mel jacobson on sun 26 feb 12
one of the real advantages of learning to make
plates on the wheel in good numbers vs. jigs, is
that you can change your design in minutes.
to make new molds and get them arranged into your
studio production is daunting, and very time consuming.
it could easily take a week or more.
i can sit down with a client and throw five or six different
plates and have them pick one.
i measure it, set up my model and add the paint brush tool
and make twenty plates. all in one sitting.
reduce the size by four inches and have the luncheon plates
done the next morning. i even do the bowls with the paint
brush tool. make sure you measure your clay by the pound
with care.
if i do the japanese tombo measure, it is far more accurate.
but, without question.....the brush system is sure easy, and
no customer wants my sets to look like `pottery barn`.
slight variation is expected and desired.
it is amazing how quickly one can learn to throw production
work with practice and a little bit of skill. i like to compare it
to production lawn care. see how many commercial fellows still
sprint over a
yard with a hand power mower vs. the big tractor. that hand
mower is twice as fast. often a simple tool is better than a
commercial, complex production tool.
http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart page below:
http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
Steve Mills on mon 27 feb 12
Production throwing was what got us into the Ceramic Supply business.=3D20
A Stoke on Trent company wanted 1000 a month of a particular piece for a Gi=
f=3D
tware Catalogue in the '70's. That was four days throwing for me, my Kate d=
o=3D
ing the finishing.
I underquoted their local production factories by nearly 1/3rd because I di=
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n't have to "tool up" for the job, and included delivery as well.=3D20
While I was up there, I'd buy materials for the next month's production and=
s=3D
aved on carriage costs!
=3D46rom that grew our Supply business in Bath that kept us fully occupied =
for=3D
the next 25 years till we sold it in '05
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
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On 26 Feb 2012, at 17:01, mel jacobson wrote:
> one of the real advantages of learning to make
> plates on the wheel in good numbers vs. jigs, is
> that you can change your design in minutes.
>=3D20
> to make new molds and get them arranged into your
> studio production is daunting, and very time consuming.
> it could easily take a week or more.
>=3D20
> i can sit down with a client and throw five or six different
> plates and have them pick one.
>=3D20
> i measure it, set up my model and add the paint brush tool
> and make twenty plates. all in one sitting.
>=3D20
> reduce the size by four inches and have the luncheon plates
> done the next morning. i even do the bowls with the paint
> brush tool. make sure you measure your clay by the pound
> with care.
>=3D20
> if i do the japanese tombo measure, it is far more accurate.
> but, without question.....the brush system is sure easy, and
> no customer wants my sets to look like `pottery barn`.
> slight variation is expected and desired.
>=3D20
> it is amazing how quickly one can learn to throw production
> work with practice and a little bit of skill. i like to compare it
> to production lawn care. see how many commercial fellows still
> sprint over a
> yard with a hand power mower vs. the big tractor. that hand
> mower is twice as fast. often a simple tool is better than a
> commercial, complex production tool.
> http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
> clayart page below:
> http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
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