388. How to Spiral & Ram’s Head Wedging/Kneading Clay 菊練り with Hsin-Chuen Lin 林新春 菊練/揉土全攻略 

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You are truly amazing~ During past few years, I've learned a lot from you. I admire you! And I feel really grateful to you. This one is just another marvelous lesson for anyone interested in ceramics+ Thank you so much!

Awesome video! Thanks for the help, still struggling with spiral wedge

Wait, doesn't cutting and flipping the halves of clay risk introducing more air bubbles? Especially around the edges, even if you're careful about making the halves meet cleanly in the center?

Very nice demonstration, I’ve never seen the rams head cut in half and rejoined but it totally makes sense , thank you. Cheers Bob 🇬🇧

Is there any difference when wedging porcelain clay? I find it stiffens up a lot when wedging, but then is really soft when throwing! Any tips?

This video has tremendously helped me . When my girls were toddlers, I took a series of pottery classes primarily as refreshers. In addition, I took them to have access to various kiln options. The instructor taught how raptor wedge clay using the ram head method. It caused my pots to shatter due to air bubbles. I ran across a website that recommended the spiral wedging. My wedging improved. Albeit,finding your videos with in-depth info on spiral wedging has made the problems caused by bubbly clay a thing of the past. I do wish you had a video that is ‘up close & personal’ to help me with throwing a deeper pot, including compressing the bottom. I’ve been working on wedging better, pulling up the sides, cleaning the inside as well as the rim compression… yet somehow I can’t quite go deeper before pulling the sides. Also, I’m able to feel my clay center faster & better than ever! Thank you so much for the help & information on the plaster wedging/reclaiming my clay. Most of what I’m throwing now is being sliced in half to see where my weakness(es) reside.

Is this the optimal amount of clay to wedge in one go or do you normally do more? Thanks.

Muito grata pela partilha! Muito didático, o que faz toda a diferença! 🙏

Thank you Mr. Lin. This video is so much helpful.

Thank you Mr. Lin. I have been watching lots of your videos and they helped me a lot in my learning.

When you use your right hand it looks more like what I see when I try to spiral wedge :P I need to practice more...

THANKS a lot ! Ad last I anderstand ! Oufffff

oh, great! thank you for the expanded update on this technique.

I liked when you made the eyes for the ram's head :) all your videos are so informative and helpful thank you so much!

Ok. I'm off to practise now!

Should I spiral wedge clockwise if I throw left handed on the wheel?

I throw clockwise but spiral kneed anticlockwise, will I have better pots if I learn to spiral knead the same way as I throw?