<P> In pottery , a potter 's wheel is a machine used in the shaping ( known as throwing ) of round ceramic ware . The wheel may also be used during the process of trimming the excess body from dried ware , and for applying incised decoration or rings of colour . Use of the potter 's wheel became widespread throughout the Old World but was unknown in the Pre-Columbian New World , where pottery was handmade by methods that included coiling and beating . </P>
<P> In pottery , a potter 's wheel is a machine used in the shaping ( known as throwing ) of round ceramic ware . The wheel may also be used during the process of trimming the excess body from dried ware , and for applying incised decoration or rings of colour . Use of the potter 's wheel became widespread throughout the Old World but was unknown in the Pre-Columbian New World , where pottery was handmade by methods that included coiling and beating . </P>
a piece of thrown pottery is created using this potter 's tool
a piece of thrown pottery is created using this potter 's tool
potter 's wheel
potter 's wheel