169. Beginners Guide to Wheel Throwing a Wide Shallow Platter

Making wide and shallow platters can be a big challenge. Not only do you have to handle a lot og clay but the wide and shallow form makes more likelu to flop or collapse.

In this video I will show you all about how I make side shallow platters - from the clay I use, how I center it, open the clay ball and make the final shaping.


INDEX:
00:00 Wheel Throwing a large shallow platter
00:45 The right clay for a large platter
01:51 Centering the 5 kg of clay
04:43 Making the clay base wider
09:02 Checking the thickness of the bottom
09:20 Compressing the bottom
11:51 Pulling the walls
14:45 Smoothing the inside
15:38 Lay out the walls - shaping the platter
19:57 Using a heat gun to firm up the platter
21:30 Final shaping using two ribs
24:28 Smoothing the rim
25:00 Evaluating the final platter


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