| A | B |
|---|
| Wheel | machine used to make pottery |
| needle tool | for trimming |
| sponge | used to add water and smooth pot |
| kidney or rib | used to smooth pot |
| trimming tool/turning tool | used to trim under the foot edge and clean plaster bat |
| symmetry | even on both sides |
| cylinder | goal to make before shaping a pot |
| fast | to center |
| slow | to shape and trim pot |
| throwing | making a pot on the wheel |
| centering the clay | making the clay symmetrical before opening to make a pot |
| opening | putting fingers or thumb into centered clay |
| wedging | manipulating the clay to make even and get air pockets out |
| lubricant | adding water to the clay to move easily over the clay |
| Shaping | making the form of the clay cylinder interesting to look at |
| Foot | bottom of pot |
| Lip | top edge of pot |
| Trimming | cutting uneven clay from top lip and under foot |
| Undercutting | trimming under the edge of the foot to make the form of the pot aesthetically pleasing |
| Lifters | shaped metal tools used to pick up a freshly made pot from the wheel |
| Preventing crack in bottom | press inside with sponge as pot turns on wheel |
| reusing clay from a failed pot | never use unless you wedge completely |
| temperature of water | cool |
| slowly and release slowly | touch pot when forming on wheel |
| push clay inward | prevent the clay pot from become larger |
