Rimas VisGirda on wed 7 jul 10
I initally learned to make pots on plaster bats (batts?). In my first studi=
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o we didn't want plaster, so made some plywood bats which we attached with =
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clay -no one had thought of bat pins back then. Then we would get commissio=
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ns for 2000-3000 small pots for a candle maker, so we learned how to pick t=
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hem off with hands, I then realized that large pots can be picked off also.=
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.. In my first teaching job I found a pair of pot lifters in the studio and=
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tried them; I found that they mucked up the bottom of the pot and using my=
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hands was much easier and left a nice bottom from the cut. Some people lik=
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e the "shell" mark by cutting as the wheel turns; I prefer a nice arc. I th=
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rew the pot lifters away. Part of my teaching was for the students to learn=
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to use their hands... I also poo-pooed the Giffin grip, as I don't trim my=
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work with the exception of bowls. Then a couple of years ago I got an invi=
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tation from AKAR to send work for their yunomi exhibition. I was
told that a yunomi had a trimmed foot, but my rims were not even and it wa=
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s cumbersome and unstable to use a wet-chuck or foam on the wheelhead, so I=
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got a Giffin Grip and put a small piece of foam to stabilize the lip and g=
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ot the pieces trimmed... So far I have trimmed about 12-15 pots (yunomis) w=
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ith the gadget. My most useful gadget is a sand bag which I use on slabs, c=
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ompresses the clay, eliminates the memory (sort of like demagnetizing magne=
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tic tape), reduces cracking and warping. I used to use the heel of my hand =
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until a Japanese friend showed me the sandbag...=3D0A-Rimas=3D0A=3D0A--- On=
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7/6/10, James Freeman wrote:Rimas...=3D0A=3D=
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use pot lifters too!=3DA0 And a Giffen Grip!=3DA0 And, for the first time i=
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my entire life bought a car with an automatic transmission.=3DA0 Man, I=3D0=
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uld just shut up!=3D0A=3D0AAll the best.=3D0A=3D0A...James=3D0A=3D0AJames F=
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"All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice.=3DA0 I=3D0=
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uld not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed."=3D0A-Michel de M=
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=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AOn Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Rimas VisGirda o.com>=3D
wrote:=3D0A There are other products that I feel are silly to use, pot lif=
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rs=3D0Afor one, but as I think I said in my original post, each to his own.=
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=3D0A=3D0A This year I want to dip some pieces and not have to touch up the=
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inger marks, so I brought a pair of glaze tongs... Maybe I should=3D0Apract=
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e what I preach=3D0A
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