Creating Pottery with the pottery wheel

Creating pottery on a potter's wheel requires practice, patience, and concentration. Watching professional potters throw piece after piece can make this technique seem deceptively easy. Control of clay on the wheel takes time to acquire.

Today the potter's wheel is a highly controllable, electronic device. Many potters feel that a kickwheel gives them greater control. However, keeping the momentum of the wheel going, as well as concentrating on what the hands are doing, requires more effort than using a wheel which keeps itself turning. Given the choice, most beginners learn on an electric wheel for this reason.

The following are some of the best websites covering the basics of creating ceramics on a wheel. These are designed to give you the “how to” in using a pottery or kick wheel.

If you want to see some basic pottery demonstrations on video, these are excellent websites for you. You will see video demos on making pitchers, bowls, clay pots, etc. What fun to see it all in action!

Once you have mastered these techniques using the equipment demonstrated you will on your way to becoming an expert potter.Check out these websites.