How To Throw A Wide Shallow Bowl 

I just sighed up for pottery yesterday for a 5 wks .starts June 29 from 10:00 to 12:30. Can't wait !

Thank you for this video. Lovely bowl and explanation. I am throwing 3kgs currently, so almost at this stage. Can't wait to try it!!!

thanks for always letting us know how much you're throwing with.. helps with understanding the process

A year late but THANK YOU for the two camera shots. It’s so frustrating to watch potters center or pull and have no ability to see hand placement.

You are SO right! I am constantly fighting potters that claim you HAVE to do things in a certain way - or that you CAN NOT do it in another. Thank you Matt for always sharing your amazing skills

More split vids! So helpful!!! I'm trying this tomorrow

Hey Matthew, Perfect timing with the large bowl video. We just did it last night in class. Appreciate your expertise and clarity, really helpful for all. Happy potting!😄

This makes more sense to me

I tried your wheel-reversing technique today and it was a game-changer, thank you so much!

Thank you for posting your process, because it illustrates ways in which you are not ‘fighting’ with the clay. (Especially starting with the opening….) Wish me luck 👍

Beautiful. Very helpful.

I just started throwing 2 weeks ago, I love it and am very inspired by how easily you make it look, I'm determined to get better with lots of practice and just watching, learning through masters like yourself, appreciate you sharing your craft!

Thanks Matthew! I needed this video big time! I am one of those cylinder people and it has not worked very well for me. Now I think I can do it !

Game changer with the reverse shaping tip!!!! Loves it. Thank you so much!

Beautiful as always!

Love it. You are always encouraging, especially knowing your technique/style comes from a production background 😊

Matthew: so great to see your video, I am always learning something new. So true that if you start with a wider and lower opening you are already half way there! It reduces the production time considerably, and makes it much more fun. I will have to try to reverse the wheel direction, and see how it works. It looks awesome as you do it! Thank you again for taking the time to share your skills with all of us. 😊

Great tips!

Stunning work!

Great video! Great angles! Much appreciated

LIFE CHANGING VIDEO - throwing in reverse, WOAH

Learned so much! Thank you!

A great demonstration! Thanks!

I loooove the bowi!!!!

Nicely done!

Beautiful to watch. Love your reverse wheel direction shaping technique. Thanks for posting!

Thank you Thank you Thank you.

Beautiful!

Matthew, I have watched many of your videos and have learned so many great tips. I have been doing pottery for over 40 years as a hobby and love it when I learn something new. Thank you so much.

Thank you for sharing the benefit of your years of experience! I'm going to give it a try on my next shallow wide bowl. I love your videos; you make it look so easy and explain it so well.❤jw

Thank you so much! I can’t wait to try it!

Nice demo, thanks!

this was great, thankyou!

Loved this approach can’t wait to try! Thanks!

Beautiful to watch you work! Thankyou for sharing.

Excellent Demo, thank you!!

Thanks very much Matthew.

Thank you for your demonstration I love it

very nice tips thanks for posting

Wow. Amazing. Great way of explaining

Thank you!

Makes perfect sense!

Thank you. You are so articulate while explaining how to do this. I really appreciate your precision.

As a baby potter I am like... reverse the wheel? Aw hell no!! 😁

Great information

Thank you so much Matt for a clear, informative video. I am not an experienced potter but am loving the process and will certainly try this method when in the studio tomorrow. The fact that there are so many different ways to throw, gives me at least some confidence to go ahead and try.

Another great video. Thanks for sharing - I'll be giving this a go tomorrow!!

excellent! thanks

this blew my mind!! WOAH

I watched this video about 5 times, then tried throwing a wide, shallow bowl. Not as wide as yours, only 3.5 lb of clay and I chickened out after a bit, but it worked very well. Thank you.

This technique is so cool

very cool. never thought of reversing the wheel like that for shaping although I've done it in the past for adding slip. really great tips, thanks.

Amazing 🎉

Thanks a lot. I only did this once (sort of) with a very wide (+50 cm) bowl. But you inspired me to do this more often. Thanks Matt 🙂

I love your videos and commentary. I've learned a lot from you. I have thought many times that I would like to hold my rib in my right hand and shape. Thank you, I will be trying this.

