Large bowls sagging when throwing

very true - you need a good groggy clay. i like soldate60 or soldate30
for my larger bowls.

i also found while getting into bigger stuff (i still throw small on
the scale of things - generally under 15 pounds) that throwing an
UNusually large pile of clay brings out your mistakes. methods that
will work with smaller piles can't work with bigger piles. throw the
bigger piles for a while & pay attention to what works. when you go
back to your smaller amounts you'll see you throw better then before.

see ya

steve

"JM" wrote in message
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I want to be able to throw large salad bowls, but I have a problem with
sagging just before I finish the throw. Is it better to half throw then
left for a while to dry/firm up before continuing to throw?
Whats the technique for this?
JM

Either that, or use a bit more clay and leave the bottom half as a thicker
support for the walls and trim it off afterwards - is what I have read :-)

Marianne

Thanks all for your input - some really interesting reading....Steve those
glazes are supurb - I just cant seem to get the running effect that you have
achieved (although the glazes at college used to do that) and I really like
it. I'll have to experiment a bit more. I'm gonna get back to the wheel
and try again - I gotta master this - I'm not one to let something beat me.
JM