pottery wheel
Ceramicist's rotating platform
A pottery wheel is a rotating platform used to shape clay into vessels and other round forms.
The potter centers a lump of clay on the wheel and shapes it with their hands as it spins, a technique called throwing.
Wheels may be powered by foot pedal or electric motor.
She spent hours at the pottery wheel perfecting her technique.
- throwingPropelling by arm motion
- centeringPositioning at midpoint
- wet clayMoist moldable earth
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- glazeThin lustrous coating
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