You don't want there to be harder lumps in some areas and then ... you don't want to be a potter who can only wedge clay with a machine. Knowing how to do it by hand is always useful.

A lump of clay is first rolled out onto either a sheet ... These can then be built upon using modelling and hand building techniques. This is useful for making masks. Key fact If you make a ...

It all begins with a lump of clay. Chris Mottram ... The turner turns the wheel by hand slowly and it pulls the base closer to cut through the colour, revealing the base below.