Wheel Throwing and Handbuilding
Post your questions about throwing troubles, victories, gear and techniques...
posted by tjhspi at 6:07 AM
Monday, March 31, 2008
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11 Comments:
Relax, find your balance, don't throw when you're stressed out. Results may vary, like any advice.
I was searching for other pottery related things and found your blog. I run a self-compiled directory of potters. I didn't know if I had to create a blog to comment so I made one, but my normal site is just a html, non-blog style. Anyway, thought I would mention it to you. Maybe some people who use your blog might find it useful. Yours looks like it's very helpful. I'm another potter helping potters.
-Nik
Hi Nik...
What's the Address of your site?
T
Yeah, i dig on the relax part.
Hey. I am new to this blog. I was looking to talk pottery. I like to play with clay and work the wheel. prace
HI Carol! Welcome...
Only throw pots when your in the mood, when your minds on other things thats your piece ruined!
Any one have special tricks to throwing at home? I have only been able to throw in a class room setting. I haven't thrown in about 2 1/2 years, and just got a wheel for me to use at home. Help- especially when it come to storing to dry.
I find the opposite, that my mind can relax when I am throwing clay.
Gracey--I too have just started (well, for 8 months now) throwing at home. I don't have any special way to dry pieces, just gradually at room temp, covering thin areas as you would do in a classroom. I seem to need about a 12 foot square for my wheel, my tools and books and junk. I use kitty litter boxes, those plastic ones, to store clay in as a damp box. I have one which does not have plaster in the bottom of it as an experiment (and because I ran out of plaster to make a 2 inch base inside the box to keep damp with H2O)maybe the plaster isn't needed. Why are you no longer in a classroom setting?
I just discovered that I can trim a long necked bottle by using a paper coffee cup as a chck. By lining the neck with soft clay I could get my bottle centered. Then I pushed the outside layer of clay up around both the rim of the cup and my bottle to hold bottle in place. Gentle trimming action helps keep from moving bottle.
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