gail sheffield on tue 4 may 99
Does anyone out there wedge clay with their feet, or know how to do it?
Considering all the hand/wrist/arm/shoulder problems people have, it really
makes sense. The weight of the body substitutes for the pure muscle power =
of
the arm/torso.
Gail Sheffield
Covington, LA
Guadalupe L. Robinson on thu 6 may 99
Gail,
I have a kid's plastic swimming pool where I put my
trimmings. I add water as needed to the consistency
that I want, get my shoes off and step on it. I can do
sections at a time, get it out with my hands onto boards,
let it dry for a day or so. You still have to wedge by hand.
I use a second pool as a top to keep grass and leaves out.
It works real nicely.
Guadalupe. Huntsville, Alabama
gail sheffield on fri 14 may 99
Thanks to you who posted replies to this inquiry. I haven't tried it yet
because we are in the middle of a move, so it will be awhile before I can do
anything fun. If any of you other Clayarters out there were stimulated by =
the
posting and try foot-wedging, I hope you will post your experiences. Maybe =
we
can start a major trend here for the hand/arm/strength impaired. Maybe some
creative type will invent a mechanical (non-electric) foot-operated pugger =
(Mr.
Singer did it with sewing machines).
Gail Sheffield
Covington, LA
Theresa van Ettinger on mon 17 may 99
What Jennifer's describing almost sounds more like mixing. But to wedge
that way, is the person standing or seated? In standing I could see where
perhaps the weight of the person would apply the wedging pressure.
Theresa, who was never good at hand-wedging, except by the toss-method
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Daniel Considine on tue 18 may 99
From Robert Wilson "Inside japanese Ceramics"
Foot-kneading is a simple way to homogenize and remove the air from a large
mass of levigated clay. ..The potter steadies the upper bodyby hanging on to
a wooden crossbar or rope suspended from the ceiling and treads on a mound
of wet clay with the heel or side of the foot. The idea is to work around
the circumference of the mound, forming a spiral pattern that radiates from
the center. When the clay mound is fully distributed into the spiral, it may
be scraped up for hand kneading."
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>What Jennifer's describing almost sounds more like mixing. But to wedge
>that way, is the person standing or seated? In standing I could see where
>perhaps the weight of the person would apply the wedging pressure.
>
>Theresa, who was never good at hand-wedging, except by the toss-method
>
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Janet Kaiser on sun 26 dec 99
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I have just been looking through =22The CRAFTS in BRITAIN in the 20th =
Century=22 by
Tanya Harrod (Yale University Press ISBN 0-300-07780-7) which I was =
delighted to
receive this Christmas, instead of the software I had expected=21
Low and behold there is an old photo of a young apprentice wedging clay with=
his
bare feet. It appears that he is working round in a circle and building up
little pinnacles of clay around the circumference. These are quite clear on =
the
photo. There is obviously a specific technique involved here. I wonder if =
anyone
has ever actually seen this being done? Or knows of someone who worked in
potteries during the first half of the 20th century, who could pass on their
knowledge? Before it is lost?
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art: Home of The International Potters' Path
Criccieth LL52 0EA, GB-Wales, UK
WEBSITE: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
EMAIL: postbox=40the-coa.org.uk
Percy Toms on tue 28 dec 99
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=3E I have just been looking through =22The CRAFTS in BRITAIN in the 20th
Century=22 by
=3E Tanya Harrod (Yale University Press ISBN 0-300-07780-7) =3Csnip=3E
=3E Low and behold there is an old photo of a young apprentice wedging clay
with his
=3E bare feet. It appears that he is working round in a circle and building=
up
=3E little pinnacles of clay around the circumference. These are quite =
clear
on the
=3E photo. There is obviously a specific technique involved here. I wonder =
if
anyone
=3E has ever actually seen this being done?=3Csnip=3E
=3E
=3E Janet Kaiser
Hi Janet and others
Not so many years ago, Ceramics Review (UK) had a photo of Patrick Sergeant
demonstrating just this at a CPA Potters Camp. The amount of clay he was =
foot
wedging - in a mesmerisingly beautiful pattern by the way - did not look to
be less than 100 pounds.
Wish I=92d been there=21
Ned
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