Hello again delsuresearch-ga,
I’m glad to hear that you are interested in the results of my research
into the history, design, and manufacturing of potters/pottery wheels.
There is a huge variety of information on the Web and I’ve organized
what I’ve found into categories to help you make sense of it. As I
said in my earlier clarifications, if you need specific information
about the manufacturing of pottery wheels your best bet will be to
contact the manufacturers I’ve identified. On the other hand, I’ve
also collected a selection of links that provide instructions for
making your own kick or electric potters wheel.
Please review all the resources I’ve located and don’t hesitate to ask
for clarification before rating my answer.
I wish you well with your project.
czh
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HISTORY OF THE POTTERY/PTTERS WHEEL
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http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1254.htm
The Engines of Our Ingenuity
THE WHEEL REVISITED
It's fairly common knowledge that the wheel was invented around 5500
years ago. But what was really invented at that time? V. Gordon Childe
offers an interesting slant on the question. What we should be looking
at, he says, is not the wheel itself, but rather the use of rotary
motion. … Continuous rotation was the conceptual hurdle. Two primary
examples, the vehicle wheel and the potter's wheel, arose about the
same time.
A potter's wheel is a horizontal turntable that holds a lump of clay
and turns at least 100 rpm. Childe finds one potter's wheel from the
region of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (or present-day Iraq) from
as early as 3300 BC. The earliest vehicle wheel turns up in a
cuneiform document from same region in 3500 BC.
***** This is an interesting article from a professor of mechanical
engineering at the University of Houston. It helps to set the stage
for examining the invention of the wheel and how it was used and how
and when modifications were made in its design throughout history.
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http://www.ceramicstoday.com/articles/potters_wheel.htm
http://www.ceramicstoday.com/articles/potters_wheel2.htm
The Origins of the Potter's Wheel
by Victor Bryant
Originally published on Victor Bryant's Ceramicstudies.com. Used by
permission. © Victor Bryant.
Summary: The Origin and Development of the Potters Wheel
-- The Potters Wheel, as we understand it today, was not suddenly
invented. The first steps were probably using a shallow dish, bowl or
even a large shell for building a coiled pot. This technique probably
dates back to perhaps 4000 BC.
-- The invention of a simple wooden turntable probably occurred
before 3000 BC. Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings depict potters using
turntables made from wood and stone.
-- The earliest turntables were probably not very free-turning and
could only be used for easier coiling.
-- When the pottery turntable/wheel was being developed in Southern
Iraq during the 4th millennia BC. production increased rapidly.
Pottery making became a full-time occupation. Men became the potters.
-- Small turntables became larger. A smoother running shaft with a
heavier throwing head or large flywheel and bearings with less
friction progressively improved the speed and power of the wheel.
-- A potter's assistant could turn the wheel around or a low flywheel
could be slowly kicked by the potter.
-- Strangely, the technique of making a pot changed only gradually.
The "Fast Coiling" method using a wheel is still common in many
village potteries of the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Asia even
today.
-- "Throwing" derives from the Old Saxon term "to twist".
-- Until the 18th century the throwing technique was only possible
with a low friction, fast, heavy wheel, called a momentum potters
wheel until the 18th century when mechanical power wheels began to be
developed.
-- The throwing technique using a momentum wheel in cyclical (kick
then throw; repeat). By contrast a mechanical/electrical power wheel
can usually run at a continuous steady speed or varying speeds
controlled by a foot pedal.
***** This is a wonderful overview of the history of the potters wheel
with lots of illustrations and comprehensive descriptions of the
progress of adoption and use of the wheel through history.
http://www.victor.bryant.hemscott.net/histx102.html
Ceramic Web Page Tutorial -- The Potter's Wheel
From Coiling to Throwing
In this tutorial we examine the origins and early development of what
is perhaps the most important piece of pottery equipment - the potters
wheel. We see how improvements in coiling methods eventually lead to
the technique we call (in English) "throwing".
***** This is Victor Bryant’s web site -- the author of the above
article.
http://www.victor.bryant.hemscott.net/index.html
Ceramic History Tutorials by Victor Bryan
Full Syllabus
Why I Made These Pages
A detailed study of Ceramic History specifically for Potters is not
often available in Art Schools and Colleges for all sorts of reasons
and many potters aren't able to take such courses.
Designs and techniques of previous ages have always provided a major
stimulus for later generations of potters. Just looking at old pots
can be a valuable source of aesthetic inspiration and technical
innovation to anyone working with clay. Over more than ten thousand
years of ceramic history has produced an immense range of techniques -
making, decorating and firing. Methods of working have been invented
and then refined over perhaps hundreds of years with countless
variations.
