Centering and throwing

you know, an OOOOPs pot when laid on it's side makes a good wall
hanging vase. add a hole for the nail to hand on a wall.

~ i make lots of them...

see ya

steve

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you know, an OOOOPs pot when laid on it's side makes a good wall
hanging vase. add a hole for the nail to hand on a wall.

~ i make lots of them...

see ya

steve


I began enjoying my throwing a whole lot more once I stopped trying to make
every pot perfect and to instead enjoy the imperfections that made it not a
perfect ''extrusion' process. Lee had a pot on a while back that I didn't
get the chance to post on. I really liked it because it had the look and
feel of having existed since the beginning of time.

I know a lot of people like things similar to what Corning produces with its
Correlle ware or bright primary colors and I see nothing negative or
positive about that. It is simply a matter of taste. Myself I like what is
well crafted but that clearly has the mark of being crafted and not mass
produced. I love the look of being part of the earth and not synthetic.
One of the reasons I will always miss reduction firings.

Donna

You can't center fast on a low momentum kickwheel. On the korean
style wheel I use, you are more like treading, than you are kicking,
while centering.


Lee in Mashiko, Japan.

"DKat" wrote in message
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I began enjoying my throwing a whole lot more once I stopped trying to
make every pot perfect and to instead enjoy the imperfections that made it
not a perfect ''extrusion' process. Lee had a pot on a while back that I
didn't get the chance to post on. I really liked it because it had the
look and feel of having existed since the beginning of time.

I know a lot of people like things similar to what Corning produces with
its Correlle ware or bright primary colors and I see nothing negative or
positive about that. It is simply a matter of taste. Myself I like what
is well crafted but that clearly has the mark of being crafted and not
mass produced. I love the look of being part of the earth and not
synthetic. One of the reasons I will always miss reduction firings.

Yeah - I actually still get a bit annoyed when my slab built stuff isn't 90
degrees all the way round, but then I realize that I am not a machine and
clay is ORGANIC, and I chill :-)

You are right - part of the earth is what clay is and we are.

Marianne