tony clennell on tue 5 jun 07
I don't really like flat bottomed pots unless there is
something interesting there to look at. A big flat
unglazed piece of clay is not very interesting unless
there are some wire cuts, flashing, wad marks or
something. We put little feet on the bottom of our
platters using the little molds made from our
deodorant containers. if you buy stick deodorant there
is a little plastic form that is right under the lid
that you dispose of. This is some kind of packing
thing. We use it as a little press mold to make the
feet. Push the clay into them and put your knife blade
against the clay and pull it out as you would a sprig.
With these wee feet we can glaze the underneath of
the plate/platter.
Just a wee detail that's easy!
Best,
Tony
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Taylor Hendrix on tue 5 jun 07
I've been waiting for a good reason to keep those caps, Tony! Thanks
for the idea, you're a smarty-pants.
Taylor, in Rockport TX
On 6/5/07, tony clennell wrote:
... We put little feet on the bottom of our
> platters using the little molds made from our
> deodorant containers. if you buy stick deodorant there
> is a little plastic form that is right under the lid
> that you dispose of. ...
Lee Love on wed 6 jun 07
I do inlay on the spiral cut flat bottoms and usually wad with shells
on these pots. Have been breaking larger grooved shells and using
small bits to wad.
Have been experimenting with grooved boards that Hank introduced us
to here in Mashiko a year ago. You roll the snake between two
grooved boards and you get a nicely textured coil to make a foot from.
I put up some refired "Yohen" bowls photos. These tea bowls were
anemic, so I stuck them under the grates during my last highfire.
They are polished and smooth to the touch, like my teacher's yohen
work:
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Hank Murrow on wed 6 jun 07
On Jun 5, 2007, at 6:56 PM, Lee Love wrote:
> I do inlay on the spiral cut flat bottoms and usually wad with shells
> on these pots. Have been breaking larger grooved shells and using
> small bits to wad.
>
> Have been experimenting with grooved boards that Hank introduced us
> to here in Mashiko a year ago. You roll the snake between two
> grooved boards and you get a nicely textured coil to make a foot from.
The grooved boards I used in Mashiko were Billy VanGilder's set,
which can be had at Bailey's site. He has a suite of tools which are
nice.
Cheers, Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
Patrick Cross on wed 6 jun 07
BRILLIANT!...Bravo Tony.
I've been tossing those things in a coffee cup by my monitor for months and
months and months JUST waiting for the right clay idea to come... I'm a
MENNEN SpeedStick man...reg'lar *of course*.
I was going to press them into the sides of some yunomis just for a
detail...like long-ways up...sort of like little windows, but haven't gotten
around to it yet... Turn the little sucker around and what was the handle a
moment ago has a neat shape to it as well...I mean the thing that could look
like the keel of a sail boat...
Don't EVER throw ANY thing out...That's my motto....unless it stinks. I
have a provision in my motto for such contingencies. Like...what sort of
stink are we talking about? Class A?...Class B?...or a Class C Stink...
OK enough...I quit.
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 6/5/07, tony clennell wrote:
>
> I don't really like flat bottomed pots unless there is
> something interesting there to look at. A big flat
> unglazed piece of clay is not very interesting unless
> there are some wire cuts, flashing, wad marks or
> something. We put little feet on the bottom of our
> platters using the little molds made from our
> deodorant containers. if you buy stick deodorant there
> is a little plastic form that is right under the lid
> that you dispose of. This is some kind of packing
> thing. We use it as a little press mold to make the
> feet. Push the clay into them and put your knife blade
> against the clay and pull it out as you would a sprig.
>
> With these wee feet we can glaze the underneath of
> the plate/platter.
> Just a wee detail that's easy!
> Best,
> Tony
>
>
>
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