How do they match: Potters, Manufacturing

  • Position balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.
  • Design clay forms and molds, and decorations for forms.
  • Operate jigger machines to form ceramic ware, such as bowls, cups, plates, and saucers.
  • 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.

  • Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.