Ceramics Bat Definition

Batch a mixture of weighed materials such as a batch of glaze or slip or a clay body.

Ceramics bat definition.

Bats are used to throw pieces on that would be difficult to lift off the wheel head. Or batt less commonly also known as a batterboard thin slab of wood plaster or plastic used to support pottery forms during throwing attached to the head of the potter s wheel by clay body or bat pins. After the throw is done the bat is taken off the wheel head in order to prevent any damage. A revolving wheelhead which sits on a pedestal base.

Pottery bats are typically fabricated with two holes that fit snugly onto a pair of bat pins that are inserted into the potter s wheel head. Bat a flat disc made out of plaster wood or plastic which is affixed to the wheel head with clay or pins. Bats are used to throw pieces on that would be difficult to lift off the wheel head. It is turned by hand and used for finishing or decorating pottery.

Older pottery wheel heads may not have holes for bat pins. Once the bat is attached to the wheel head the potter can work directly on. However these can be easily added with a dril at 10 on centerl. A flat disc made out of plaster wood or plastic which is affixed to the wheel head with clay or pins.