Taylor Hendrix on tue 5 jun 07
Howdy y'all,
Okay, I've tried to duplicate the throwing style I saw on the youtube
clip. You can reference the past posts if you need a refresher. I had
nothing but 25lbs of stiff clay to use, so it wasn't as fluid as the
clip, but my experiment has promise. The problem of course was the
over stiff clay, but I also had to contend with my hitchhiker thumb
getting in the way. I see now that the gentleman in the clip tucks it
up and out of the way most of the time. At other times I think he
actually uses the outside edge of his thumb, but most of the work
seems to be with the side of the index finger. I can't tell if he is
using the proximal, middle, or distal phalanx bone of the index finger
of that outside hand. (yes, I had to look that up.)
I resorted to using the western (?) knuckle pull to thin and shape the
wall of the second form. I'm wondering if jug throwers came up with
this pull because they used stiff clay way back yonder. Maybe not as
trying to center that stuff is hard on my thumbs.
Lee, another 25lbs is softening in a moist towel as I type. I'll have
another go at it tonight with about 8 to 10 lbs of clay this time.
Just a heads up: Marsha is going to kill me when she finds out that I
quartered our small, round cutting board so I could have a similar
shaping rib to that in the clip. Oy!
Be good to each other,
--
Taylor, in Rockport TX
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Elizabeth Priddy on wed 6 jun 07
I watched the clip.
Please make a note of the position of his elbow in his inner thigh.
He is using his hand as a jigger arm, and his leg as a stable base.
He shapes with the other hand being forced into the palm of his other hand and his thumb is used to move in such a way as to change the shape of his palm, that webby part between your thumb
and first finger. It acts like a soft shammy on the rim.
The thumb shapes the palm which is
simply a rest for the end of the forearm
that is braced on the leg.
And it is probably why hard clay would not be a problem.
If you watch old timers in video, when they get to this part of the
lip, they usually tuck their forearm into their chest and lean forward,
the method for the above when standing.
My painting teacher threw in this manner. I think it is common in Asia.
That's my take on it.
E
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
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----- Original Message ----
From: Taylor Hendrix
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 5:53:46 PM
Subject: Youtube throwing style
Howdy y'all,
Okay, I've tried to duplicate the throwing style I saw on the youtube
clip. You can reference the past posts if you need a refresher. I had
nothing but 25lbs of stiff clay to use, so it wasn't as fluid as the
clip, but my experiment has promise. The problem of course was the
over stiff clay, but I also had to contend with my hitchhiker thumb
getting in the way. I see now that the gentleman in the clip tucks it
up and out of the way most of the time. At other times I think he
actually uses the outside edge of his thumb, but most of the work
seems to be with the side of the index finger. I can't tell if he is
using the proximal, middle, or distal phalanx bone of the index finger
of that outside hand. (yes, I had to look that up.)
I resorted to using the western (?) knuckle pull to thin and shape the
wall of the second form. I'm wondering if jug throwers came up with
this pull because they used stiff clay way back yonder. Maybe not as
trying to center that stuff is hard on my thumbs.
Lee, another 25lbs is softening in a moist towel as I type. I'll have
another go at it tonight with about 8 to 10 lbs of clay this time.
Just a heads up: Marsha is going to kill me when she finds out that I
quartered our small, round cutting board so I could have a similar
shaping rib to that in the clip. Oy!
Be good to each other,
--
Taylor, in Rockport TX
http://wirerabbit.blogspot.com
http://wirerabbitpots.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wirerabbit/
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