steve graber on mon 16 aug 10
Well i finally jojned the semi-modern age and posted a youtube video on How=
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To =3D0Ause The Steve Tool for pottery texture on pots.=3DA0 i guess like =
a go=3D
od demo it =3D0Abegs=3DA0further questions on how to do this or that affect=
wit=3D
h the tool as =3D0Awell....=3DA0 but give me time....=3DA0 if anything the =
fast f=3D
undementals are shown in =3D0Athe clip.=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.yout=
ube.com/wa=3D
tch?v=3D3D7lIr2PNY2Oc=3D0A=3D0Ai used a low budget tourist Canon Sure Shot =
camera=3D
=3DA0on a tripod.=3DA0 if i was =3D0Athinking more i'd have zoomed in furth=
er.=3DA0=3D
or i would have had the sterio going =3D0Awith some classier music i usual=
ly=3D
play in the workshop...=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3D0Asee ya=3D0A=3DA0Steve Graber, =
Graber's Pot=3D
tery, Inc=3D0AClaremont, California USA=3D0AThe Steve Tool - for awesome te=
xtur=3D
e on pots! =3D0Awww.graberspottery.com steve@graberspottery.com =3D0A=3D0A=
=3D0AOn L=3D
aguna Clay's website=3D0Ahttp://www.lagunaclay.com/blogs/ =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A
steve graber on mon 16 aug 10
the amco-brent people talked me into trying this at=3DA0one of Marjon's Cla=
y'=3D
s "clay =3D0Aolympic" things.=3DA0 it never occured to me to try it either.=
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=3D0A=3D0A=3D0Athrow a cylinder.=3DA0 use a rib to clean the gook off the s=
ides.=3DA0=3D
THEN apply slip =3D0Awhile the cylinder spins around.=3DA0 THEN roll the t=
extu=3D
re wheel up or down per =3D0Ausual.=3DA0 the slip doesn't get all screwed u=
p li=3D
ke i thought it would, but enables =3D0Athe texture points to stab into the=
c=3D
laybody leaving the untouched slip areas =3D0Afine.=3DA0 then stretch the p=
ot n=3D
ormally.=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3D0Athe result will be a transition from slip to c=
laybody =3D
with a textured affect as =3D0Awell.=3DA0 sometimes i see a stratafication =
from=3D
slip to claybody.=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3D0Ai've done this for "wow" affects at =
demos be=3D
cause it shows texture easily from =3D0Afar away.=3DA0 but haven't used it =
enou=3D
gh to make really cool looking pots.=3DA0 the =3D0Aconcept is pretty neat.=
=3DA0 n=3D
o reason it couldn't be used in other fashions as =3D0Awell.=3DA0 such as c=
arvi=3D
ng quickly before stretching.=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3D0Ai do use if for pots that=
are hea=3D
ding to raku.=3DA0=3DA0i'll use an 05/06=3DA0glaze and =3D0Aafter bisque ad=
d a raku=3D
glaze.=3DA0 it's a very busy result.=3DA0 if it was garlic you'd =3D0Asmel=
l the =3D
pot a mile away.=3DA0 lots of visuals with the textures, colors, =3D0Acontr=
asts=3D
.=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3DA0Steve Graber, Graber's Pottery, Inc=3D0AClaremont, Ca=
lifornia U=3D
SA=3D0AThe Steve Tool - for awesome texture on pots! =3D0Awww.graberspotter=
y.co=3D
m steve@graberspottery.com =3D0A=3D0A=3D0AOn Laguna Clay's website=3D0Ahttp=
://www.l=3D
agunaclay.com/blogs/ =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A----- Original Message ----=3D0A> =
From: Pott=3D
ery by John =3D0A> To: steve graber YA=3D
HOO.COM>=3D0A> Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 2:07:20 PM=3D0A> Subject: Re: The=
Ste=3D
ve Tool=3D0A> =3D0A> Steve, it looked good to me. I am really interested in=
wha=3D
t the heck the =3D0A>slip-texture-stretch technique is about and posted a c=
om=3D
ment.=3DA0 Nice job, but a =3D0A>closer zoom would have helped.=3D0A> =3D0A=
> John L=3D
owes=3D0A> Sandy Springs, Georgia=3D0A> http://wynhillpottery.weebly.com/ =
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