Nils Lou on tue 23 mar 10
Tilting a wheel 45 degrees so it tilts towards you is an interesting
exercise. I wonder if you can throw a platter with a wider flange=3D20
extension, without collapsing, than one might on the level? At that =3D
angle
the wide flange is not perpendicular to the force of gravity.=3D20
At one time
there was some interest in throwing with the wheel inverted using =3D
gravity
to help throw tall vessels. I tried it at Hamline one time and all I =3D
could do
was tall, thin cylinders. Reversing the wheel direction helped for some =3D
reason.
nils lou, professor of art
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we later call Fate", Carl Jung
Lee Love on tue 23 mar 10
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Nils Lou wrote:
> Tilting a wheel 45 degrees so it tilts towards you is an interesting
> exercise. I wonder if you can throw a platter with a wider flange
> extension, without collapsing, than one might on the level?
A friend from former East Germany (from near Dresden) came to the
Mashiko Pottery Festival the year after his stay. He borrowed an
old V.W. from a Japanese friend, and demoed throwing pots at a 90*
angle off the back wheel. Talk about throwing off level! :^)
Someone mentioned an important aspect of this: there is a big
difference between throw off level and not knowing you are doing it
and knowing it.
--
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
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