Japanese (coil?) wedging problems

Hi everyone!

I have been trying to learn to do the japanese wedging. It looks soooo
simple and relaxing when my teacher does it, but I just can't get the hang
of it. While her wedged pieces have a lovely knob in the middle and the clay
goes neatly back from the coil, I have a hole in the middle making a
potential air source.

Anyone have any links to good, illustrated instructions - or to somewhere
where there are examples of wedging wrongly and why it is wrong?

Marianne

I had the same problem for years :-)
it requires a small shift towards the centre in the way you apply
pressure. difficult to describe but that's how I solved it.

Steve
Bath
UK


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Hi everyone!

I have been trying to learn to do the japanese wedging. It looks soooo
simple and relaxing when my teacher does it, but I just can't get the hang
of it. While her wedged pieces have a lovely knob in the middle and the clay
goes neatly back from the coil, I have a hole in the middle making a
potential air source.

Anyone have any links to good, illustrated instructions - or to somewhere
where there are examples of wedging wrongly and why it is wrong?

Marianne



--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK

Make sure, when you pull the cone back, to puts in on the flat with
your left hand and pullup a little with your right. Maybe this is
the same as Steve saying to bring it to the center.

Also, make sure the clay is soft enough.

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=E6=9D=8E Lee Love =E5=A4=A7
=E6=84=9B=E3=80=80=E3=80=80 =E3=80=80=E3=80=80 =E9=B1=97
in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
http://hankos.blogspot.com/ Visual Bookmarks
http://ikiru.blogspot.com/ Zen and Craft

"With Humans it's what's here (he points to his heart) that makes the
difference. If you don't have it in the heart, nothing you make will
make a difference." ~~Bernard Leach~~ (As told to Dean Schwarz)

Thanks to both of you for the tips. I will get stuck into training more as
soon as my guests have left.

Marianne


"Lee In Mashiko, Japan" wrote in message
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Make sure, when you pull the cone back, to puts in on the flat with
your left hand and pullup a little with your right. Maybe this is
the same as Steve saying to bring it to the center.

Also, make sure the clay is soft enough.

--
? Lee Love ?
??? ?? ?
in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
http://hankos.blogspot.com/ Visual Bookmarks
http://ikiru.blogspot.com/ Zen and Craft

"With Humans it's what's here (he points to his heart) that makes the
difference. If you don't have it in the heart, nothing you make will
make a difference." ~~Bernard Leach~~ (As told to Dean Schwarz)

Geez, I must be more tired than I thought - when I looked at the
subject I thought it said Japanese WEDDING problems and couldn't figure
out how on earth this had anything to do with clay.......

Good thing the semester is over, grades are out and commencement is
finished - I could be in some serious trouble. G

Time for some serious clay therapy.

Lori

Life is a work of art,
Created by the one who lives it.
~Unknown~

ROFL!!!

I only wish it were that easy! ;-)

Marianne - planned more weddings than wedged successfully! ;-)






"Lori" wrote in message
oups.com...
Geez, I must be more tired than I thought - when I looked at the
subject I thought it said Japanese WEDDING problems and couldn't figure
out how on earth this had anything to do with clay.......

Good thing the semester is over, grades are out and commencement is
finished - I could be in some serious trouble. G

Time for some serious clay therapy.

Lori

Life is a work of art,
Created by the one who lives it.
~Unknown~