Longtin, Jeff on fri 10 may 02
Seeing a few "roll a coil" comments being posted reminded me of a trick I
learned years ago.
In college I learned how to roll the "perfect" coil, I wonder if anyone else
has similar tricks?
To roll the perfect coil, I learned, you never roll the clay, on the table,
farther than the circumference of the coil.
The circumference, remember, is roughly 3 times the width.
If the clay coil is 2 inches thick when you begin you would roll the coil NO
MORE than 6 inches. When the coil is down to 1 inch in width you reduce your
stroke to no more than 3 inches. When its down to 1/2 inch thick you roll
no more than 1 1/2 inches, and so on and so forth.
At first its a tad annoying to think about the math but once you get the
hang of it you can roll really nice coils really quick.
Give it a try next time you can't seem to produce nothing but those oval
things that seem to result when you roll too fast. It really works!
Take care
Jeff Longtin
Cindi Anderson on sat 11 may 02
That's funny, a while back someone else on ClayArt said the key was to make
sure you DID roll through more than the diameter of the coil.
Cindi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Longtin, Jeff"
> To roll the perfect coil, I learned, you never roll the clay, on the
table,
> farther than the circumference of the coil.
> The circumference, remember, is roughly 3 times the width.
> If the clay coil is 2 inches thick when you begin you would roll the coil
NO
> MORE than 6 inches.
Latka Land on sun 12 may 02
IF PERFECTION IS A ROUND COIL THEN THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE IT IS TO =
EXTRUDE IT.
Cheers,
Tom Latka
229 Midway
Pueblo, Co. 81004
719-543-0720
fax 719-543-3081
latka@fone.net
http://www.ceramicsite.com
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