Volume is often not critical to the things we make as long as they look well-proportioned. Other potters deal with it by avoiding it. Many potters deal with this issue by trial and error or experience. Compared to figuring out how wide to make a plate, calculating volume is considerably more complicated. In my last article on math for potters ( Pottery Making Illustrated May/June 2021), I addressed how to calculate shrinkage from wet clay to its fired, glazed form.
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