7 Essential Tips for Throwing Pottery | ARTISMIA

Whether you're new to the pottery wheel or you've been throwing for years, these 7 essential tips will help you refine your technique and elevate your work. With years of experience as a professional potter, I’ll walk you through foundational steps, share insider tricks, and demonstrate how to get better results with every pull.

We’ll start with proper clay wedging, move through centering and pulling, finishing and production insights. Watch me throw several mugs and cylinders, with helpful techniques shown from multiple angles—including the powerful use of a mirror for better perspective.

How to throw pottery on a wheel. Perfect for beginner potters, intermediate artists, and those starting a studio practice or pottery business.

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00:00 – Intro: Welcome to Artismia.
00:19 – Tip 1: Wedging With Intention
01:10 – Tip 2: Setting Up Your Wheel
02:25 – Tip 3: Centering Is Everything
02:56 – Bonus Tip : Use your hip
03:27 – Tip 4: Opening the Clay
04:30 – Tip 5: Pulling with Precision
06:01 – Pro Tip : Use a Mirror
06:12 – Tip 6: Tools That Transform
06:54 – Tip 7: Trimming for Success
07:50 – Outro Thanks for watching.

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This beginner pottery tutorial is full of pottery throwing tips. From centering clay on a wheel, how to use a pottery wheel to wedging clay techniques. Watch as a professional ceramic artist shares wheel throwing basics in this tutorial.

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