Janet Price on sun 11 mar 07
All,
This is probably something you've all learned long ago. When I was
throwing and my hand started catching on the clay I used to dribble slip
or water on both the inside and the outside. One day I realized that it
was always my left hand on the inside of the clay that was catching, so
why was I dumping water on the outside too for it to spray all over
everything? Since then I only moisten the inside of the pot (and wipe
out the bottom so it doesn't get too wet). I throw without a splash pan
and usually only have a few spots here and there on my jeans.
It might be just the way I throw, but I thought I'd pass it along. I
hate to say how many years it took me to realize this.
Janet
Chris Trabka on mon 12 mar 07
Janet,
Today, I use water and a sponge to center (the sponge is sqeezed to allow
more water to flow over the clay when the hands feel a bit of extra
friction). For throwing I use slip, thick enough to form soft peaks. The
slip is applied with a sponge, and then only fingers are used for the next
pull. Using slip is especially convient for a closed form. The slip stays
only where you put it and does not flow into the bottom of the pot.
Chris
>When I was
>throwing and my hand started catching on the clay I used to dribble slip
>or water on both the inside and the outside.
Lee Love on tue 13 mar 07
Splash pans aren't used here. The shokunin/master crasftman who
taught me during my apprenticeship, would throw in a sweater and dress
slacks. If, by some odd reason, he would get a spot of slip on him,
he would stop and clean it off before going back to the wheel.
The clay for throwing is softer here so it needs less
lubrication. A slow wheel needs less lubrication and slip lubricates
better than water does.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Anne Webb on tue 13 mar 07
Hey Janet -
When I first came down here to the south, much to my horror at the time,
none of the wheels i had available to me had splash pans.
Between that, horrible commercial clay bodies, and practice, one can learn
to throw with a lot less water in a hurry out of pure necessity.
>From: Janet Price
>Reply-To: Clayart
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Staying dry while throwing
>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:07:31 -0500
>
>All,
>
>This is probably something you've all learned long ago. When I was
>throwing and my hand started catching on the clay I used to dribble slip
>or water on both the inside and the outside. One day I realized that it
>was always my left hand on the inside of the clay that was catching, so
>why was I dumping water on the outside too for it to spray all over
>everything? Since then I only moisten the inside of the pot (and wipe
>out the bottom so it doesn't get too wet). I throw without a splash pan
>and usually only have a few spots here and there on my jeans.
>
>It might be just the way I throw, but I thought I'd pass it along. I
>hate to say how many years it took me to realize this.
>
>Janet
>
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