit below your inside finger tip while throwing a cylinder. I hope that helps!
hey, what do you do with the clay of the pot that you cut in half? do you just throw it away?
What weight of clay ball do you recommend for this practice?
Couple pounds. Enough that you can hold on to it without your grip getting wet.
What is the best inexpensive wheel to purchase for home use?
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your fingernails make me anxious