Wedging is used to homogenize clay and remove air pockets. Cone wedging clay compacts it in a spiral action and leaves it in a cone shape, which many potters prefer when the clay is to be thrown on the potter's wheel. This method is suitable for one to ten pounds of clay (or up to twenty pounds if your wrists are strong enough).
I prefer cone wedging my own clay as I find that I can rock the clay back and forth through the cycle without having to stop and adjust the clay's placement on the wedging table very often.
Here we see clay that has been patted into a ball shape, ready to be wedged in the cone method. As you are learning this method, work with a ball of clay about the size of a baseball or grapefruit.
