In this video I will show you everything about how to wheel throw dinner plates - what tools to use, which clay to use, how to throw the plates, trim them and glaze them.
This video contain elements from my previous videos about how to make dinner plates but this one includes everything you need to know in one video.
INDEX:
00:00 Introduction to making dinner plates
00:45 Throwing dinner plates on bats
01:44 The tools for wheel throwing dinner plates
02:58 The clay to use for making dinner plates
05:14 How to wheel throw the dinner plates
08:31 Why not to wire off your plates
11:14 The challnge of trimming plates
12:12 Making a special foam chuk for trimming plates
14:58 How to trim dinner plates
16:13 How to glaze dinner plates
19:34 How to stack plates in the kiln
21:30 Unloading the glaze fired plates from the kiln
23:00 Evaluating the finished plates
23:39 Evaluating the functional qualities of the plates
25:40 Evaluating the visual qualities of the plates
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