tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45242503305865070222024-02-19T02:14:29.313-05:00Pic Works PotteryPic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-25706661802176727572022-09-11T17:05:00.036-04:002022-09-11T17:26:35.434-04:00Shenandoah Potter's Guild Conference. . Winchester, VA<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h1></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">It has been a while since I was last on here, so I will take a bit of time to update.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">The new L&L is running, and it is fantastic! Phone app tells me temps, and gives me warnings. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGn-EP63eCQvO3ps5sEdDBblvgMcxXMEvmpA8x_8ByvHeCebLLCda4ZEdUEXjruw-D-pgIjBWW2lmNAUEJjxNx1k8ApphLGkkq-DEMu24H_8OEawMMYtEmgVJOcL9HX_2wxGcIw2Uj5DSY4CiMhppRkI54BRhyLjEISquM-JjOHVd5gRiOPfxTGDYF" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGn-EP63eCQvO3ps5sEdDBblvgMcxXMEvmpA8x_8ByvHeCebLLCda4ZEdUEXjruw-D-pgIjBWW2lmNAUEJjxNx1k8ApphLGkkq-DEMu24H_8OEawMMYtEmgVJOcL9HX_2wxGcIw2Uj5DSY4CiMhppRkI54BRhyLjEISquM-JjOHVd5gRiOPfxTGDYF" width="160" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">The kiln, a E28M-3 took a while to calibrate as the witness cones were about 11/2 cones off. I am now running a -45 offset on the cone offset setting. Each level is within the cone 6-6.5 region. mostly ^6. I have it with Quad elements and the Genesis Touch Screen Controller and the downdraft venting system. Worth it, as the few loads I have fired have been pretty much flawless except for the early cone offset tuning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">The</span><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"> latest news is that I recently presented a 2 day workshop at </span><span color="inherit" face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><i>Handley High School</i></span><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"> in Winchester, VA for the </span><span face="verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"><b>Shenandoah Potters Guild</b></span><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;">. Negotiations began in the Winter, and the date was set in February or March. I had not realized that the date was set for Memorial Day weekend until two weeks before the workshop. . I had other things on my mind. I was trying to finish up chalice and paten shipping for my yearly Hickman awards through the Order of St. Luke. Post Covid planning left us with a Disney Vacation, and a Cruise with in two and a half weeks of each other with the workshop in between the two vacations. At any rate things have been hectic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6dFFNWmy6tEoM_YrOS9neYsViuGkpt6XnJBk7e0SB1y3M9YjI0Hsy0OxfS5swzjv2d4q-oxWRbC_fqD53MXGW06t3e9ViPfjblYqWyPjjD_m2aqyT6s5FpO1_41E3Lh26KK3SfDkSZNcaa8ypRh9oVb164NQP88AqNhFirrmcasMkYykvwQwizi3/s4864/P1280905.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">This is the classroom of <u>Heather Scott</u>, at <b>Handley High School</b>. It had a few <i>Shimpo</i> wheels that I have not thrown on in years. Pleasantly surprised with the wheels as they had sufficient torque to center larger pieces of clay, always a plus. An excellent slab roller and an extruder. Plenty of working room and AV equipment. A really nice set up, kudos to the district for supporting a quality art program!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxrWmlL5xPgywhpmgpXCbviv8Uk0w6vo8krQDWYAvjGFuP_uYH6ljN8LZYKHZul6PB3fjocNs67cYOHIpHx7DgdKGdjDPUmQ7wRwMegbErKMu66Y0EAUPdv_4hFEYU3V4fvaKkYJSSwBWKoY9zu6MzX5FOEHJER4Vo1GpEQOwdsuyWDpBvJIZYFyw/s8032/P1280894.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="8032" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxrWmlL5xPgywhpmgpXCbviv8Uk0w6vo8krQDWYAvjGFuP_uYH6ljN8LZYKHZul6PB3fjocNs67cYOHIpHx7DgdKGdjDPUmQ7wRwMegbErKMu66Y0EAUPdv_4hFEYU3V4fvaKkYJSSwBWKoY9zu6MzX5FOEHJER4Vo1GpEQOwdsuyWDpBvJIZYFyw/w640-h152/P1280894.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /><br />The morning began as I had hoped, wedging clay, and getting ready. I had created a presentation using <i>Libre Office 7.3</i>, brought some pieces that I had kept over the years, and a selection of my personal personal tools for working with clay that included throwing tools, trimming tools, texture tools and others. The plan was to begin with an introduction, the presentation, and demonstrate throwing off of the hump, decoration while throwing and other techniques that I enjoy using. The beginning presentation did not go to plan. . . it had to be converted to a <i>MS</i> presentation file, and the fly ins and other effects ended up stacked one over top, , , oh well, adjust. We struggled through that and ended up on the wheel throwing and relaxing. I started with smaller pieces, a series of bowls and stems for chalices to be trimmed and assembled the next day, a honey jar, with lid and spoon. We had a break for Lunch that was pot luck by the guild. . . .Great food !</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">After Lunch we moved to a pitcher form along with a large bowl and a few smaller pieces. We ended the day around 5:30 or 6:00 after storing the pots and thorough clean up </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLu9eAQxTVktc7l1BA5uZeX_mYoqwPJL0Qx3QbA3daMgCAdF7SOth-5rTlfcVEPzhD7_BqrnliBKXl_XIlGszM75BBAD_9Pet7TCNmgmRkWOPxbW9Ai1Uw2limnNFIym720JrrNqFSdGXZm9-jeg-lXMMfoGlRayck_7NFr0HAVThirEnis16_9rS/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1574.