However, many of the materials we use today are pretty basic and not
difficult to find. Most ceramic materials have been in use by potters
for centuries or longer, so historical methods and traditional
materials, glazes and firing techniques are not outdated curiosities;
they can still be of practical interest to a 20th century potter
looking for new ideas.
It occurred to me sometime ago that the Web was an ideal place for
such Ceramic History Tutorials, so I decided to reorganise my lecture
material, re-sort and scan my colour slide illustrations and edit or
alter them specifically for Web Pages to produce a series of tutorials
for artist potters.
***** The additional information on this page may be useful for other
aspects of your research project.
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http://www.warwick.k12.pa.us/hs/hsart/Ceramics/ceramicshistory.asp
The following timeline gives you an idea of the development of
ceramics throughout the world.....
3000 BC -- The potter's wheel was invented.
1000 BC -- Chinese pottery was still begun by hand building, but
would be finished on the wheel.
1500 AD -- A flywheel was added to the wheel in Europe so the potter
could control the wheel by kicking the flywheel.
1800 AD -- A kick bar, also called a foot treadle was added to the
wheel.
1900 AD -- An electric, variable speed motor was added to the wheel
to allow greater and better regulated speed.
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http://www.potters.org/subject38728.htm
the wheel/potters
The first wheels were not part of moving vehicles.=A0 They were
potter's wheels, probably invented around 6500 BC by artisans in Asia
Minor. The first known wheeled vehicles were not in use until 3,000
years later, in 3500 BC in Sumer and Syria.
The first potter's wheels were quite simple. A flat, stone disk was
mounted horizontally on a pivot and spun, with wet clay at the center
of the disk.=A0 Since both of the potter's hands were occupied with
shaping the clay, an assistant was needed to keep the wheel spinning.
Later designs included a stick that was inserted into a notch to turn
the wheel.
A major improvement came in 16th century Europe, when a separate
flywheel provided much better speed control. The foot treadle,
invented in the 19th century, was a further refinement, followed by
variable-speed electric motors.
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery
Pottery
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Pottery is form of ceramics technology, where wet clays are shaped and
then dried or fired to harden them. The term is generally used only
for relatively easily constructed utensils such as pots, cups, bowls,
etc., and for decorative items but not for complex cermamics like
Space Shuttle tiles. Pottery is an ancient technology.
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http://www.artistictile.net/pages/Info/Info_pottery.html
A History of Pottery
Pottery comprises three distinctive types of wares. The first type,
earthenware, …. After the invention of glazing, earthenwares were
coated with glaze to render them waterproof; sometimes glaze was
applied decoratively. It was found that, when fired at great heat, the
clay body became nonporous. This second type of pottery, called
stoneware, came to be preferred for domestic use. The third type of
pottery is a Chinese invention … this substance is known in the West
as china clay. …. Two types of porcelain evolved: "true" porcelain,….
and soft porcelain, invariably translucent and lead glazed, produced
from a composition of ground glass and other ingredients including
white clay and fired at a low temperature.
Regardless of time or place, basic pottery techniques have varied
little except in ancient America, where the potter's wheel was
unknown. Among the requisites of success are correct composition of
the clay body by using balanced materials; skill in shaping the wet
clay on the wheel or pressing it into molds; and, most important,
firing at the correct temperature. The last operation depends vitally
on the experience, judgment, and technical skill of the potter.
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http://www.pantheondecori.it/
History -- Pottery
***** This is an excellent overview of the history of pottery making –
not just the evolution of the pottery wheel.
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http://seastorm.ncl.ac.uk/pots/pots.html
Pottery production and consumption, c.12,000BC to c. 1960
Dr Lorna Scammell (formerly Weatherill) - details about Dr Scammell
This was written for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
during the frist half of 2000. It drew on my thesis which traced
industrialisation in England before 1800. In the course of wider
reading for this piece, I realised that there is a more interesting
story to tell than of industrialisation in England: I do not think I
have told it here in that I am strictly limited as to the number of
words I can write. However, I have tried to spread my commentary over
a wider canvas.
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HISTORY OF POTTERS WHEEL – GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
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http://www.crystalinks.com/sumerhistory.html
Sumerian History
TIMELINE BC
After 1900 BC, when the Amorites conquered all of Mesopotamia, the
Sumerians lost their separate identity, but they bequeathed their
culture to their Semitic successors, and they left the world a number
of technological and cultural contributions, including the first
wheeled vehicles and potter's wheels; the first system of writing,
cuneiform; the first codes of law; and the first city-states.
