Using a Plexi Template on the Potters Wheel

Step 6 Using the Plexi

Once you have achieved a cylinder that is more or less even walled, place the piece of plexi next to the form to make sure that it is the height you need. If it isn't you can always collar it in using both of your hands to apply even pressure around it, moving up slowly from the bottom.

Once your cylinder is the desired height, begin to press slightly into the clay. You will need to make sure that there is nothing obstructing the plexi on the wheelhead. This is to make sure you can rest the plexi slightly on the wheelhead to ensure the form is properly at a right angle. Make sure there is plenty of water on the wheelhead so that the plexi can glide along.

Press slightly in with the plexi while pressing on the inside of the form. Clay will begin to scrape off. Ease off of the wheel and remove the plexi slowly. The more you ease, the less chancees there are of denting the wet clay with the hard plexi. Scrape off the clay that has built up on the plexi.

Continue to do this until you have achieved the form. Make sure you are always supporting the pressure on the outside with pressure on the inside. Also make sure that you are not throwing your form off center.