Using the Potter's Wheel for Cups and Bowls

various shaped and glazed cups with handles

 We've already worked with clay this year, but I saved throwing pots on the wheel for the craft unit. Some students made cups and others made bowls. Some pressed texture and pattern into still wet clay, while others carved it out of leather hard clay.

Students who were waiting their turn on the wheel, created small dishes or salt cellars, using a pinch pot technique. Some made two pinch pots to enclose small dried, clay balls to make a shaker or rattle. This is a favorite object among my blind student.

In one week, some students made three to four objects, each with a different purpose. It's just the tip of the ice burg in terms of what can be done with clay.

 watermelon bowl