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLu9eAQxTVktc7l1BA5uZeX_mYoqwPJL0Qx3QbA3daMgCAdF7SOth-5rTlfcVEPzhD7_BqrnliBKXl_XIlGszM75BBAD_9Pet7TCNmgmRkWOPxbW9Ai1Uw2limnNFIym720JrrNqFSdGXZm9-jeg-lXMMfoGlRayck_7NFr0HAVThirEnis16_9rS/w200-h150/thumbnail_IMG_1574.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LLbZORoJTHNrHzYbMESrGzKcS5F8U7dhwoJEGVUpPQT1XS7EuJVBNfDpoljcd4prbh1pQ_zAr3pGwGNCi85IVJ4Hm_UZD1WE9wjNw6fptD39WrdvhpUbvGhH-LDzeYdKH3YLiOgUl051tNVEzunlHTrhL4hFhL6ZYexu8sahpyd-XFxHRC-9O0NQ/w300-h400/thumbnail_IMG_1572.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" width="300" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">First form throwing off the hump</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">This is the beginning of a chalice bowl with decoration added before shaping. The texture will become larger and softer when the form is stretched to size. Opening up on the hump has become a pancake form with good compression in the center, and then the pancake pulled up to form the side walls of the pot. This helps with the alignment of clay particles in the transition from the base of the pot to the side walls minimalizing the occurrence of the ill fated <i><b>S</b></i> shaped crack.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">Below is the bowl form in mid stride. I open up most bowls with a bamboo rib I repurposed from a bamboo cooking set. The spoon makes an excellent throwing rib for bowl forms and I use if often.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6dFFNWmy6tEoM_YrOS9neYsViuGkpt6XnJBk7e0SB1y3M9YjI0Hsy0OxfS5swzjv2d4q-oxWRbC_fqD53MXGW06t3e9ViPfjblYqWyPjjD_m2aqyT6s5FpO1_41E3Lh26KK3SfDkSZNcaa8ypRh9oVb164NQP88AqNhFirrmcasMkYykvwQwizi3/s4864/P1280905.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjAuYtd7zdBOWn3_gMy6WVlzb3AQjNsG9xL0i8otxL_3aDJ5taVFoTXZoAYClbYu3grRcPxVMKpnL9SPVrf8DQqieoSNULUhVWPKKzRL7w8ZY9o7uLzIyi9PrAyLRzcOixxh1S9GolzEnzcwsCkDKX5k5QviGMjXQMDFm18Dg76euuxENAisImqTT/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1578.jpg" style="clear: right; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qo9zHizT0PDTW9NzTD0l8tJLI-mi565VoygfX4Mnfmo8pFmPp7F89mm_ibCm1rvbfKg8hBha522imEtIsZKU58o9z_lEdwlwuxRUN6SN7sQW_JOgm1ebRwB_fHm6VNlw8OJHuPZYldpGhusIIi9vOz4APR8_Xmw7GPwsp0GHG82632LPKSy1WCYQ/s320/thumbnail_IMG_1583.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">Pitcher form before spout and handle</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYU8fIxhBBF9AIQKEnFF-g32T0alMFgRDDpj0wuW7y9YFYnyaFN0Tqaqoh6BqodzVwgOYZzPJMznD8z4lcMzF6TXS9jvzH-4QMcfvUNyfzidsAQaPA1WFioYS4yt_MNY26PrqVHsKylu9emiu1NkHwtfIBvdmOcvE12b1kDP5epVS8TwR1j0M7oae/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1588.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYU8fIxhBBF9AIQKEnFF-g32T0alMFgRDDpj0wuW7y9YFYnyaFN0Tqaqoh6BqodzVwgOYZzPJMznD8z4lcMzF6TXS9jvzH-4QMcfvUNyfzidsAQaPA1WFioYS4yt_MNY26PrqVHsKylu9emiu1NkHwtfIBvdmOcvE12b1kDP5epVS8TwR1j0M7oae/s320/thumbnail_IMG_1588.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">Extruding a handle</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4880" data-original-width="3664" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIKZkFf6HehnEhgYrlLssv8W-H3G9YmjOgqVI4b1v-iWdflo01UIS3Ek5Yag0OCP_vN8LklLjoeInOZq3NaWq69YIQKlyFtQKcynBt2nC1MBWjqY9U1QiRG3zqrB2uQsFYWspV70UtGprq9LnmrvOO-c9ru96XigYBT2Odgm-QFa4LZZLGB6-BbSD/w300-h400/P1280901.RW2" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Jig for trimming chalice stems and bottles from plumbing parts<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">On the second day of the workshop, we started out with trimming pieces and rolling out and assembling a group project constructed of slabs. I also demonstrated some of the tools I used to help with trimming of pots and make sizing lids for the honey jars easier using off the shelf plastic plumbing parts.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIKZkFf6HehnEhgYrlLssv8W-H3G9YmjOgqVI4b1v-iWdflo01UIS3Ek5Yag0OCP_vN8LklLjoeInOZq3NaWq69YIQKlyFtQKcynBt2nC1MBWjqY9U1QiRG3zqrB2uQsFYWspV70UtGprq9LnmrvOO-c9ru96XigYBT2Odgm-QFa4LZZLGB6-BbSD/s4880/P1280901.RW2" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYaM6n6WqqiK_KHaNuGfq715-eMdsrTv-OuqYG4pFj4fS78IwZ9j6dw434S78612mg5v1XNkr18sXd3B-xqu4DSebuppEPWykCEYAr8y67dEliJAkJo4QyPUz_xR-lD9qyRDIoRw7Q-TirE0gqWMF9-xQ2Cpqk9wiCLAGxtmuBQ3tLBRHNanTOuOg/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1599.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYaM6n6WqqiK_KHaNuGfq715-eMdsrTv-OuqYG4pFj4fS78IwZ9j6dw434S78612mg5v1XNkr18sXd3B-xqu4DSebuppEPWykCEYAr8y67dEliJAkJo4QyPUz_xR-lD9qyRDIoRw7Q-TirE0gqWMF9-xQ2Cpqk9wiCLAGxtmuBQ3tLBRHNanTOuOg/s320/thumbnail_IMG_1599.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">Honey jar lid with spoon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHchngrtiUEg6SKHtPNVn1sIfmFgImtUbGqV0QK9Q7t4XWKXGzyhFChpO2Tdep9-AAVvG0O-EX6wx6gNNRgeXz5jHU8UFga5Xs0kwgjQB6FHg5yfrlG-fI-hqHBIATerTpB8Hrm4IF3PF6RT1jXCelxDGUmsnAFLzBciMtz1F4fj5OmmBwFFIMsJ7/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1594.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHchngrtiUEg6SKHtPNVn1sIfmFgImtUbGqV0QK9Q7t4XWKXGzyhFChpO2Tdep9-AAVvG0O-EX6wx6gNNRgeXz5jHU8UFga5Xs0kwgjQB6FHg5yfrlG-fI-hqHBIATerTpB8Hrm4IF3PF6RT1jXCelxDGUmsnAFLzBciMtz1F4fj5OmmBwFFIMsJ7/s320/thumbnail_IMG_1594.