Dinah Snipes Steveni on sat 5 feb 11
Brad Sondahl's query re TCF has got me curious. I had a look on BS's websit=
e and didn't see anything to help. Nice ware though and a true Renaissance =
Man it would seem. What is a TCF and what does it look like? Thanks. I jus=
t looked at The Japanese Pottery Handbook by Simpson, Kitto,and Sodeoka and=
checked out about 15 different types of foot. Nice to be curious.
Dinah
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David Woof on mon 7 feb 11
Hi Dinah=3D2C Hi Brad=3D2C you are not alone in this and with renewed in=
tere=3D
st=3D2C maybe we will soon see the hundredth monkey. Regarding a selling p=
oi=3D
nt=3D2C I have never felt that folks bought my work because I invented or u=
se=3D
d a certain technique=3D3B rather=3D2C because they liked the work and resp=
ecte=3D
d me. We care about technique=3D3B they care about how it feels in the ha=
nd=3D
=3D2C on the lip=3D2C or on the table. And some folks never get past the co=
lor.=3D
I spend time trying to help them see form. Of course you did wax poetic =
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about the virtues of the thrown foot so I'm sure this has value in a sales =
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conversation. Help them buy and go away feeling good about their new trea=
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sure!
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Dinah you did some foot work. (accidental pun) Thanks for sharing the info=
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All the folks spinning around and craning their collective heads trying to =
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find a good example of TCF is a bit Over the Top for a group of folks who a=
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spire to be potters. As I said in an earlier post "just do it" You (said=
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in a collective sense=3D2C not personal) will learn even if you screw up a=
f=3D
ew=3D2C or never see an example of someone else's work. =3D20
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If you throw well enough to make the bowl and can trim a decent foot you ca=
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n throw a foot. If you are a beginner your thrown feet will improve as you=
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r bowl forms do as well. There is no mystery! It is a time honored techni=
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que!!! And who can say=3D3B without seeing and copying someone else's TCF =
on=3D
e may discover one's own aesthetically pleasing and non derivative form as =
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well. Get out that dusty pair of intrepid boots and go walking!!!! But Y=
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es!!! do stay curious always!!!
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Picture doing this:
Throw five bowls so you have spares to waste if need be. Trim the bowl's b=
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ottom to the correct thickness and diameter=3D2C (make sure the bowl bottom=
's=3D
outer edge is firm enough to support the gentle throwing pressure) Roll a=
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coil of soft clay - ( bigger is better as you will no doubt trim off the t=
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op edge of the thrown foot form anyway) Score and slip - Set the wheel in =
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motion - lube up and have a go -=3D20
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Start with a downward pressure to set and blend the coil to the recieving s=
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urface. Then throw upward as with any throwing to lift the clay mass upwar=
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d. You may chose a perpendicular rise or flare it outward depending on th=
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e demand of your bowl form. Trim back to even the surface and to adjust the=
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depth to fit the form (if necessary) =3D20
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Wrap or damp box overnight to even out the moisture between bottom and new =
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foot. Paint the foot ring (not the entire bottom) with wax resist if you =
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live in a dry climate and set out to dry with bowl resting on it's rim on a=
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smooth surface to mitigate drying drag as the bowl shrinks. Voila et voi=
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ci!!!! you have TCF!!!
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Brad I agree=3D2C time spent to make something really right or more beautif=
ul=3D
is never wasted time.
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Best wishes=3D2C
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David Woof
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3. thrown coil foot
Posted by: "Dinah Snipes Steveni" jd.steveni@COMCAST.NET=3D20
Date: Sat Feb 5=3D2C 2011 9:11 am ((PST))
Brad Sondahl's query re TCF has got me curious. I had a look on BS's websit=
=3D
e and didn't see anything to help. Nice ware though and a true Renaissance =
=3D
Man it would seem. What is a TCF and what does it look like? Thanks. I just=
=3D
looked at The Japanese Pottery Handbook by Simpson=3D2C Kitto=3D2Cand Sode=
oka =3D
and checked out about 15 different types of foot. Nice to be curious.
Dinah
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4a. Re: Thrown coil foot (Actual pottery question)
Posted by: "David Woof" woofpots@HOTMAIL.COM=3D20
Date: Sat Feb 5=3D2C 2011 4:10 am ((PST))
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Coil thrown feet can be very elegant if one is form conscious to begin with=
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. Folks just do it!!! If you can center and effectively use up 5 or more p=
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ounds to produce a bowl you will have a bowl "blank" large enough to make a=
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thrown foot practical. You can figure it out on a couple of pots.=3D20
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Watching others doing it is fine but you still just have to take the risk o=
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f several possible "not the best ones" as you develop the technique and ski=
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ll. Nothing is precious until it becomes so in our mind. When you think of =
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it=3D2C a tightly trimmed foot mated to the great and wonderfully uprising =
ge=3D
sture of a well thrown bowl is just incongruent when compared to a foot for=
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m that also grows from the base of the bowl with that same exuberant yet we=
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ll formed expressive gesture.
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I throw feet on all of my bowls 12" and larger in diameter. I started doing=
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it years ago when producing for the art fair circuit. Saves much time and =
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remixing of scrap trimmings reclaim from trimmed feet because one can throw=
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to the correct bottom depth without including that ample cookie of clay to=
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trim away.
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David Woof.......talking about what I love in Clarkdale=3D2C Arizona
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On 4 Feb 2011=3D2C at 16:46=3D2C Brad Sondahl wrote:
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> A few years ago I wrote an article for Pottery Making Illustrated on
> how to add a thrown coil foot to pottery. I know I didn't invent the
> process=3D2C but I do use it for every pot I add a foot to=3D2C probably =
over
> 1000 per year. It reduces the amount of trimming (and clay recycling)=3D2=
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> and can make a high enough foot on plates so they stack well=3D2C and
> flared enough foot on bowls so they can be glazed holding them by
> their base. It occurred to me recently that there probably aren't a
> lot of production potters who take the slightly extra time to do this=3D2=
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> so I'd like to hear if there are=3D2C in the Clayart group=3D2C or other
> potters you know of. If I don't hear of any=3D2C I might even promote it
> as a selling point..
> Brad Sondahl
> http://www.sondahl.com
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May Luk on mon 7 feb 11
I have a Brad bowl and I didn't noticed the mildly flared foot until
now. I asked for a blue rabbit brush work on white ramen bowl and he
obliged. This is the first US handmade bowl I bought after I moved
back from England 5 years ago. I use it all the time.
Brad, if you are reading this. I dropped and broke the lid but it's
okay. Turned out I don't use the lid as much as I would like to.
May
Brooklyn
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