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Throwing Big
A natural progression of any art, once your skills are refined, is seeing how BIG you can go. This is particularly true in ceramics. Larger is not necessarily better, but often a great way to [...]
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Disco Bats
The potter’s toolbox is vast. It’s compiled of a dozen or so very common tools: wooden ribs, sponges, knives, needles, an array of kitchen utensils and so on. These tools are often expensive and wear [...]
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Tagged bats, ceramics, pottery tools, records, recycle, reuse, vintage
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How to Throw a Plate
This video is about how to throw a plate. There are three main things to focus on when creating a plate; leaving the base thick, compressing the clay and condensing the rim. It is important [...]
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Tagged art classes, art studio, Ceramic studio, Chicago, functional, penguin foot pottery, plate, Pottery basics, pottery classes, Wheel throwing
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How to Throw a Square Cup
This video talks about how to throw a square cup. When making a square cup you’re not actually throwing the cup square but rather making a round cup and altering it after it’s been thrown. [...]
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Tagged ceramic classes, ceramics how to, cup, pottery classes, tutorial, video, Wheel throwing
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Creating Large Forms on the Wheel
This video talks about creating larger forms on the wheel. Larger forms can be quite daunting if you haven’t tried them before. They can also be quite the challenge if you have! The most difficult [...]
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Tagged Ceramic studio, chicago ceramics, instructional, large forms, pottery classes, video, wheel throwing how to
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Creating a Double-Walled Vessel
Double-walled vessels are one of the more difficult forms to create. However, once mastered it can be utilized to create a variety of incredible shapes and forms. In ceramics it’s common knowledge that air pockets [...]
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Tagged art classes, art studio, artists, Ceramic studio, ceramics, Chicago, double walled, functional, instruction, penguin foot pottery, penguins, Pottery basics, pottery classes, pottery shapes
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How to Throw a Bottle Neck Form
This video talks about the bottle neck form, a tricky form at first but after a bit of practice will become like second nature. The bottle neck form can be used for all sorts of [...]
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Tagged art classes, art studio, bottle, bottle neck, bud vase, Ceramic studio, Chicago, decanter, ewer, functional, instruction, penguin foot pottery, Pottery basics, pottery classes, vase, Wheel throwing
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How to Throw a One-Piece Planter Pot
This video explains and shows how to create a one piece planter pot. I prefer these because you don’t have to worry about fumbling around that stupid plate that sits underneath, it’s all nice and [...]
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Tagged art classes, art studio, Ceramic studio, Chicago, clay, functional, instruction, penguin foot pottery, planter, plants, pots, pottery, Pottery basics, pottery classes, throwing, video, Wheel throwing
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New Instructional Videos!
Recently Chris worked with a video production company called Geobeats on their Expert Pottery Series. There are several videos highlighting different techniques and forms you can create on the potters wheel. The first video has [...]
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Tagged ceramics, chalice, goblet, goblets, instruction, martini glass, penguin foot pottery, pottery, pottery classes, pottery shapes, Wheel throwing, wheel thrown, wine glass
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