How to Lift Pots Off the Wheel - A Beginner's Guide

This beginner course demonstrates how to remove freshly thrown pots from a pottery wheel. It covers preparing the rim and base, scraping slip, choosing wire and support methods, and handling soft pots using paper bracing, hydroplaning, a heat gun, and batts.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Fixing the rim of the pot
- Removing the 'skirt' of clay
- Sponging out the leftover water
- Scraping away the slip on the outside wall
- A cross section of scraping the outer walls
- Discussing the grog in the clay
- HOW TO REMOVE A POT FROM THE WHEEL
- Scraping slip off my hands
- The ideal type of wire
- An example of removing a too soft pot
- A cross section showing the supportive base
- Discussing the strength of the clay
- Using a piece of paper to 'brace' the rim
- Hydroplaning a pot off the wheel
- Using a heat gun to remove a pot from the wheel
- Using batts to throw on — why and how
- Don't be too precious
- Tidy up tips