Laurie Cowell on sat 5 mar 05
A number of years ago I visited a potter in Hebron, Israel, who was sitting
on the right hand side of his kick wheel and using his left foot on the
flywheel. It looked awkward and felt awkward when I tried it. But, I am
sure with practice it would have become comfortable.
Laurie Cowell
Lorene on sat 5 mar 05
As long as I'm un-lurking at the moment I'll share an amusing question
from a student in a community ed class.
Woman shows up for class late. She walks into the clay room in a
very nice tailored black suit. It has a skirt with a slit in front.
Said she was coming from a meeting and didn't have time to change.
She lands on one of the kick wheels and asks "Is there a way to do
this side-saddle?!" Later in the class I found out she is the pastor
of a church in a little town near here.
Still smiling...
--
Lorene -
in the Minnesota northwoods on the
beautiful Rainy River border with Canada
David Hendley on sat 5 mar 05
Yes, there is a way to throw side-saddle. In my Clay Times
column a few months ago, I told the story of finding
a potter on the Greek island of Crete. I was trying to
communicate to him that I, also, was a potter. I finally just
picked up a ball of clay, threw it on the wheel, and started
throwing.
He started working on his other wheel, showing me that I
was doing it all wrong. He sat off to the right of the kick wheel,
and worked with both hands off to the left. I tried it and,
although awkward at first, it does work.
Now, about the lady-in-the-tailored-suit's long painted
fingernails - they will have to go.
David Hendley
I don't know nothin' but the blues, cobalt that is.
david@farmpots.com
http://www.farmpots.com
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> Woman shows up for class late. She walks into the clay room in a
> very nice tailored black suit. It has a skirt with a slit in front.
> Said she was coming from a meeting and didn't have time to change.
> She lands on one of the kick wheels and asks "Is there a way to do
> this side-saddle?!" Later in the class I found out she is the pastor
> of a church in a little town near here.
Emily Lees on sun 6 mar 05
Please describe more fully what throwing side saddle looks like. Which
hand is inside the pot, and does the potter reach across from the right
side of the wheel to the left side of the pot? Sorry if these questions
seem naive, but I have never seen this technique and am very intrigued
by it.
Paul Lewing wrote:
>on 3/5/05 4:28 PM, David Hendley at hendley@TYLER.NET wrote:
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>>Yes, there is a way to throw side-saddle.
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>One of the best throwers I ever knew, Ed Fitzpatrick, threw side-saddle.
>He learned it in Italy, where all the potters threw that way.
>Paul Lewing, Seattle
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Paul Lewing on sun 6 mar 05
on 3/5/05 4:28 PM, David Hendley at hendley@TYLER.NET wrote:
> Yes, there is a way to throw side-saddle.
One of the best throwers I ever knew, Ed Fitzpatrick, threw side-saddle.
He learned it in Italy, where all the potters threw that way.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
scott@explorethejourney.org on mon 7 mar 05
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so, how exactly do you throw side-saddle? and you do it with an electric wheel?
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on 3/5/05 4:28 PM, David Hendley at hendley@TYLER.NET wrote:
> Yes, there is a way to throw side-saddle.
One of the best throwers I ever knew, Ed Fitzpatrick, threw side-saddle.
He learned it in Italy, where all the potters threw that way.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
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Carl D Cravens on mon 7 mar 05
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Paul Lewing wrote:
> One of the best throwers I ever knew, Ed Fitzpatrick, threw side-saddle.
> He learned it in Italy, where all the potters threw that way.
http://www.northlakecollege.edu/images/photos/CopyItaly-2002/5-Prof.%20Sullivan%20and%20ancient%20potter's%20wheel.jpg
A photo of a potter in Italy, throwing as described.
Looks darn awkward. And I thought our traditional way of throwing could
be hard on the back.
--
Carl D Cravens (raven@phoenyx.net) Wichita, KS
Read my Pottery Journal: http://raven.phoenyx.net/pots/
Hey, you work at McDonalds, you can afford it!
Lorene on tue 8 mar 05
> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Paul Lewing wrote:
>
> > One of the best throwers I ever knew, Ed Fitzpatrick, threw side-saddle.
> > He learned it in Italy, where all the potters threw that way.
> A photo of a potter in Italy, throwing as described.
Looks incredibly uncomfortable! Outside of protecting a ladies
dignity, why would one want to do it this way? The Italians must have
a good reason. Thanks for sharing the info and photo :-)
Lorene
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