"Steven D. Lee on fri 7 feb 03
I was wondering if there are any other methods for handle creation
other than coils, extruders, pulling, slip casting.
Is it possible to make a shape which incorporates the handle as part
of the main body of the object without having to "attach" anything to
it?
I am practicing pulling handles now and will continue until I can do
it consistently and not spoil the natural flow and design of the
vessel to which I am attaching it, and yet I wonder if in the
throwing of the vessel is there a way to create an aesthetically and
functional grip? fold? envelope? glove? that will allow for
pouring, holding, insulation from hot contents?
Am I making any sense?
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Steven D. Lee
SD Pottery - The Little Texas Pottery
http://www.sdpottery.com
millenial_age@yahoo.com
14341 FM 112
Thrall, TX 76578
512-898-5195
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Dannon Rhudy on fri 7 feb 03
Steven asked:
........> Is it possible to make a shape which incorporates the handle as
part
> of the main body of the object without having to "attach" anything to
> it?....
Indeed there is at least one way to do such a handle.
After your cylinder is thrown, and still fairly wet (I don't do those often
but when I do, it's right now on the wheel), decide on the size and
placement of your handle. Now: pull a wire under the pot. Slice
down through your selected section on each side of what will be the
"handle". Pull the cut section slightly away from the cuts, outward. Pull
the two cut edges together, and pinch them firmly in place. Leave it
rough or smooth it out. Use the "cut away" section for the handle,
form it any way that pleases you, and re-attach at the top. The
bottom part will already BE attached.
I've seen some remarkable pitchers and mugs made in this way,
and even a baking dish or two. There are variations on this method,
you will think of them as you practice. Just throw a half-dozen
cylinders or so and use them for practice. Don't think of keeping
them and you will be more inventive and learn more.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
Lily Krakowski on sat 8 feb 03
Well, yes, kinda, sortof, mebbe...
The handle, the ? shaped handle is traditonal, ancient for a reason. It is
graspable, it is also away from the hot or icy pot and protects the fin gers
and corodinates well with wrists.
However: You can make a ledge, like a gallery, except outside that would
allow the pot to be grabbed with both hands and not slip because the ledge
keeps the pot from slipping through the hands.
You can make a pot that bulges and then has a finger pattern rest--it is
hard to describe, but if you make some bellied pots and then grab them after
they have set up a while you may get an idea.
You can throw a pot with a wide flange than trim the leather hard flange
into one of two flat "lugs"
You can attach round lumps of clay as luts.
HOWEVER: None of this absolves you from learning to pull handles. And
learning to do this well will take as much time as learning to pull handles.
After the 100th pulled handle, by the way, it is easy!
Steven D. Lee writes:
> I was wondering if there are any other methods for handle creation
> other than coils, extruders, pulling, slip casting.
>
> Is it possible to make a shape which incorporates the handle as part
> of the main body of the object without having to "attach" anything to
> it?
>
> I am practicing pulling handles now and will continue until I can do
> it consistently and not spoil the natural flow and design of the
> vessel to which I am attaching it, and yet I wonder if in the
> throwing of the vessel is there a way to create an aesthetically and
> functional grip? fold? envelope? glove? that will allow for
> pouring, holding, insulation from hot contents?
>
> Am I making any sense?
>
> *******************************************************
> Steven D. Lee
> SD Pottery - The Little Texas Pottery
> http://www.sdpottery.com
> millenial_age@yahoo.com
> 14341 FM 112
> Thrall, TX 76578
> 512-898-5195
> *******************************************************
>
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