You Have Finally Decided You Want to Start Learning About Making Pottery and Create Some Cool Pieces. Perhaps You Have Thought About Online Pottery Classes but Couldn’t Decide If You Would Get More Benefit from In-Person Classes.Follow Along and Find Out the Differences Between Live…

Perhaps you are thinking of buying a Kick Wheel instead of an electric wheel. You have heard that they weigh more than an electric wheel, and it made you wonder how much they weigh. The average weight of a Kick wheel can go anywhere from…

The potter’s wheel shapes and rounds the ceramic wares, a technique also known as throwing. The speed of the wheel centers and forms the wedged clay. Knowing the right speeds makes using the pottery wheel easier. How fast should a potter’s wheel turn? The rate of…

Pottery wheels cost anywhere from $200 to $2,500. When you invest that much money, you want to make the most out of it. You want to protect your pottery wheel any way that you can. Do pottery wheels rust? Yes, pottery wheels can rust and have…

The origin of the traditional pottery wheel remains a debate in some circles, but most agree that it first appeared in the Sumerian civilization in 4000 BC. Sumeria exists in modern-day southern Iraq. Its invention brought a revolution to society as cities could now support…

At the invention of the Pottery Wheel, a new process of pottery making began. The potter placed a lump of clay on the wheel and squeezed, lifted, and shaped it. Potters could now make pots much faster than before. That begs the question of where…