Hendrix, Taylor J. on tue 15 jul 03
Howdy all:
Well I'm feeling a bit deflated. Took all my green ware to teacher's
studio to get her appraisal. We looked at form, throwing accuracy,
handles, trimming, etc. She was honest and told me what needed to be
worked on. Seems that my rims were nice and strong on all my pots this
go around. Hehe. Still ending up with a thick spot at the heel of many
of my pieces, though. Ugh. I told her to let's cull out the poo poo
pots, but she said we could always use them for glaze testing. Ended up
loading them all into her kiln. Almost a full load with just my pots,
all one clay body (cinco rojo).
So not great pots, but teacher said I was getting better. All right! A
full kiln of pots, "getting' better"--I was feeling pretty good. Always
a bad sign for a newbie, right clay town? I had some time before work,
so teacher suggested that we do some sectional throwing and both throw
several tops and bottoms. Then we could combine them for bigger pots.
I thought this would be fun. I got the lockerbie (hehe) and she the
brent. We decided to standardize the diameter where we would attach,
3". That turned out to be a bit small. Anyway, I would get two pieces
done to her one; however, mine would be thicker and chunkier sitting
next to hers, and they never seemed to go together very well. Just not
in the same league: Arkansas Travs and St. Louis Cards. What else can I
say? That was an eye opener for sure. I am still throwing too thick I
guess. And I must lack the necessary sense of style because my pieces
looked dull next to hers.
Maybe if we sat down and drew some pot pieces, that could have given me
some ideas. Hard stuff. Can't practice this at home because I took the
bat pins off my wheel head.
Taylor, in Waco, head duly deflated
Ps I think there are one or two good mugs in this load, so...
Lee Love on wed 16 jul 03
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hendrix, Taylor J."
>Maybe if we sat down and drew some pot pieces, that could have given me
>some ideas. Hard stuff. Can't practice this at home because I took the
>bat pins off my wheel head.
Drawing is a good idea Taylor. If you can get to a museum and draw some
Korean Yi sectional pots. If you can't get to a museum, try finding some
catalogs or books.
What is so nice about these pots is that they often didn't try to hide the
sections. You can see where they are joined.
When you are throwing in section, try to imagine the whole pot as you
throw, the missing section as a continuation of the part you are working on.
Another aspect is that you can both finish shaping the pot after the
sections are joined, if you don't let them get too hard and if the thick section
is on the top, you can pull it to thin it and then cut off the extra at the top.
You can also paddled thick sections, thinning and shaping them. Try
practicing at home on your own.
Also, have you tried adding snakes of clay to a thrown bottom? I find
I can usually get the shape I want doing this technique more easily than joining
pre-thrown sections. Put a thick snake on, after the base is strong enough.
Usually, if your snakes are fat, you don't have to add too many to equal the
height of the bottom.
--
Lee In Mashiko Lee@Mashiko.org http://Mashiko.us
"With Humans it's what's here (he points to his heart) that makes the
difference.
If you don't have it in the heart, nothing you make will make a
difference."
~~Bernard Leach~~
(As told to Dean Schwarz)
Earl Brunner on wed 16 jul 03
Ahhh, don't be too hard on yourself. Sectional throwing in such a way
that the seam doesn't show is HARD. It takes practice. I find that I
would rather use the sectional technique in the following manner.
I throw the sections as basic cylinders, attach them and then continue
throwing. You can really work the joint when the form is still in a
cylinder and the shape will look more natural if shaped together.
Teacher pots SHOULD look better than yours, or you need a new
teacher......
What does taking the bat pins off of your wheel have to do with
anything?
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Hendrix,
Taylor J.
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 6:02 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Sectional throwing and why I ain't king of the world
Howdy all:
So not great pots, but teacher said I was getting better. All right! A
full kiln of pots, "getting' better"--I was feeling pretty good. Always
a bad sign for a newbie, right clay town? I had some time before work,
so teacher suggested that we do some sectional throwing and both throw
several tops and bottoms. Then we could combine them for bigger pots.
I thought this would be fun. I got the lockerbie (hehe) and she the
brent. We decided to standardize the diameter where we would attach,
3". That turned out to be a bit small. Anyway, I would get two pieces
done to her one; however, mine would be thicker and chunkier sitting
next to hers, and they never seemed to go together very well. Just not
in the same league: Arkansas Travs and St. Louis Cards. What else can I
say? That was an eye opener for sure. I am still throwing too thick I
guess. And I must lack the necessary sense of style because my pieces
looked dull next to hers.
Maybe if we sat down and drew some pot pieces, that could have given me
some ideas. Hard stuff. Can't practice this at home because I took the
bat pins off my wheel head.
Taylor, in Waco, head duly deflated
Ps I think there are one or two good mugs in this load, so...
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