This will help you improve your wheel throwing skills.
Making various forms in the beginning of your wheel throwing practice is very satisfying, but also hindering your progress.
If you rush to make various shapes before you have learned how to make an even and symmetrical cylinder, you are going to end up with lots of wonky pots to take home.
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What makes you progress.
What makes you progress is making nothing else but cylinders, such as cups, over and over and over, until your cylinders are perfectly even and symmetrical. -
Once you get there.
Once you get there and can consistently produce an even walled straight cup, you can pick a few of them to trim and glaze, so you will end up taking home things you will like and be proud of years from now.
Do not spend your time trimming and glazing something that’s not great, because it’s going to be an ordeal to trim. But perfectly thrown pot is delightful to trim, and actually will make you love trimming as it will all click in place.
And of course, consequently, glazing a well trimmed pot also going to be so much easier, as there wont be any second guessing if you can or cannot glaze the bottom.
Long story short. Be discerning, don’t keep everything and keep throwing, throwing, throwing. Attend our courses to help you with all steps of pottery wheel throwing.