pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on wed 22 jun 05
Hi Mike, Elizabeth, Sincultura, all...
Seems to me...
"Throwing" thin is one thing...
Throwing something then letting it dry somewhat, and ribbing it and so on
through a protracted series of steps and proceedures, is...something else.
Or, at least, to my mind, the latter is not Throwing in an extemporaneous
kind of way, or in an effecient way as for getting a few hundred made before
lunch, or, before supper, or, before beddy-bye-time anyway.
Now, I think we do well to distinguish between those extempore kinds of
Throwing, and their results, or the probable limits of their results, and
the conditions which permit various results...and, those protracted
proceedures which eventuate in some 'thin' result or other by sequential,
tedious or patient means.
Throwing 'thin' to me, is an extempore...
Protracted proceedures eventuating in a 'thin' result, are something also,
but not-the-same.
Depending on the Clay of course, and to some degree on one's Throwing
habits, either may be done nicely for arriving at one's designs or
intentions. So long as those designs of intentions are realizable by one or
the other means, and are permitted by the properties of the Clays involved.
What little experience I had, for Throwing quite 'thin', was with smallish
size forms such as hand-Bowls and Cups of various shapes. These were casual
or somewhat 'loose' forms, friendly to the hand and eye in their way.
Never 'tall' Vases ( which now that I think of it, maybe would not be such
a good thing to wish to make quite too 'thin'...)
Sometimes, in some Porcelain or other, I would Throw something more
formally, to Trim it to it's final symmetry and detail, and some of these
were very 'thin' also, and would have made nice Light 'shades' for their
transclucency. But I never thought of these as having been Thrown 'thin'.
Best wishes...
Phil
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gordon"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Need throwing thin tips...
> On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:09 AM, Elizabeth Priddy wrote:
>
> > Get as much height as you can and as thin as you can.
> >
> > Then leave it on the wheel in place for about 30 minutes. It
> > will set up a bit. then make a few more passes to thin the walls.
> > __________________________________________________
> > I agree with what Elizabeth says except - - After throwing it as
> > tall as possible the first time --- I always wash and dry my hands and
> > with a metal rib, I rib off all the wet clay that has accumulated from
> > the first attempt. This wet clay will migrate into the dryer clay wall
> > beneath it over time, osmosis, I think it is called, then let it sit
> > with the wheel spinning slow, eliminates room drafts drying just one
> > side. Mike Gordon
>
>
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