Hi Matthew, Excellent video! I appreciate the detail and the two camera angles. Thank you for sharing your expertise. As a hobby potter it is always terrific to watch your videos and pick up tips. :)

Hey! This is really useful! Changing the direction of the wheel and starting from the rim down is a great pointer! Thanks! Liked this instructive video.

Great as this is one of goals and I’ve been struggling thanks

Thank you. I just stumbled across this video having recently started trying to make wider, larger bowls, and this was so useful. You definitely do a few things I haven't seen before...but that bowl looks lovely, so I'm going to give a couple of your ideas a go and see if they help. really appreciate this ad will be watching many more of your tutorials.

So encouraging. I’m going to try it tomorrow. Thank you for your expertise.

Thanks for this idea, will try this way as so far I've done the up and then out, without much success, will try this way next time I'm in class

I'm glad to see that even the Pro's have the ball of clay slip off the bat once in a while. After opening to a bowl shape when you start the first pull and are pushing the base in quite strongly with the outside hand how do you prevent a bump from forming in the smooth curve on the inside where the wall meets the base? I always end up with a bump that I have to "trim" off by removing clay.

Thank you! I am coming to Seagrove this year.

Perfect timing for finding this specific video! I’ve thrown a nice pitcher, albeit it’s not very large & I’ll pull a handle tomorrow for it. I attempted to make a bowl for the pitcher to sit in. The bowl was started as a cylinder & of course, it fell. I tried again & it fell again. Sooooooo, either later tonight or sometime tomorrow, I’ll be attempting to throw the bowl like you show here. I hope it’ll work. If it doesn’t, I’ll continue to fail better as I work toward my goal.

Thankyou for the great video, I just attempted to do this with a taller cylinder , this definately seems a better method

thank you

Matthew - loved your take on throwing this shape. I haven't been as successful at it as I would like to be. I'm definitely going to be incorporating your tips to finally get it. The split videos really help to see what you're doing. How exactly do you prepare the pot to be able to hang it?

Great shape

interesting to see another switch the wheel direction. I’ve been throwing for almost 20 years and have always centered right handed, pulled left handed, and shaped back at right handed. For me it was more just that I could never really figure out the pulling right handed though

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Will give it a try. I've always tried spreading a tall cylinder with limited success. I also tend to rush along instead of being slow and careful. This method might up my success rate and quality.

I came across this video by chance and today I killed it at pottery making bowls because of this video!!!’ Thank you!! Can you show us a video of a tall large bowl? Is it the same method?

מאד יפה!! לומדת ממך הרבה מאד. תודה hallo from Isarel

I need to learn to make 3 nesting bowls which fit one inside another at the same level. Could you please show me how to do them? Thanks.

Do you trim these? Wondering how much clay you left at the bottom. Video is very helpful! This is something I've been working on and will try opening with the heel of my hand.

Great video! Wondering if wire the bowl off now? Thanks.

Thanks for sharing this! Very helpful. Why do you use a wood rib on the bottom of the bowl when you are centering the clay?

Matt, what size was the bowl you threw in this video? love your videos, you are an excellent instructor. kiln openings are awesome. my husband and I hope to get to NC to see one some day

Just followed your steroids in this video and really happy with the results. Thanks for a great vid!

Very nice. Is there a reason besides shape that you switch between a wood rib and a silicone rib?

Nice. Do you let it sit a long time before separating from the bat, or do you do a wire cut pretty much at this stage? Seems like it would be quite delicate for some time.

That’s amazing. I have a question, though how much clay did you use? 5:07

Did one your way makes so much sense ... not as nice as yours and will try again tmro for another as my it is my goal for now😊

Great bowl How much clay was it? Thanks

I made one of these a while back. It turned out great. Too bad I wasn't paying attention to size and it doesn't fit in my tiny kiln 🤦‍♀️😂

Brilliant, but now….. I’m going to have to subscribe AGAIN.

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Thanks Matthew, you've inspired me to try this method! If I'm successful, I'll post pics on Insta....

what clay body, is it your recipe or from highwater or somewhere else