How do they match: Potters, Manufacturing

  • Clay Mixer

  • Operate production machines such as pug mill, jigger machine, or potter's wheel to process clay in manufacture of ceramic, pottery and stoneware products.

  • Adjust wheel speeds according to the feel of the clay as pieces enlarge and walls become thinner.
  • Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
  • Operate pug mills to blend and extrude clay.
  • Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
  • Press thumbs into centers of revolving clay to form hollows, and press on the inside and outside of emerging clay cylinders with hands and fingers, gradually raising and shaping clay to desired forms and sizes.
  • Raise and shape clay into wares, such as vases and pitchers, on revolving wheels, using hands, fingers, and thumbs.

  • Shape clay or dough to create products.