Throwing Ceramics Definition

Glossary of ceramics terms.

Throwing ceramics definition. Back to introduction to ceramics syllabus. Throwing creating ceramic shapes on the potter s wheel. Throwing synonyms throwing pronunciation throwing translation english dictionary definition of throwing. Less commonly also known as a batterboard thin slab of wood plaster or plastic used to support pottery forms during throwing attached to the head of the potter s wheel by clay body or bat pins.

Threw thrown throw ing throws v. When people talk about throwing pottery they generally mean the process from the time the clay touches the wheel to the time the wheel is stopped. The process of shaping wet clay by hand on a potter s wheel. Wedging a method of kneading clay to make it homogenous by cutting and rolling.

In this more general and most commonly used sense throwing is the entire activity of shaping the clay on the potter s wheel. An extremely plastic clay which can be added in small quantities to short clay to make it more plastic. To propel through the air with a motion of the hand or arm. A term used by potters clay artists to describe to process of making pottery with the use of a pottery wheel or throwing wheel.