Making a Potters Wheel (on the cheap)
I saw a post online about making a potters' wheel with a kick-mop bucket, and thought I'd give it a whirl (har har) ( groan ). So I bought this here mop bucket at Canadian Tire for $35. and then I cut a disk of wood and glued it on to the spinning part. And then, well, that's about it! We're in business! Not moving. Moving! I've had some experience with a wheel before, included in the half-year of pottery lessons that I took years ago. The main thing I remember is that it's not easy. And that centering the material is the first and most essential thing to learn, because if the clay isn't centred nothing is going to work when it starts to spin. It's a great lesson when—even when you know it's futile—you go against this fundamental point by trying to adjust and correct your misshapen blob, and of course it doesn't work. (And why do you insist on trying when you know that it won't work? Is it because you think you might ju...