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">Trimming a chalice stem</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">After throwing the bowl, and before final shaping, I threw a pitcher form, and added a handle created with the use of my <b>electric putty gun extruder</b>. This allowed me to demonstrate the use of that to make all sorts of small parts and handles for pots.</span></div><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; 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font-size: medium;">I also started a larger vase form, which over the day I would return to while working on other things. Not the best of timing as the form started to dry a little too quickly, ending up a little wonky, but it did survive.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6dFFNWmy6tEoM_YrOS9neYsViuGkpt6XnJBk7e0SB1y3M9YjI0Hsy0OxfS5swzjv2d4q-oxWRbC_fqD53MXGW06t3e9ViPfjblYqWyPjjD_m2aqyT6s5FpO1_41E3Lh26KK3SfDkSZNcaa8ypRh9oVb164NQP88AqNhFirrmcasMkYykvwQwizi3/s4864/P1280905.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="4864" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6dFFNWmy6tEoM_YrOS9neYsViuGkpt6XnJBk7e0SB1y3M9YjI0Hsy0OxfS5swzjv2d4q-oxWRbC_fqD53MXGW06t3e9ViPfjblYqWyPjjD_m2aqyT6s5FpO1_41E3Lh26KK3SfDkSZNcaa8ypRh9oVb164NQP88AqNhFirrmcasMkYykvwQwizi3/s320/P1280905.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /><br />We also took some time to do a group project that involved slab and wheel thrown combinations. The original idea was to create curved piece with 6 sides. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZaY678_9DXd-b-v2DO8BL3S5ZdBwvXTgbVyTkTtVOr3GHVq4dwFe2YAi0ayEBqxf_0kWo7BgKKAqo3N5zI7urSYKxLCJdcm6pMKsfKgAVBcZTmX3EY5OaGOzKnrOGg6LQrerLkCjKymuftJT0kMGirNIILVFar2xze6Fja8dlEB7oJLWMPm8-7d6/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1586.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZaY678_9DXd-b-v2DO8BL3S5ZdBwvXTgbVyTkTtVOr3GHVq4dwFe2YAi0ayEBqxf_0kWo7BgKKAqo3N5zI7urSYKxLCJdcm6pMKsfKgAVBcZTmX3EY5OaGOzKnrOGg6LQrerLkCjKymuftJT0kMGirNIILVFar2xze6Fja8dlEB7oJLWMPm8-7d6/s320/thumbnail_IMG_1586.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599;">Assembling the slabs for the group pot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">However, the curve was too extreme to build with the time we had for the last day. So we improvised using 4 sides, with a thrown top and thrown bottom. This did allow me to stress that the side dimensions of the slab form had to match the inside dimensions of the thrown form at the top, and the diagonal (corner to opposite corner) had to match the outside dimensions of the thrown form where the two pieces were to be joined.. The overlapping areas were trimmed causing an arch form at the top of the pot at the shoulder. We decided on added on feet for the base instead of the thrown top.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PPgKitipQG2HQSRPUNwAl56gA1VdgaMTEdC2_SQFlXR2oR86FKDafRZEW_N3nmAl18cg6_F3boa8ULsiP0xmU0Yq9drlm7k08sQKkKDWiCE_4O5HgKybFM5A__6Gd9-6JvRdG6Tkgd1lVulUF6itf310WuOW7WkbM4wD553_ga-32zXSsGiHqcHx/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1603.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PPgKitipQG2HQSRPUNwAl56gA1VdgaMTEdC2_SQFlXR2oR86FKDafRZEW_N3nmAl18cg6_F3boa8ULsiP0xmU0Yq9drlm7k08sQKkKDWiCE_4O5HgKybFM5A__6Gd9-6JvRdG6Tkgd1lVulUF6itf310WuOW7WkbM4wD553_ga-32zXSsGiHqcHx/w400-h300/thumbnail_IMG_1603.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">Heather Scott HS teacher in the background</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> I have to say that the <b>Shenandoah Potters Guild </b><span><span>treated me really well. I wish to thank Alice Boysen for choosing me to present, and all of the time she took to negotiate the presentation. She also provided me with a hotel room that allowed much needed rest at night. Many thanks also reaching out to Heather Scott, who was able to make the HS classroom available. I was very impressed with her organization and student work that I saw, very gracious and helpful the entire weekend. I would also like to thank </span></span><span color="inherit" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Lin Hausknecht for forwarding me pictures she took when attending. A final thanks to Lucinda and Jim Leaman for taking pictures and creating the video that follows. Without those folks, I would not have had a visual record of the weekend, as I got too involved to take any pictures. It was a wonderful weekend from my perspective.</span><span> </span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwtaoIv-TV1_b_Vb_a3tZoM0Io0ZZvuI0KhMcBP-9JogmN98SEzuSAHBBJFQo6UF8fE7LRlNrPWh5UMdxisug' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LLbZORoJTHNrHzYbMESrGzKcS5F8U7dhwoJEGVUpPQT1XS7EuJVBNfDpoljcd4prbh1pQ_zAr3pGwGNCi85IVJ4Hm_UZD1WE9wjNw6fptD39WrdvhpUbvGhH-LDzeYdKH3YLiOgUl051tNVEzunlHTrhL4hFhL6ZYexu8sahpyd-XFxHRC-9O0NQ/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_1572.