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Pottery Wheel
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Pottery Wheel

Motorized or kick-driven wheel used for throwing clay vessels. Electric wheels with variable speed control are standard in contemporary studios.

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Artists who use this(4)

Theaster Gates
Theaster Gates

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Wheel-thrown vessels are central to his ceramic practice, refined during his apprenticeship in Tokoname, Japan.
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Roberto Lugo
Roberto Lugo

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Lugo is primarily a wheel thrower, hand-throwing teapots, urns, and ginger jars on the pottery wheel.
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Shio Kusaka

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Hand-throws all vessels on a wheel; large pieces require a full month to dry before two firings.
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Edmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal

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Throws all vessels on a low wheel, hunching over a stool he has used for over 30 years.
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Last updated March 22, 2026