Joyce Lee on sun 2 jul 00
As often happens, it's the simplest concepts that hang me up. I get the
banding part of beading..... putting the notched tool against the clay
where you want a double line that then forms a band which has the
appearance of being in relief. Looks sharp. I don't get whatever else
beading is. I just now trimmed and "beaded" a pot.... with one of the
Jepson's tools that I have ... put a nice looking even band below the
rim on the outside ... looked nice but I can do the same thing with one
of those wooden sticks with an angled point ... just need to make two
lines and then put the rounded end of the stick/tool on the lines and
press sort of undercutting the clay while the wheel spins so that the
... well, you get it. Granted, the beading thing is faster ....I also
gouged and made very small beads... I can see possibilities there.
David, why don't you do a few workshops to explore this further and then
write an article expanding on this concept of "beading"? I'd sure like
to read it...... show examples of pots with beading of various kinds,
also. Thank you.
Joyce
In the Mojave
David Hendley on mon 3 jul 00
| David, why don't you do a few workshops to explore this further and then
| write an article expanding on this concept of "beading"? I'd sure like
| to read it...... show examples of pots with beading of various kinds,
Funny you should ask, Joyce.
A few years I started just such an article, but it was not to be.
I set up the camera and took a series of 'how-to' photos,
using the ribs.
I sent the film to be processed and the lab lost it.
BTW, the lab was Pro Color, in Minneapolis.
This is the place that Mel and Dannon and Tom recommend.
They usually do a great job, the best quality standard machine
prints I've ever gotten from any lab, but this time they screwed
up big time. I know they got my package because they processed
and returned the slide film, but the print film has not been found
to this day.
About the same time, the full page Jepson ads started coming
out each month in Ceramics Monthly, so I guess I figured,
well, everyone knows about this now, and can pick up the
phone and the credit card and get any beading profile that
strikes their fancy delivered to their door.
So, I never started the article over again.
Actually, it's such a simple idea that if you will just experiment
you will find lots of things to do with your Jepson tools.
Beading tools are not just for throwing; you can use them
in hand building and on extruded forms. Also, you don't have
to just hold the profile against a spinning pot; you can make
the bead go wavy if you want to.
The best tool for making beading ribs is a rat tail file.
It's also handy to have jeweler's files, which are miniature
versions of many different file profiles.
Wood, Plexiglas, and aluminum are all good materials for
making the ribs.
Personally, I don't care for angular profiles, but go for
various curves, ogees, and coves shapes. As others have
said, it's really easy to make these things.
--
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: Joyce Lee
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 5:59 PM
Subject: Beading
| As often happens, it's the simplest concepts that hang me up. I get the
| banding part of beading..... putting the notched tool against the clay
| where you want a double line that then forms a band which has the
| appearance of being in relief. Looks sharp. I don't get whatever else
| beading is. I just now trimmed and "beaded" a pot.... with one of the
| Jepson's tools that I have ... put a nice looking even band below the
| rim on the outside ... looked nice but I can do the same thing with one
| of those wooden sticks with an angled point ... just need to make two
| lines and then put the rounded end of the stick/tool on the lines and
| press sort of undercutting the clay while the wheel spins so that the
| ... well, you get it. Granted, the beading thing is faster ....I also
| gouged and made very small beads... I can see possibilities there.
| David, why don't you do a few workshops to explore this further and then
| write an article expanding on this concept of "beading"? I'd sure like
| to read it...... show examples of pots with beading of various kinds,
| also. Thank you.
|
| Joyce
| In the Mojave
|
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