Jane Vernon on mon 20 jun 05
"Have any of you teachers/professors ever had a student who could not throw
a
pot? I don't mean a good pot, I mean any kind of pot. A student that wasn't
even able to center the clay. Is this possible?"
LOL, it certainly is! I began learning pottery at a summer school, one week
intensive pottery. I went every year for a long time. By the third year I
could centre the clay but could not keep the pot centred. That was a long
time ago and I wouldn't claim to be a good thrower now, but I do make part
of my living at it and always try to encourage people by explaining how bad
I was at the beginning.
Jane Vernon
www.clothandclay.co.uk
kim b. on tue 21 jun 05
I taught beginning classes with a friend of mine, Joyce Munson, when I lived in Anchorage, Alaska. In about 7 years we only had ONE student who could not learn to center. I think she tried for about a month and then just did handbuilding. It wasn't even really that she didn't have the ability to CENTER, she could not even FEEL the difference between a way off-center piece of clay and one that was perfectly centered. She said they felt the same to her?!?! It was bizarre. Anyway, she went on to handbuild and enjoyed that. Kim Bowdish, Severance,CO.
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Lee Love on wed 22 jun 05
On 2005/06/22 1:50:27, kim b. (ak_kimby@yahoo.com) wrote:
> It wasn't even really that she didn't have the
> ability to CENTER, she could not even FEEL the difference between a way
> off-center piece of clay and one that was perfectly centered. She
said they
> felt the same to her?!?! It was bizarre. Anyway, she went on to
handbuild
> and enjoyed that.
When made a pilgrimage to Shigaraki (one of the closest of the ancient
kilns sites to where I was born) and met Shiho Kanzaki, I was surprised
to find out that all his throwing, including small things like yunomi,
is done with the coil and throw method.
This could be taught to people who cannot center, because their
really isn't any manipulative centering involved: you put the bottom
disc down and then can cut its diameter with a needle tool.
--
Lee Love
in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
http://hankos.blogspot.com/ Visual Bookmarks
bonnie staffel on thu 23 jun 05
Lee, I totally agree with you. Even though learning to center came easily
to me because IMO I studied hand modeling first, when I found the coil and
slab method of throwing, my life became so much easier, especially since I
have seemed to have aged a bit with accompanying physical restrictions.
Then to toss in the blatant blowing my own horn bit, I have a video and DVD
available on my website that teaches this method. These are also available
from Steven Branfman's The Potters Shop,
Warm regards,
Bonnie Staffel
http://webpages.charter.net/bstaffel/
http://vasefinder.com/bstaffelgallery1.html
Charter Member Potters Council
sincultura13 on sat 25 jun 05
Bonnie,
What did you use to stiffen the coils when throwing the beautifull
tall pots on your website? A hairdrier, heat gun, or a torch?
Thanks
Sincultura
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, bonnie staffel wrote:
> Lee, I totally agree with you. Even though learning to center
came easily
> to me because IMO I studied hand modeling first, when I found the
coil and
> slab method of throwing, my life became so much easier, especially
since I
> have seemed to have aged a bit with accompanying physical
restrictions.
>
> Then to toss in the blatant blowing my own horn bit, I have a
video and DVD
> available on my website that teaches this method. These are also
available
> from Steven Branfman's The Potters Shop,
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Bonnie Staffel
> http://webpages.charter.net/bstaffel/
> http://vasefinder.com/bstaffelgallery1.html
> Charter Member Potters Council
>
>
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