THROWING FEBRUARY

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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Wedging/Centering Clay Arts Vegas

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Throwing cups
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Presidents' Day
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Throwing bowls

NOTES
Ceramic engineering is the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials. This is done either by the action of heat,

or at lower temperatures using precipitation reactions from high-purity chemical solutions. Ceramics are more than pottery and dishes:clay, bricks,tiles,

glass, and cement are probably the best-known examples. Ceramic materials are used in electronics because, depending on their composition, they

may be semiconducting, superconducting, ferroelectric, or an insulator. {ceramics.org/knowledge-center/learn-about-ceramics}

http://aplusphysics.com/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/1009-the-physics-of-throwing-pottery/

The wheel spins as a result of centripetal acceleration. The diameter of the wheel and the velocity of the wheel (controlled by the potter) determine

the wheel's centripetal acceleration (a=v2/r). The lump of clay is subject to centrifugal force (the tendency for an object to fly outwards on a circular

path) because of the wheel's centripetal, or center seeking force. Thus the clay's natural tenency is to fly off the wheel (not uncommon).The objective

of the potter is to fight this force, manipulating the clay upward instead of outward. If we increase the velocity of the wheel, its centripetal force increases

and requires the person to put more force on the clay with their hands in order to keep it from flinging off the wheel. The wheel spins faster around the

outer edge than it does in the center. This is why one of the most important steps is to center the clay, making it less vulnerabel to the centrifugal force.