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http://www.infoplease.com/spot/clay.html
Clay and Pottery -- An ancient art
Around 5000 B.C. the potter's wheel was invented, probably by the
Sumerians of the Tigris-Euphrates basin or by the Chinese. The
potter's wheel allows the potter to throw even, symmetrical shapes in
much less time and with far less effort. They are thought to have been
in operation even before wheels were used for transportation.
There are many different types of potter's wheels in use. Some are
powered by hands or feet, which spin the platter on which the clay
sits. Others use treadles, like the foot pumps seen on old sewing
machines. Many wheels are turned by electricity.
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http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/potterwheel2.html
Potter's Wheel, Egypt, 2400 BCE
The potter's wheel was widely used by the beginning of the third phase
of the Early Bronze Age, about 2400 BCE. Pottery cannot be made by
hand modeling or coiling without the potter either turning the pot or
moving around it, and, as turning involves the least expenditure of
human effort, it would obviously be preferred. The development of the
slow, or hand-turned, wheel as an adjunct to pottery manufacture led
eventually to the introduction of the kick wheel, rotated by foot. By
the 18th Century the wheel was no longer turned by the potter's foot
but by small boys apprenticed to the potter, and since the 19th
century the motive power has been mechanical. The first evidence of
the potter's wheel was found in Egyptian paintings. Pottery in Egypt
was a skilled craft in the Early Bronze Age. Potters were revered
members of society. Perhaps the most skillful of all potters have been
the Chinese. Excellent examples of their virtuosity are the
double-gourd vases, made from the 16th century onward, which were
turned in separate sections and afterward joined together.
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http://www.gocornerstore.com/Inventory_files/December%20T&F/Facts/30F.html
The Wheel Thing
What was the first known use of the wheel? Not as a part on a moving
vehicle. The first wheel was a pottery wheel, probably invented around
6500 BC by artists in Asia Minor.
Back to the Potter's Wheels. The first potter's wheels were quite
simple. A flat, stone disk was mounted horizontally on a pivot and
spun, with wet clay at the center of the disk. Since both of the
potter's hands were occupied with shaping the clay, an assistant was
needed to spin the wheel. Later designs included a stick that was
inserted into a notch to turn the wheel.
Building a Better Wheel. A major improvement came in 16th century
Europe, when a separate flywheel provided much better speed control.
The foot treadle, invented in the 19th century, was a further
refinement, followed by variable-speed electric motors.
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http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pottery.htm
The Pottery of Ancient Egypt
Not until the Old Kingdom do we find the invention of the potter's
wheel in Egypt. At first this device was a simple turntable, but
later evolved into a true potter's wheel, requiring better preparation
of the clay and more control during firing. It should be noted that
these potter's wheels were hand turned, and that the kick wheel
variety was probably not developed until the Persian or Ptolemaic
periods, though there is some disagreement among Egyptologists on this
matter.. But the potter's wheel also spurred the development of more
refined kilns during the Old Kingdom. The Potter's wheel allowed
pottery to be made in more abundance, but did not entirely replace all
other forms of pottery making. For example, bread moulds continued to
be hand made around a core known as a patrix.
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http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Peterson/Petersonessay2.html
A History of American Indian Pottery
Astonishingly, the potter's wheel was never used anywhere in either
North or South America. The wheel was used for transportation and for
tools, but was never adapted for clay. It may be that Indians just
relished the experience of building a clay pot slowly by hand, using
the painstaking method of coiling and pinching.
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http://www.trends.net/~yuku/tran/xwh.htm
Recently some discussion took place in these ngs in regard to wheel in
ancient America. We know that _the idea of the wheel_ was known to
ancient
Americans, because of some toys (more correctly votive objects) on
wheels
they had.
And now, I would like to add something further in this regard. I
mentioned
previously that the "potter's wheel" was known in America. Some people
were surprised by this and asked me privately to provide the refs, so
here
it comes:
Did the prehispanic Americans know the potter's wheel?
Terence Grieder, ROTARY TOOLS IN ANCIENT PERU, ARCHAEOLOGY, 28:178,
(1975), also SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 233/4: 54 (1975)
He describes a type of a lathe found at Pashash, Peru. The principle
of the wheel was apparently applied in the manufacture of stone
vessels, also some pottery may have been so manufactured. This
technique was used for a couple of centuries, and then seemed to
disappear.
