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2. Potter's wheel - Wikipedia

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   Classic potter's kick-wheel in Erfurt, Germany An electric potter's wheel, with bat (green disk) and throwing bucket. Not shown is a foot pedal used to control the speed of the wheel, similar to a sewing machine. In pottery, a potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping (known as throwing) of clay into round ceramic ware.

3. Pottery Alley invites beginners with 'Wheel for Dummies' class

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   Pottery Alley's Wheel for Dummies allows people to try something new thanks to its inviting name and hands-on approach for beginners. Pottery Alley of Lafayette, at 2605 Johnston St., offers ...

4. Glossary of pottery terms - Wikipedia

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   Pottery is also: (1) the art and wares made by potters; (2) a ceramic material (3) a place where pottery wares are made; and (4) the business of the potter. Published definitions of Pottery include:-- "All fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products." [12]

5. Pottery - Wikipedia

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   Because pottery is so durable, pottery and shards of pottery survive for millennia at archaeological sites, and are typically the most common and important type of artifact to survive. Many prehistoric cultures are named after the pottery that is the easiest way to identify their sites, and archaeologists develop the ability to recognise ...

6. Pinch pot - Wikipedia

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   Pinch pots are the simplest and fastest way of making pottery, [1] simply by pinching the clay into shape by using thumb and fingers. Simple clay vessels such as bowls and cups of various sizes can be formed and shaped by hand using a methodical pinching process in which the clay walls are thinned by pinching them with thumb and forefinger.

7. Ceramic forming techniques - Wikipedia

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   Pottery techniques include the potter's wheel, slip casting and many others. Methods for forming powders of ceramic raw materials into complex shapes are desirable in many areas of technology. For example, such methods are required for producing advanced, high-temperature structural parts such as heat engine components, recuperators and the ...

8. Paper clay - Wikipedia

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   However, using less fiber in paper clay on the potters wheel is recommended, particularly if the leather hard work is to be trimmed on the wheel. Paper clay can be made from left over throwing slip from wheel throwing. It is widely used by potters to repair cracks in dry, conventional clay, as well as dry paper clay.

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