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div></div><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;">I </span></div><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><br />Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-6874210565397198722021-03-10T12:09:00.001-05:002021-03-21T17:30:09.860-04:00<p> Here it is 2021, and time has flown by even with the pandemic event. We have been pretty well isolated. trying to stay safe. I still am highly involved in the pottery, but met with a set back in November when my 36+ year old kiln finally reached the point of no return. I have kept it repaired over the years, but when it failed in the middle of a glaze firing I found that too many electrical components needed replacing. Considering the work and cost of parts it was determined by my wife that I should buy a new kiln. I have a new L&L with all of the bells and whistles on order since January, and should receive it by May. I hope to get back to making pots soon, as I need to clean out the old kiln and another kiln that was just too small to make room for the new one. 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It shows a sequence of steps for throwing an 8# floor vase. The pictures are in order with the one on the left top showing the centered piece of clay, the top right showing the pulled but thick cylinder.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4HpxNVbR-ELKzhiWu7d0YoGjMPcMQQO0FPGDkkIIrcAXqY1WjbWMX1FbsqD8Cqlc5RwSWgjuKyfeYqTyknvHLCocI2GI30asUPtcykn_5fZSmNPyRdUQcM_aast84XMYZKL0yY2jAgA/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4864" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4HpxNVbR-ELKzhiWu7d0YoGjMPcMQQO0FPGDkkIIrcAXqY1WjbWMX1FbsqD8Cqlc5RwSWgjuKyfeYqTyknvHLCocI2GI30asUPtcykn_5fZSmNPyRdUQcM_aast84XMYZKL0yY2jAgA/" width="180" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvBpbNbd8wQ_LYy2dj406UKPvn63igxUWs6btLZsPH5ZVkpG0fefdsuW9I5JFlBDc5mvGES8uhlxw8nISSvaU8tEvWQXwGs-Q52ix1BR2Tf_shotJNiTrhUsoWzOLJE9mn-6QWRv3Sdc/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4864" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvBpbNbd8wQ_LYy2dj406UKPvn63igxUWs6btLZsPH5ZVkpG0fefdsuW9I5JFlBDc5mvGES8uhlxw8nISSvaU8tEvWQXwGs-Q52ix1BR2Tf_shotJNiTrhUsoWzOLJE9mn-6QWRv3Sdc/" width="180" /></a>The left one here shows the cylinder that has been textured. 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The last image shows the bottom of the pot before trimming.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><p></p></div>Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-84787313525510466162019-08-08T16:57:00.000-04:002019-08-08T16:57:00.798-04:00Busy Spring and Summer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6F7CNV4Xtf9uV88VeaxEuO0F1RTKTFraLRZnvzvEG0f3UUFeOHHu8Ubyh7RcaYicMb2d_rASkxDhOcnlCj1g9xv0Ql7sIM20vyGMaMMNmBohajrg6hsuE6a5ad-67Fk9Fcz-HN3jXGY/s1600/chalice1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="721" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6F7CNV4Xtf9uV88VeaxEuO0F1RTKTFraLRZnvzvEG0f3UUFeOHHu8Ubyh7RcaYicMb2d_rASkxDhOcnlCj1g9xv0Ql7sIM20vyGMaMMNmBohajrg6hsuE6a5ad-67Fk9Fcz-HN3jXGY/s320/chalice1.JPG" width="240" /></a>It was a busy Spring, as clay started to thaw out around mid April. I had already received an order from Savannah Bee in Georgia, and needed to finish orders for chalices and patens. Much of my time was spent in the shop trying to get orders out.<br />
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This year I had a request for a set of chalices and a long bread paten for french loaves. I ended up doing a slab form with a thrown top ring. The top ring was thrown on a bat without a bottom, and then added a large slab and trimmed to the oval shape of the ring. Decoration was done with the same wooden stamp as used on the chalices.<br />
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The honey jar and mug order for Savannah Bee was completed and delivered in late June, and the pieces were very welcome, as they had sold out of the pieces delivered in October.<br />
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On the left is one of these. There was an interesting lesson learned, that I will have to remember in the future. I have been using a white base glaze over the entire form on my pots. This was because when working with the Hazelnut Brown from Standard Ceramics I was not satisfied with the color of the glazes on the bare clay. The dipping of the entire form in the base white liner allowed me a rich variation in color and brightness that did not occur over the bare clay with the sprayed on glazes. I continued to use the same technique on the 630 white clay, but over time was frustrated as the <i>Cream Rust</i> glaze would appear bleached out. The pot on the left was glazed inside and out with the white liner glaze, but only to the shoulder line, leaving the bottom area unglazed before spray glazing. </div>
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I have been busy in the Fall of 2018 with work in the shop, and doing some work on an article that was co-authored with Madeleine Coomey. This article started with some posts on the Ceramic Arts Daily forum involving my problems with my thumb, and the use of a hand held extruder. The rest is explained in the article that I can now post. I hope that those of you that are looking for a smaller extruder, or a hand held power extruder will find this of help. It has certainly helped me with my arthritic problems.</div>
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Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-89150777317196514242018-09-22T15:47:00.001-04:002018-09-22T15:47:53.867-04:00Still Love the Griffin Grip!I have been busy making lids for honey jars of late, and found that trimming the flat style lid that fit into a gallery difficult with the size of the lid 23" and the handle that is a hollow globe or cone shape. After a little bit of experimenting with using cushions around the handle and the Griffin Grip holding it, or using a cup or mug held in the Griffin Grip, I finally ended up with a solution. Several folks out there would say just to throw a chuck, and then trim using the chuck to hold each lid in place. However, I have always found that the amount of clean up after using a wet chuck was too time consuming.<br />