***** This is part of a discussion in Newsgroups:
sci.archaeology,soc.history.ancient,sci.skeptic,sci.anthropology
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http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/t000013.htm
http://www.askasia.org/teachers/Instructional_Resources/Materials/Readings/Japan/R_japan_44.htm
Timeline of Japanese History
YAYOI (300 B.C. - A.D. 300) Rice cultivation, metalworking, and the
potter's wheel are introduced from China and Korea. Era named "Yayoi"
after the place in Tokyo where wheel-turned pottery was found.
In Shinto, Japan's oldest religion, people identify kami (divine
forces) in nature and in such human virtues as loyalty and wisdom.
100-300: Local clans form small political units.
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http://www.si.edu/scmre/about/94anctech.htm
Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education (SCMRE)
Annual Report FY 1994
The Potter's Wheel in Ancient Southwest Asia
Research on the forming and finishing methods used in pottery
production in mid-fourth through first millennia B.C. Iran, Iraq,
Syria, Turkey, and Egypt show that the use of the potter's wheel has
been misinterpreted. Reconstruction of sequences of manufacture using
fractography, texture analysis, and radiography demonstrate that the
potter's wheel was used for small vessels. Larger vessels were
created by various combination of hand building, rotary forming, and
finishing.
Strategies for employing the wheel for different ware and form classes
of pottery vary with site. In the Euphrates-Tigris drainage, where
the clay is easily worked, the wheel was used for sculpture, pottery,
architectural details, and other products. At Amuq, in Syria, as well
as at the Iranian sites studied, the wheel continued to be used only
for small-sized vessels until the second millennium B.C. Obviously,
there are many possible explanations for such technological
differences. Current research, leading to the completion of the
analytical phase of the project, involves an extensive set of ceramics
from several sites. Macroscopic and low-power microscopic traits,
such as wiping and wheel markings, alignment of porosity, and the
evidence of joints with manufacturing sequences in whole vessels from
each site have been recorded. Xeroradiography of the sherds will be
completed during FY 1995. A new interpretation of the potter's wheel
for mass-production in ancient Southwest Asia will follow completion
of the project.
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http://www.gsn.uk.net/pottery.html
The Story of Pottery
The history of English pottery making
http://www.historytoday.com/index.cfm?articleid=3459
Encyclopedia Historical dictionary and timeline
Wheel
Circular frame or disk mounted on a central pivot for mechanical
purposes, especially for wheeled transport and pottery manufacture.
The earliest evidence of the existence of the wheel is wheel-thrown
pottery from Mesopotamia, dating from about 4500 BC. Wheeled vehicles
were probably first used in the 4th millennium BC, invented either in
Mesopotamia or on the west Eurasian steppes (carts and wagons), and
had spread to Europe and India by about 3000 BC. The potter's wheel
was also invented independently in China (before 3000 BC).
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http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/prehistory.html
II. Prehistory in Mesopotamia
Potter's wheel. At the end of the Halaf-period an invention of an
early stage of the potter's wheel (with no bearing yet for free
rotation) makes mass production easier.
Web-page reference:
a (Late Bronze Age) picture of a potter's wheel.
References on Tell halif are:
Halif of The Cobb Institute of Archaeology
The Ubaid-period (4000-3500 BCE) is a ceramic period called after the
site Tell el-Ubaid in the south of Irak with a characteristic
concentric and wave-like decoration pattern. The quick spread over a
larger area (the Ubaid-horizon) indicates a similar economy and a high
degree of professionalism in that area. The real potter's wheel
(introduced in the transition to the so called Uruk-period is
technically complicated and the spread is limited to highly developed
areas. It requires a workable, kneadable clay which is obtained by
special additions (e.g. Iron oxyde, giving the characteristic
red-brown color).
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http://aker.virtualave.net/KhnumCreator.html
http://www.philae.nu/akhet/KhnumCreatorMyth.html
The Creation Myths
Khnum and the Potter's Wheel
The Potter's Wheel
But though traces of Khnum at Elephantine go back to the early
dynastic period, it is from the New Kingdom and Graeco-Roman
inscriptions at Esna which we get the picture of Khnum as creator god.
Not only Egyptians but also foreigners and their different languages,
and all kinds of animals were created by him, which indicates Khnum as
a universal creator god. He created humans on his potter´s wheel,
often commissioned to do so by other deities. He placed the seed in
their mothers' wombs and together with Heket, the goddess of
childbirth, he assisted at the deliverance. At the same time as he
formed the child, Khnum also formed the 'ka' of the child, a concept
which is hard to translate, 'spirit' is not really correct, but the
best we can do here.
