Welcome to the second episode of the How to Make a Raw-Glazed Mug on the Potter’s Wheel series!

In this episode, we’ll actually be making our mug on the Potter’s wheel!

I talk you through the different stages of making a pot on the potter’s wheel and the different speeds the wheel needs to go at for each stage.

We’ll also cover the importance of using water and anchoring your arms when making pottery on the potter’s wheel.

The stages of making a pot on the potter’s wheel:

✨ Fixing the clay on the potters wheel (maximum wheel speed).

✨ Centreing the clay (maximum wheel speed).

✨ Opening the clay out to start to make the pot (medium wheel speed).

✨ Bringing the pot up to make a cylinder, making sure the walls of the pot are an even thickness all the way up (slow wheel speed).

✨ Shaping the pot (slow wheel speed).

✨ Finishing the rim of the pot to make it nicely shaped and smoothed (very slow wheel speed).

✨ Cutting the pot off the potter's wheel (wheel is still).

✨ Cleaning the wheel after use to prevent clay dust.

All these episodes can be viewed as videos in the ‘How to Make a Raw-Glazed Mug on the Potter’s Wheel’ YouTube playlist here.

Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube

✨Support the Podcast

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Resources for Potters:

⭐ Pottery eBooks

⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon

Free Pottery Guides:

🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):

🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)

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Get your pottery question answered on the podcast!

Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by emailing your question to: info@oxfordclay.co.uk with the subject line ‘Podcast Question’.

Welcome to the first episode of the How to Make a Raw-Glazed Mug on the Potter’s Wheel series!

In this episode, I’ll talk you through the things I think about to prepare to make a pot on the electric potter’s wheel, such as:

✨The size of pot to make.

✨The type of clay to use.

✨The importance of wedging (also known as kneading) the clay before making anything on the potter’s wheel.

✨How much clay to use to make the pot.

✨Shaping the clay into a ball before starting to make the pot.

✨Having a bucket of water and a tea towel handy to clean your hands when you need to.

All these episodes can be viewed as videos in the ‘How to Make a Raw-Glazed Mug on the Potter’s Wheel’ YouTube playlist here.

Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube

✨Support the Podcast

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Resources for Potters:

⭐ Pottery eBooks

⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon

Free Pottery Guides:

🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):

🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)

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Get your pottery question answered on the podcast!

Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by emailing your question to: info@oxfordclay.co.uk with the subject line ‘Podcast Question’.

To celebrate 100 episodes of the Oxford Clay Pottery Podcast, I’ve created a special series on making a raw-glazed mug, hand-thrown on the potter’s wheel!

Raw glazing is where a pot is fired in a glaze firing without being bisque-fired first.

Join me for 10 episodes in this series covering each part of the raw-glazed mug-making process:

✨ 1. How to Prepare to Make a Pot on the Potter's Wheel (Podcast episode 100).

✨ 2. How to Make a Mug on the Potter's Wheel (Podcast episode 101).

✨ 3. How to Pull a Handle in Pottery (Podcast episode 102).

✨ 4. How to Turn or Trim the Base of a Pot (Podcast episode 103).

✨ 5. How to Attach a Mug Handle in Pottery (Podcast episode 104).

✨ 6. How to Create a Flat Base and Maker's Mark in Pottery (Podcast episode 105).

✨ 7. How to Make a Pottery Glaze for Raw Glazing (Podcast episode 106).

✨ 8. How to Raw Glaze Pottery (Podcast episode 107).

✨ 9. How to Load an Electric Pottery Kiln (Podcast episode 108).

✨ 10. How to Fire an Electric Kiln (Podcast episode 109).

All these episodes can be viewed as videos in the ‘How to Make a Raw-Glazed Mug on the Potter’s Wheel’ YouTube playlist here.

Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube

✨Support the Podcast

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Resources for Potters:

⭐ Pottery eBooks

⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon

Free Pottery Guides:

🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners):

🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)

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Get your pottery question answered on the podcast!

Submit your pottery question to the Oxford Clay podcast by emailing your question to: info@oxfordclay.co.uk with the subject line ‘Podcast Question’.