Shaping hollow-ware on a throwing wheel.Mixing clay and other materials to form a slip or plastic body.Use of pug mills for extruding plastic clay.Use of pottery lathes for turning unfired hollow-ware.

This summarises all the current safety advice associated with teaching ceramics in schools. It includes storing handling and disposing of materials, using and maintaining kilns and ceramics machinery.

The following document is a list of the documents and other materials you will find on the D&T website.

Milling: The removal of material to provide a finished form of close tolerance and good surface finish. Milling may be used to form flat surfaces, grooves or recesses.