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http://www.jgc.co.jp/waza/b1_pottery/pottery01.htm
Traditional Articstic Handicraft of Japan Still Thriving -- Pottery
History of Its Development in Japan
The history of Japanese pottery cannot be considered by omitting or
disregarding the influence of China and Korea.
In those days Japan had merely simple wheels to turn by hand. The
kickwheel has another slab below the shaft of the revolving wheelslab.
The potter can revolve the upper wheelslab by kicking the lower slab
with his foot. For this, the potter can constantly use his both hands
while freely revolving the wheel with his foot at the speed he
desires. As a result, mass-production became possible.
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http://www.ambergriscaye.com/museum/digit4.html
Real smart folks, but no wheel
For several weeks I have discussed numerous artifacts on exhibit at
the Ambergris Museum. There is, however, one item that cannot be found
in any collection of ancient Maya or for that matter any other New
World population. That object is a wheel.
While it is certainly true that the Maya did not possess the potter's
wheel, they did make use of a device called the k'abal. This was a
wooden disk that rested on a smooth board between the potter's feet.
Spun by foot. the k'abal was not unlike the potter's wheel that had
been in use in the Old World for over five thousand years. Still,
there was no wheel.
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POTTERS WHEELS – EVOLUTION OF DESIGNS
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http://web.onetel.net.uk/~booksearch/walpurgis/potterswheels.htm
The Medieval and Renaissance Potters Wheels 12th -16th C
There appear to be three variations of potters wheel use during the
medieval period in Europe. These vary somewhat in provable location,
period an application. Where there is no direct evidence for a
particular type it can be theorised that a certain type may have been
used based on ceramic finds.
***** This is a short article with several illustrations.
http://www.potters.org/subject23416.htm
treadle wheel history
***** This discussion thread provides some clues for researching
treadle wheels.
http://www.claystation.com/technical/studio/equipment.html
How to Build and Maintain Ceramic Studio Equipment, Links and
Resources
http://www.llpots.com/treadle/index.html
There is quite an underground following of the Leach Treadle Wheel. I
have been collecting information on them over the last five years and
in the spirit of openness would like to make as much of that available
to you here. ALSO, I am currently setting up the woodworking shop to
produce quality Leach Treadle Wheels according to the original
blueprints from the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall, England.
***** See links to Leach Treadle Wheel History and design plans.
http://www.studiopottery.com/potters/leachbernard.html
Bernard Leach
Bernard Leach is, without a doubt, the best known and most prominent
of British studio potters. … It was not until after the Second World
War, and the publication of his first book, A Potters' Book, that he
became widely recognized as a master in his field. He continued to pot
until 1972, but did not stop his ceaseless travelling.
http://www.scarvapottery.com/opencontent/default.asp?itemid=36§ion=PRODUCTS
Potters Wheels
***** Catalog of electric and kick wheels.
http://www.potterymaking.org/observations.html
http://www.potterymaking.org/observations.html
One Potter's Observations
by Jonathan Kaplan, Ceramic Design Group
Ed. Note: Jonathan Kaplan invited over two dozen potters to help
evaluate over thirty electric potters wheels available in the United
States. You can read that evaluation in our July/August issue of PMI.
The following comments were provided by Mr. Kaplan as part of that
evaluation, but due to space limitations, did not appear in the print
version.
***** This is a short article that gives a good review of the
characteristics to evaluate for electric potters wheels.
http://www.potters.org/subject61762.htm
message from the boston wheel
***** This is a discussion thread on different types of electric
wheels.
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN POTTERS WHEEL
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http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org/mustreads/wheel.asp
Build A $75 Electric Wheel
http://www.claytimes.com/CBCWheelDiagram.htm
How to Build a Transmission Wheel
http://www.geocities.com/rjsny/plans.html
Kick Wheel Plans
http://members.value.com.au/leosmith/kickwheel.htm
A LOW COST KICKWHEEL
http://www.duke.edu/%7Emsm5/pictures/treadle_plans.html
Treadle Wheel Plans
http://members.aol.com/studiotoki/stuplans.htm
Yakimono Toki Studio Pottery Blueprints
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POTTERY WHEEL MANUFACTURERS
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http://clayzee.com/Supplies/Equipment_and_Tools/Pottery_Wheel/
Home : Ceramic Supplies : Equipment and Tools : Pottery Wheel
***** This is a directory of manufacturers of all types of pottery
wheels including “make your own” kits.
http://www.potterswheel.com/
Pottery Wheel and Tool Manufacturers
www.potterswheel.com is here to help you make the right choice.