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My solution again comes from the plumbing section of the hardware store. The 3" reduction collar shown has a narrow 2" and a 3" diameter. Two for one so to speak. At any rate, the plastic will hold a nice damp rim from the sponge, the lid may be set in center or tapped if needed. Once center press down lightly to seal. The Griffin Grip holds the collar in place well, and I was able to use my favorite band saw flat blade to flatten the bottom of the lid, and to join on the stem thrown for the spoon for the honey jar. After removing the lid by lightly prying one edge, I use a piece of thin pipe to cut the spoon and add a drizzle hole to the back side.<br />
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Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-835446550715872182018-09-06T11:14:00.001-04:002018-09-06T11:14:43.592-04:00New Quick Tip in Ceramics Monthly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had posted a tip on the Ceramic Arts Daily, Community Forum where I am a moderator. The folks at Ceramics Monthly believed it to be of value and asked me to write it up. Above is the article that appeared in the September issue.<br />
It has been a busy Summer, and I am finishing up another order for <i>Savannah Bee</i>, and have orders for berry bowls, and have finished up an order for mugs at <i>Oak Mountain Hideaway</i>, an airbnb.<br />
I have been doing teapots, mugs and honey jars for <i>Savannah Bee, </i>and will be glazing for a few weeks to deliver in October just before a long vacation trip.<br />
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It has a busy Spring, even though Winter seemed to hang on for way too long. I received and order for honey jars and mugs from <i>Savannah Bee</i> based in Savannah, GA after Christmas. This company a large honey company that makes many products using honey as a base and also sells a wide variety of honeys.<br />
I started into production of 50 of each type of form in late March as soon as some warmer weather started up. At the same time this is the time of year for Communion sets purchased by the <i>Order of St. Luke</i> for graduation awards. Most of these had already been completed in the Fall, but there were several that had need of glaze firing and some that needed to be thrown.<br />
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The days of glazing after bisquefires started on the 23rd of April, and went until May 3rd to complete the order for Savannah. We packed up and were on the road that Friday, to return on Sunday. Great day on Saturday spent with my nephew. We had breakfast, and then went to one the offices of Savannah Bee to drop off the pottery, and do a little shopping in their store full of honey based products. The rest of the weekend was uneventful, but great weather, great company and food. Savannah is a foodie haven, and a walking city with lots to see.<br />
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The mugs on the right are ready for glazing after bisque firing. I use a base liner white, with 3 over sprayed glazes; spraying from different directions with the first two then spraying over all with a Rutile Green.<br />
The mugs here in the kiln are waiting the grinding of the bottoms, and final quality checks.<br />
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This year I have had to make a change in some of my work habits and ethics. I used to believe my pulled handles were really nice, and that I would never do another type of handle. However, age, and the visitation or arthritis in my right thumb has made me start using extruded handles for my mugs. These handles are made with a commercial die that I modified greatly with my Dremel tool and a grinding tip.<br />
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I believe if you compare the mugs on the left to my earlier posts that you will see very little difference in the handle shape. These are of the extruded type, and the older posts are of the pulled handle type.<br />
I also <i>believe</i> the extruded handles to be somewhat stronger than the pulled ones.<br />
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Honey jars were part of the reason for the order from <i>Savannah Bee</i> as I had sent a few down to Savannah with some relatives to be delivered as <i>proof of concept</i> to the company.<br />
The jar lids do not have the usual notch in the lid, as I wanted something that was more bug safe than the jars with the traditional honey stick in the jar with a notch in the lid. My lids are thrown with a hollow handle to be lighter, but with a thrown spoon with a hole in the side opposite the spoon notch to drizzle the honey onto biscuits or other food. I have been playing around with lots of different forms for this, and find this closed form to work quite well as the spoon.<br />
