In this video I will show you how I throw large and very wide bowls. My goal was to make a bowl as wide as my kiln will be able to fire - 54 cm (or 21 inches).

It is the biggest bowl I have ever made on the pottery wheel. And as it turned out there there was quite a few challenges with this. So I actually ended up throwing 2 bowls - not just one, and I will show you why ...

I will also show you how to trim such a big bowl and demonstrate a very special trimming tool - one that you can easily (and very cheap) get too, that is very good for trimming large pots.

INDEX:

00:00 Throwing big Bowls on the Pottery Wheel
01:03 Limitations of throwing a big bowl
02:10 How much clay to use for a big bowl
03:55 The best clay to use for throwing a big bowl
04:40 Throwing on bats
04:53 How to easily center clay balls on the pottery wheel
05:43 Centering the first part of the clay
06:29 Centering the second part of the clay
07:05 Centering the last part of the clay
09:44 Opening up the clay ball
13:05 Keeping a thick rim
13:25 Pulling the clay - and shaping the bowl
22:20 Expanding the bowl
25:58 Shaping the inside of the wide bowl
33:47 The next day
34:57 Trimming the bowl on the inside
37:45 Using a hacksaw blade for trimming the bowl
42:11 Trimming the outside of the bowl - upside up
44:41 Turning the big bowl upside down
47:50 Trimming outisde of the bowl
50:56 Trimming the foot
56:26 A great tip for the foot (for better glazing)
01:00:24 The second big bowl - even larger!
01:01:22 Why do big bowls shrink so much?
01:03:25 Hope to see you soon again ...