Whether you are a beginner, student, hobbyist, or professional studio
potter, you'll find the potter's wheel that fits your needs (as well
as your budget!). Plus, you'll find basic and specialized tools and
accessories of all kinds to make your pottery wheel and studio
complete!
http://www.milehiceramics.com/potterswheels.htm
Potters Wheels
Thomas Stuart Brent Lockerbie Creative Industries
Shimpo Kemper Amaco Soldner
http://www.clay-king.com/ebrentlist.htm
http://www.brentwheels.com/jsps/brenthome.jsp
Brent Potters Wheels and Equipment
A Manufacturing Division of American Art Clay Co., Inc.
http://www.creativewheels.com/
Creative Industries Potters Wheels
http://www.thomasstuart.com/
Thomas Stuart Wheels
http://www.shimpoceramics.com/potterswheels.html
Shimpo
We offer eight models designed to fit everyone's needs. The RK Series,
Master Series, and Velocity Series wheels continue Shimpo's tradition
of offering the highest quality potter's wheels to all levels of
potters.
http://www.potters.org/category088.htm
wheels - manufacturers
brent, pacifica, randall, shimpo
http://www.discuspotterswheels.com/pages/what_is_discus.htm
What is Discus
In short, Discus is the most powerful, compact and portable potters
wheel in the world. The Discus is designed around the very latest
technology, an extremely powerful flat 'pancake' motor, only one-third
the height of a conventional electric motor and delivering full torque
at all speeds. Including motor and drive assembly the unit measures
only 150mm high!
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POTTERY, CERAMICS AND CLAY ARTS RESOURCES
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http://www.clayzee.com/index.html
Clayzee World of Ceramics
Clayzee is an organization. dedicated to the cause of providing the
best available information on "clay" related sites around the world.
***** This is a very comprehensive portal site and directory that
covers all aspects of ceramics and pottery making.
http://www.potters.org
This site was started as a service to potters. It was built in a
spirit of fun, to be functional, and 'minimalist'. … This service is a
breakdown of the discussion on Clayart - the internet discussion group
founded and originally moderated by Joe Molinaro and Richard Burkett.
Clayart is now hosted and run by the American Ceramics Society, and
this site is a categorised archive of that discussion. The archive
started in March '96 and is updated at least once a week. The
classification is semi-automated, about 95% accurate, and contains 80%
of the messages on Clayart (the others don't lend themselves to easy
classification!).
http://www.potters.org/categories.htm
clayart discussions by subject
***** See Wheels
http://www.ceramics.org/
The American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
the world's leading organization dedicated to the advancement of
ceramics
http://www.potterymaking.org/links.html
Pottery Making Illustrated is a magazine just for potters - amateur or
professional, student or teacher. Each issue contains
well-illustrated, easy-to-understand information on handbuilding,
throwing, glazing and firing techniques, as well as step-by-step
projects and information on tools, equipment and safety!
**** This is a portal site that offers many resources.
http://www.clayways.com/r_resources.html
Resources for Potters
http://www.florilegium.org/
Stefan's Florilegium
Crafts
This is a collection of files that I (Mark S. Harris ) have assembled
from various sources since I first joined the SCA (Society for
Creative Anachronism) in 1989. The information in these files comes
from the Rialto newsgroup (rec.org.sca), the old fidonet medieval echo
conferance area, various mail lists and articles submitted to me by
their authors.
***** See a large collection of resources under several headings under
Crafts, including: ceramics-bib, Ceramics-Intro-art, pottery-msg,
pottery-whels-msg, Throwing-Pots-art, tiles-bib, tiles-msg
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CRAFTS/pottery-whels-msg.html
Stefan's Florilegium
pottery-whels-msg
This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme
that I have collected from my reading of the various computer
networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as
yesterday.
***** This discussion about pottery wheel technologies lists several
books that may be of interest to you.
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CERAMIC PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING
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http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch11/final/c11s07.pdf
Ceramic Products Manufacturing
Plastic molding is accomplished by extrusion, jiggering or powder
injection.
www.atilim.edu.tr/~zerden/IE204/ FormingCeramic&Glass.ppt
FORMING AND SHAPING CERAMICS AND GLASS
http://www.artistictile.net/pages/Info/Info_tile2.html
Various Applications of Ceramics
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SEARCH STRATEGY
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potter's wheels history
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history of treadle potters wheel |
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