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The Communion Sets are given as presentation sets to new inductees into the ministry at various seminary schools across the country. This years sets have been stunning, and I am pleased to be finally sending out the last of the orders as the last load is cooling.<br />
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Occasionally there is a need for a different type of award, and this year there was a request for a pitcher and bowl for a Deacon.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So it is official, as <i>Pic Works </i>pottery mugs and honey jars should become available on the shelves of <i>Savannah Bee</i> stores in May. </span><br />
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<br />Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-14415696580118233492017-11-15T13:04:00.000-05:002017-11-15T13:04:27.539-05:00Making Apple bakers for a Winter dessert!I have lately been throwing some Apple Bakers off of the hump. These are interesting forms in that they have a narrow cone in the center of a bowl. When done right they can stack in the cupboard and will hold a large apple on a stem with spices and other garnishes to be baked in either the microwave or the oven. I am diabetic, so instead of an apple dumpling, with all the dough, I fix these without sugar, just a mid sweet apple.<br />
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For the potter experienced, these are a small challenge, for a beginner a great skill builder. The pot has techniques that will help to develop the throwing double walled pots and other items like candle holders with a base bowl to catch wax drips.<br />
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Apple Baker showing center stem for cored apple to be placed over. Center stem allows for heat to cook inside of apple for more even heating.<br />
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Stacked Apple Bakers showing how the hollow stem allows for multiple stacking in the cupboard.<br />
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Apple Baker shown with spices and butter with water into the bowl. I use 1 tablespoon of water, one teaspoon of butter, cinnamon and ginger. However, you could use any number of garnishes, like raisins or cranberries, nuts, granola, sweeteners(honey, sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup).<br />
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I have been working on a burial urn for a gentleman the last few months. These are particularly difficult due to the double lid fit. The idea behind the lid fit in this manner is to allow the information like name and dates to be protected by the outer when buried in a vault.</div>
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So I figured the man at 200 pounds, and each dog at 100=500 pounds. The conversion utility shows this to be 500 cu. inches, or 34.6 cups of water. Easy way to judge the size of a pot after glaze firing. However, how do you figure the size before glaze firing or as a freshly thrown pot? Add the amount of shrinkage for your clay, or multiply by 1.x where x equals your clay shrinkage factor. I usually add 1-2% more above the clay shrinkage factor.. </div>
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I have also been playing around with berry bowls. These I have been throwing various sizes with about 2-4 pounds of clay, with a small platter/dish that starts with about 2 lb.. These are kind of fun bowls, and I have been experimenting with different pierced patterns for the water drainage openings. These are thrown with Standard Ceramics cone 6 Hazelnut Brown clay.<br />
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The glazing is done with a single dip of a white liner glaze, and a sprayed on Cream Rust, Rutile, and Variegated Blue glazes. This allows me to use some artificial and natural plant elements for decoration as a mask for the spray glazes. The white liner glaze lightens the Hazelnut Brown, but allows the texture and color underneath to show through and break over edges.<br />
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The picture at the right shows how the lid has a stem attached that acts as a spoon, with a hole in the back side to drizzle the honey out of the hole. This does present some problems for the potter, in firing, but the simplest solution for firing the lid/spoon is to fire it upside down on the pot. This works quite well.<br />
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I have also been throwing mugs a little differently as of late. These are made from thrown cylinders that have been heartily stamped with different stamps or textured materials, then shaped and finished.<br />
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Glazing again is done with the base white liner glaze and sprayed on glazes over top.<br />
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The texture on this comes from a kitchen silicone hot pad. It looks much like a honeycomb pattern, and works really well if not pressed too deeply into the cylinder as I have at times ended up creating a hole in the form because of the stretching of the texture on shaping. However, this texture becomes quite handsome the more it is stretched.<br />
