How to Make Pottery Bowls — From Start to Finish

In this week’s video I’m making a deep bowl from beginning to end. I’ll begin with lumps of soft clay and I’ll take you right through to the end, through glazing, firing and the final bit of sanding the base undergoes. Thanks so much for watching as always and if you have any further comments or questions please don’t hesitate to ask. If you’d like to catch up on my latest series about throwing pots you can find the third part here: Timecodes: 0:00 - Introduction 0:21 - Preparing the weighed out clay, (1 lb, 453 grams) 1:21 - Throwing the bowl 4:28 - Trimming the bowl 8:30 - Comparing the forms of the bowls 9:00 - Packing the electric kiln for a bisque firing to 1000ºc 10:19 - Unpacking the electric kiln 11:09 - Preparing the wax 12:10 - Waxing the bowls 13:09 - Glazing the bowls 14:05 - Cleaning the glazed bowls prior to packing them into the gas kiln 15:50 - Packing the Rohde KG-340 gas kiln 18:24