Don Jones on tue 15 sep 98
Dear group,
I sometimes wonder, reading the threads, if I am the only one on the list
who uses the metal inside and outside ribs for throwing. The only time I
use water is when centering and raising the cylinder. After that, I use
the ribs and then my fingers on the bare clay. I find this keeps my work
dry and responsive too.
Anybody else use this technique?
Don Jones
claysky@highfiber.com
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Jim Cullen on wed 16 sep 98
Sometimes I use a wood rib (inside and out) sometimes metal. Metal gives me a
smoother, more dense finish I picked the wood rib technique up about 20 years
ago at a Charles Counts workshop. At that time it was unheard of to use ribs
inside and out.
Like you, I prefer the dry throwing method. I use water (or slip) to center
and then sponge off inside and out. Then I use the ribs to shape. I still use
my fingers to check thichness and eveness. I also use my fingers to finish the
lip along with a chamois or elephant ear sponge.
I just started throwing porcelain this weekend. I normally throw a white
stoneware. The dry throwing is really a necessity for porcelain.
Keep Centered
CULLEN
Naperville, Illinois
Cindy Morley on wed 16 sep 98
At 07:42 AM 9/15/98 , you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Dear group,
>I sometimes wonder, reading the threads, if I am the only one on the list
>who uses the metal inside and outside ribs for throwing. The only time I
>use water is when centering and raising the cylinder. After that, I use
>the ribs and then my fingers on the bare clay. I find this keeps my work
>dry and responsive too.
>
>Anybody else use this technique?
I use this technique (except I use stiff plastic ribs) for everything
except simple cups and some of my small forms. Since I am shaping
essentially dry, I find I can achieve many more shapes than I can when I
use water. It is a lot of fun, too :) By the way, the plastic ribs that I
use are great for this. When I was in college, my instructor showed me how
to make them out of bondo spatulas. Bondo Spatulas are CHEAP at any
hardware store. Cut them to the shape of your favorite rib and Viola!
They are nice and stiff and hold an angle well (unlike some of the rubber
ones I have used...) You can buy the spatulas in packs of 3 (3 different
sizes). I now have several different sizes for whatever it is I am doing
(just make sure and cut off the part that is real thin).
Cindy Morley
Fayetteville AR
>Don Jones
>claysky@highfiber.com
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>
Earl Brunner on wed 16 sep 98
In a message dated 9/15/98 5:43:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
claysky@highfiber.com writes:
<< The only time I
use water is when centering and raising the cylinder. >>
I don't use much water throwing either. I will lightly moisten the surface
with a damp sponge prior to a pull, but I don't use a plethora of water by any
means, frequently the clay is drying after the throwing process then when I
started. I use one metal rib for shaping, either on the inside or out, but
rarely two against each other.
Earl Brunner
orion on wed 16 sep 98
I often also use two ribs -- one inside, and one outside -- when throwing.
For tall, closed forms, sometimes I'll use a tall wood (oriental?) "throwing
stick" -- shaped sort of like the letter "P" -- inside and a rib outside.
(Anybody else out there sometimes steady a throwing stick with clenched
teeth? ha ha -- what a sight, I'm sure!)
Don, you're a kindred spirit!
Happy in the hills,
Ellen Baker - Glacier, WA
orion@telcomplus.net
Veena Raghavan on wed 16 sep 98
Don,
In reply to your question about throwing with two metal ribs, I use
this method to throw Cone 6 porcelain in order to get really thin pots.
Works well for me. Would be interested to know about others who use this or
other methods.
All the best
Veena
Veena Raghavan 75124.2520@compuserve.com
pam easley on sat 5 dec 98
To keep the pressure off your wrist, try keeping yourhand/wrist
straighter -- that is, more in line with your forearm instead of
bending your hand and wrist. Use the thrust and leverage of your whole
arm and uper body, instead of relying on the pressure of your hand and
wrist. I know this is hard to explain without a diagram -- I hope you
can picture this, and that it is of help to you.
Pam
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