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<br />Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-31294299254745784572017-06-05T17:08:00.001-04:002017-06-06T15:23:40.256-04:00Sometimes Things Just HappenSpring found me sending out new Communion Sets and a Flagon and bowl. These are to be a graduation award for new graduates from seminary schools all over the country. One special person from each college gets the award. The schools are in the all over the country, East coast, West coast, Central, North and South.<br />
Just as I was finishing up the last of the Communion Sets, I was approached by an very good friend to make a burial urn for her mother, whom I have known for several years. So it was back in the shop for that, which took about a 1 1/2 weeks. Talking about it in a private club to one of the managers brought another job in . . . a burial urn for him and his 3 bird dogs, still not yet finished.<br />
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However, I do have many of the pieces mentioned above for display here, beginning with the Award sets for the Seminary Schools. I have often done bowls for this for those people in Seminary that are not going to become ministers. This is the first time I have been requested to do a flagon and a bowl.<br />
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I have also included several Communions sets, with close ups of images I believe to be of interest.Each of these is shaped and decorated and assembled individually so as to be one of a kind. All of the patens are stamped with the logo of the non profit group that contracts the commission.<br />
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The pieces here are using a commercial roller stamp for the decoration before shaping.<br />
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The funerary urn was thrown from seven lbs of clay with the two lids thrown off the hump for the body of the pot. The cylinder was raised, and then decorated with the commercial rolling stamp of pine needles, and a silicone kitchen hotpad with a hexagonal pattern in it.<br />
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The lid was also stamped after soft trimming with a commercial rolling stamp.<br />
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This bowl set was created for a wife's retirement from nursing. The husband had seen some other bowl sets that I had done and asked me for a set for his wife. So again one job led to another. The bowls are shown in order, and the first is from 6# of clay for the Mixing bowl, then 4# for the large serving bowl, and 3# for the smaller bowl and the batter bowl. the flared rims and cut feet have pretty much become a signature attribute to the bowls for me.<br />
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As you can see from this view, the foot for the jar is carved using the brass pipe as I have been doing in many of the bowl forms. I believe this gives a more elaborate effect to the lift of the form.</div>
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<br />Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-91557639029906074812017-03-09T23:16:00.000-05:002017-03-09T23:16:50.217-05:00Communion Set time again. . . along with some recent bowls<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Most every year, around March, I have an order </span><span style="text-align: start;">for Communion sets from a non profit organization. These are given to graduates from colleges across country pursuing a career as an ordained individual. I have been doing business with this group now since the late 70's. when my chalices were short more like goblets, and my plates were much less than they are now. I have 20 chalices to choose from for sets this year, and am in the process of throwing the plates or as others would know-patens. As communion has changed over the years, the patens now are larger to hold either a whole loaf of bread to be ceremoniously broken , or one already broken in to smaller pieces. At the same time the chalices are a little wider in bowl size than I would normally drink from to allow for Intinction from the chalice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">T</span><span style="background-color: transparent;">he past year or so, I have been experimenting with more texture on mugs, and bowls. This experimentation has led me to texturing the cylinder before shaping it. So when doing a mug, I throw the cylinder approximately the height I want the mug, then texture most of the surface with scraper,rollers or stamps of some sort. Then I shape the mug form using only my hand or a tool on the inside of the mug. Then I finish up by pulling a smooth curving lip that partially re-centers the top of the pot.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">The new bowls, and chalice bowls follow the same process. I will try to include some close-ups of the chalice bowls so that you can see how the texture is working. I especially like the way the textures get larger yet softer with stretching the clay to shape it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">The logos are rubber stamped and I use it only on the orders for this organization as it is their logo.</span></div>
