Making a Batter Bowl with Pouring Spout and Snug Handle on the Potter's Wheel

This video is a tutorial on how to throw a batter bowl with a pouring spout- and a snug little handle against the side for ease of use. I review the very basics of throwing a bowl, and then demonstrate how to pull and gently thin the rim to make a spout and then shape it for easy pouring. I hold a tool against the sides of the spout to add definition.

When leatherhard, I demo the trimming process, which has a tricky element to it considering the spout protroudes above the edge of the bowl, and throws it off in level on the base. I solve that issue by building up some height with a towel, and then place the spout sticking off the towel. I could have also trimmed on a chum- as I show that in a previous video.

The handle I am making is snug- it is a coil against the side of it not protruding that much, as I want it to be easy to store in a cabinet. I like these sorts of handles on batter bowls, as your fingers can just hook under it like a ledge to help hold it securely.

I happen to be using Standard 153 stoneware for this demo- as that is the clay my students use on the wheel.

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I made this video for my Ceramics II and III students at Mason High School. The wheel class practices a few weeks on just centering and opening. So, this is designed to lessen their struggle.

I am a public high school ceramics teacher at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. (Mason is currently the largest high school in Ohio!) As a potter, I have been working in clay for over 30 years, and I have been teaching for over 28 years, the past 20 have been specifically teaching high school ceramics. I love what I do! I have my own studio in my home basement, where I work on my personal pottery for my Etsy site;

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