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In this blog post, I'm going to talk about throwing on the wheel. The wheel is literally a wheel that spins as you step down on the button against your feet. The wheel spins like one of those spinning teacups at Disney. The speed can go from slow to fast to incredibly fast. It begin with simply throwing a slab of clay about the size of a fist in the center of the wheel. Slowly, drip water on the clay before slowly begin to spin the wheel. With your elbows at your knees and your hands cupped around the slab of clay like a warm mug of hot chocolate, you begin to spin in hope of centering the clay. This is the hardest part of the entire progress and take the longest. I was struck on this progress for the entire class period. The only step that I truly did in this progress was centering. I simply never got it right; it was never perfect, off center, too wet, or the worst of it is the clay would fall off. There was even a point that my piece of clay fall off into my pot of water, getting everything wet and dirty with clay. This was truly the hardest part of the progress and the only step that I truly reached. I spend the entire period on that single step and never got it right. Noting was successful for me at least, I have nothing to show for it this blog post. I don't have a photo of working on the wheel and I don't have a photo of a finished piece because I never made it through. The next step that would come after centering is placing both of my thumbs in the center and opening up the piece of clay. As I should have opened up the slab of clay, I would thin out the walls. Shaping the clay to look like a vase, a mug, or whatever piece I wanted to make. Next, I would rise the clay until reaching the height that I desire for the piece. Wetting it more and more but making sure not to drown it. The final step would be to trim the entire, removing any uneven corner and making the cylinder piece look as perfect as it possibly can. Although, it was somewhat of a fun process, it was very, very, stressful for me due to the fact that I could not get it right, center without having it fly off from the wheel or break in half as well as in the end, I had nothing to show for it. I do find the wheel to be successful in perfecting a cylinder slab of clay and trimming as well as long that you have the patient and time to get it just right. This is all for day Thank you and hope you enjoyed!!
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