How To Open Your Clay Mini-Lesson

Stop guessing. Start throwing with confidence.

This lesson gives you the missing clarity most beginners never get when learning to open their clay. If you’ve struggled with wobbly bottoms, uneven walls, collapsed forms, or that nagging feeling of “I don’t know if I’m doing this right”, this episode is designed to finally unlock that barrier.

Will Donovan, production potter, studio owner, and ceramic artist with 15 years of experience, breaks down the process step by step so you understand not just what to do, but why your clay behaves the way it does. You’ll learn the exact hand positions, depth control, pressure mechanics, and troubleshooting methods that transform opening from a confusing hurdle into a repeatable skill you can rely on.

This lesson is concise, thorough, and designed to help you avoid months of trial-and-error frustration. You’ll walk away with a method you can apply immediately, one that sets the foundation for every successful pot you’ll make from here on out.

What’s inside:

• Clear, practical demonstrations from multiple angles

• Essential principles distilled into simple, repeatable steps

• Solutions to the most common beginner roadblocks

• Techniques you can implement the moment you sit down at the wheel

• Instant download access right after checkout

Master this principle, and the rest of wheel throwing becomes dramatically easier.