sdr on fri 9 apr 04
I've had so many requests for additional information/
clarification regarding slant boards for wedging that
it seems easier to respond to the list:
Many people use slanting wedging boards. My own
slant at a steep angle, but likely that is not necessary.
A shallower angle would no doubt work also. Mine
is steep because I had a slant Brent wedging table, and
it slanted the WRONG way, at 45º. I just turned it
around. The back was too high, then, and I used a
step stool so I could reach it. But I also made
wedging boards, for the school studio, out of pieces
of plywood covered with canvas. Put them on the
flat plaster wedging table, lifted the near-side with
some wood blocks - they worked fine. If you have
one of those tilted Brent tables, you could use a cutting
torch to shorten the table and turn it around, instead of
a step to reach it. Good sturdy tables, made I don't
know when. Apparently, before potters thought to
protect their wrists from the ravages of wedging.
Anyway, try a tilted board. You may like it.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
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