Gary Harvey on fri 17 mar 06
I make oval plates or platters. The procedures is the same. Make a plate.
Let it get soft leather hard.
Finish the bottom. cut a <> shape out of the middle of the bottom That looks
like a flat diamond shape. Then take either a roll of clay and push it in
to the hole smooth it out with a jumbo Popsicle stick them wait till it
harden a little. Put a bat on top of the plate and flip the plate. Then
smooth and fill in the bottom with a jumbo Popsicles stick or a tool, what
ever. This works for me and I am always learning new ways to do things.
Hope this helps. Gary Harvey, Palestine TX.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Bogue"
To:
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 7:16 PM
Subject: oval casserole
> The undisputed master of the oval is Bruce Cochrane . Ask tony he'll tell
> you. The easiest way, is to cut an eye shaped hole out of the bottom of a
> wide, low, straight sided form with the points touching the inside wall.
> Do it at soft leather, remove the pots inner eye( no puns here) and gently
> squeeze in the sides. Rejoin the bottom and rib smooth inside and out.
>
> Bruce actually cuts the wall off the bottem completely and joins to a new
> slab. The trickiest part is the timing, not to hard and not to soft. Dry
> SLOW SLOW SLOW to avoid cracks. It's a great way to loosen up a pot.
>
> Have fun, good luck!!
>
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Steve Bogue on fri 17 mar 06
The undisputed master of the oval is Bruce Cochrane . Ask tony he'll tell
you. The easiest way, is to cut an eye shaped hole out of the bottom of a
wide, low, straight sided form with the points touching the inside wall.
Do it at soft leather, remove the pots inner eye( no puns here) and gently
squeeze in the sides. Rejoin the bottom and rib smooth inside and out.
Bruce actually cuts the wall off the bottem completely and joins to a new
slab. The trickiest part is the timing, not to hard and not to soft. Dry
SLOW SLOW SLOW to avoid cracks. It's a great way to loosen up a pot.
Have fun, good luck!!
candy murguia on mon 20 mar 06
I've been using Bill Van Guilders meathod for Oval platters for a while and
it works great. Same as you described but instead of smoothing with a rib or
stick, he used a wallpaper seamer ( it looks like a small wood brayer) to
close the hole at the bottom. I've decided its my new favorite tool.
Candy
>From: Gary Harvey
>Reply-To: Clayart
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Re: oval casserole
>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:18:57 -0600
>
>I make oval plates or platters. The procedures is the same. Make a plate.
>Let it get soft leather hard.
>Finish the bottom. cut a <> shape out of the middle of the bottom That
>looks
>like a flat diamond shape. Then take either a roll of clay and push it in
>to the hole smooth it out with a jumbo Popsicle stick them wait till it
>harden a little. Put a bat on top of the plate and flip the plate. Then
>smooth and fill in the bottom with a jumbo Popsicles stick or a tool, what
>ever. This works for me and I am always learning new ways to do things.
>Hope this helps. Gary Harvey, Palestine TX.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Bogue"
>To:
>Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 7:16 PM
>Subject: oval casserole
>
>
>>The undisputed master of the oval is Bruce Cochrane . Ask tony he'll tell
>>you. The easiest way, is to cut an eye shaped hole out of the bottom of a
>>wide, low, straight sided form with the points touching the inside wall.
>>Do it at soft leather, remove the pots inner eye( no puns here) and gently
>>squeeze in the sides. Rejoin the bottom and rib smooth inside and out.
>>
>>Bruce actually cuts the wall off the bottem completely and joins to a new
>>slab. The trickiest part is the timing, not to hard and not to soft. Dry
>>SLOW SLOW SLOW to avoid cracks. It's a great way to loosen up a pot.
>>
>>Have fun, good luck!!
>>
>>______________________________________________________________________________
>>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>>
>>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>>
>>Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
>>melpots@pclink.com.
>>
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
>Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
>melpots@pclink.com.
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