98. Throwing a 54 cm (21 in) Wide Bowl on the Pottery Wheel
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In this video I will show you how I throw large and very wide bowls. My goal was to make a bowl as wide as my kiln will be able to fire - 54 cm (or 21 inches). It is the biggest bowl I have ever made on the pottery wheel. And as it turned out there there was quite a few challenges with this. So I actually ended up throwing 2 bowls - not just one, and I will show you why ... I will also show you how to trim such a big bowl and demonstrate a very special trimming tool - one that you can easily (and very cheap) get too, that is very good for trimming large pots. INDEX: 00:00 Throwing big Bowls on the Pottery Wheel 01:03 Limitations of throwing a big bowl 02:10 How much clay to use for a big bowl 03:55 The best clay to use for throwing a big bowl 04:40 Throwing on bats 04:53 How to easily center clay balls on the pottery wheel 05:43 Centering the first part of the clay 06:29 Centering the second part of the clay 07:05 Centering the last part of the clay 09:44 Opening up the clay ball 13:05 Keeping a thick rim 13:25 Pulling the clay - and shaping the bowl 22:20 Expanding the bowl 25:58 Shaping the inside of the wide bowl 33:47 The next day 34:57 Trimming the bowl on the inside 37:45 Using a hacksaw blade for trimming the bowl 42:11 Trimming the outside of the bowl - upside up 44:41 Turning the big bowl upside down 47:50 Trimming outisde of the bowl 50:56 Trimming the foot 56:26 A great tip for the foot (for better glazing) 01:00:24 The second big bowl - even larger! 01:01:22 Why do big bowls shrink so much? 01:03:25 Hope to see you soon again ...
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