{"id":15553,"date":"2023-05-25T08:38:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T08:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wheel-throwing-versus-handbuilding-what-do-you-choose\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T12:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T12:13:33","slug":"wheel-throwing-versus-handbuilding-what-do-you-choose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/en\/wheel-throwing-versus-handbuilding-what-do-you-choose\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheel throwing versus handbuilding: what do you choose?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15553\" class=\"elementor elementor-15553 elementor-11684\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6b6a59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6b6a59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5058343\" data-id=\"5058343\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc7b9b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc7b9b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>When you say pottery, a pottery wheel comes to mind. But there are many other ways to turn a lump of clay into a beautiful creation, where you only need your hands and the clay. Time to compare: what are the pros and cons of wheel throwing versus handbuilding?<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf3efd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aaf3efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accessible<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca9361e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca9361e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As mentioned above, to do start <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/en\/making-pottery-without-a-wheel-pinch-pots\/\">handbuilding<\/a> <b>you only need your hands and your clay<\/b>. You don&#8217;t need to get to know any new tools: you can get started immediately. For wheel throwing on the other hand beginners need some time to figure out the right way to do it. How fast should your wheel spin? What&#8217;s the right position? How do you use this spinning wheel to create the shape you want? You and your pottery wheel need to become friends first.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile with handbuilding, you have<b> direct control over the clay<\/b>. You learn as you go how the clay reacts, and how you can get it in the right shape. With a pottery wheel, things are less intuitive. For many beginners it takes a lot of practise to master all of the techniques you need when wheel throwing. <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/en\/centring-clay-8-common-mistakes-and-how-to-fix-them\/\">Centring<\/a>, pulling the walls, opening\u2026 It&#8217;s a process of trial and error.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-872c4e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"872c4e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a932a7\" data-id=\"3a932a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-468c46d dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"468c46d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cursist-klei-man-handen-handopbouw-3_F-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"hand building pottery, hand building technique, handbuilding, hand building, ceramics hand building, ceramics without potters wheel\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccc70b7\" data-id=\"ccc70b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9832a90 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9832a90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cursist-draaien-draaischijf-handen-rand-comprimeren-optrekken-kom_F.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"hand building pottery, hand building technique, handbuilding, hand building, ceramics hand building, ceramics without potters wheel\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f12c83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8f12c83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8bed2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8bed2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Faster<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f078c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33f078c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you handbuild you create the shape of your pot with<b> only your hands<\/b>. When your wheel throwing, your hands get a lot of help from the wheel. The spinning motion actually does a lot of the work for you. Especially if you&#8217;re working with a large amount of clay, that is a huge advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve mastered the techniques, you&#8217;ll finish each creation <b>much faster<\/b> on a pottery wheel than with handbuilding. This is your reward for all the work you put in to learn the different throwing techniques: suddenly you can achieve beautiful results in a short amount of time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2535e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2535e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Uniform versus unique<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7f589c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7f589c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A beautiful, smooth curve is a lot easier to create on a pottery wheel than with handbuilding. The spinning motion helps you make very consistent curves and shapes, which comes in handy if you&#8217;re trying to make<b> a set<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, when you&#8217;re handbuilding you&#8217;re not limited to round shapes. You can do whatever you want, and that can lead to a very <b>unique end result<\/b>. It could be said that this allows you to add a more personal touch.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8a1b7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8a1b7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3c754c\" data-id=\"c3c754c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1688889 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1688889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e1041 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"31e1041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b3308d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b3308d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The perfect combo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5ed57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed5ed57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is of course a third option: <b>you can combine wheel throwing and handbuilding<\/b>. Some potters like to first create a shape on the wheel and then handbuild some extra elements to add to it. <b>It&#8217;s the best of both worlds!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>But even if you don&#8217;t want to combine the two: it&#8217;s definitely worth trying out many different techniques. This helps you figure out where your strenghts are, and it&#8217;s a great way to get to know the clay even better. The things you learn when mastering one technique, might come in handy when learning another technique.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time to compare: what are the pros and cons of wheel throwing versus handbuilding?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Potter's wheel versus handbuilding in ceramics: which do you choose? | Cursist","_seopress_titles_desc":"Is hand building pottery something for me? 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