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I have not discovered a way to make the stems use the same texturing process, or the plates. However, I am happy using the texture repeat on the plate so that the two pieces match up with matching glaze color.<br /><span style="background-color: transparent;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">The bowls are a similar situation, as they are using a silicone kitchen hot pad pressed into the cylnder after it has been thrown. It has taken a bit of experimenting on how thin to throw the cylinder before texturing as this is to be a bowl. Too extreme a texture and the bowl will end up with holes all the way through the wall, too thick a cylinder and you will have to trim too much of the texture off of the bowl.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">The bowl shown here is a retirement gift for a clients wife. I was asked to put her Name and retirement dates on the bowl. This is one of 5, and is thrown of 6 pounds of clay. <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The next bowl is a 3 pound bowl that is another part of the set and is meant for smaller serving bowl or for an individual salad.<br />
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Often when throwing a bowl, I found that I was taking a long time to open up a larger bowl 10 pounds or more. While still in graduate school, I was trying to throw large bowls, struggling along until I saw a picture in a book of someone using there elbow to open up. Looked weird in the beginning, but the more I thought about it, I decided what did I have to lose? It took me a few weeks of effort to get down the process, but after wards the entire opening up with the elbow felt quite natural. The elbow is a pretty rounded area of the body, the shortening up of the arm and the bracing of the wrist of the opening arm by the unused hand seemed to give a lot of stability and control. Ever since then larger bowls, which I have been doing more of lately are much easier. Here are a sequence of videos showing the process. I think those of you with experience will recognize how controlled the opening is using the elbow.</div>
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When I first learned about throwing in college, my professor told us that there were three forms we were to be able should be able to throw. He started us with the cylinder, and I believe that most students on the wheel start with the lowly cylinder. He also stated that the three basic forms, the cylinder, the bowl and the plate were the forms from which all thrown pottery were derived. Over the years, I have read so much material discussing what made each of these forms, and how each form could be modified to do create a wide variety of functional and non functional forms. </div>
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Cylinders seem to be the most adaptable of forms being able to adapt to forming taller forms like pitchers, vases, mugs, jars, and jugs. Lower forms of cylinders include cups, dishes, casseroles and other baking dishes. The other two forms, plates and bowls seem to be less adaptable than the cylinder. </div>
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Bowls are a form that is often misunderstood or What makes a good bowl? First maybe we should decide on what a bowl is defined as.</div>
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For this exploration of improving the bowl, I hope you can accept my Basic bowl profile as presented.<br />
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The basic bowl shape has some characteristics that have made it an excellent piece of functional pottery: the rounded curve into the bottom allows foods or liquids to pool on the bottom for removal by a spoon, the curve also is lacking corners or dead spots where flour of other materials would gather when mixing making it easier to get all ingredients mixed into the batch, and the curve can be adapted for wider or deeper bowls for a variety of uses from mixing to serving.<br />
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I have been using thrown bowls for many years in cooking at home, and find the basic shape in need of some updating. My wife and I will often use the dishwasher to clean up after big meals. Often the bowls used for preparation or serving are placed in the dishwasher leaning upside down. Upon unloading the dishwasher the bowl will often have water gathered in the base of the foot ring that drips over other<span style="font-family: inherit;"> ware in the d</span>ishwasher when unloading. Solutions to this problem could include changing the angle of the inside of the foot ring, or cutting the foot ring to the base of the bowl curve. Each of these methods removes the area where water gathers when the bowl is leaning upside down.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The second option is much more useful for deeper foot rings and bowls with more presence on the table than the first option. Often the use of a fettling knife is used to cut away portions of the foot ring down to the bowl curve. The use of a large pipe to cut away part of the foot ring will give an elegant curve to parts of the foot ring that are left, and also allow the drainage of water. I have found this to be one of the easiest ways to cut the rim neatly. I am sure that an experienced potter may find methods to alleviate the drainage problem, but these are two solutions that work without worry of holes filling with glaze or other problems. </span><br />
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A second rim modification would be to add a flare on the rim, allowing for easy transport of the bowl with or without gloves. This rim could often be used as a decorative area for lettering, or other stamped or incised decoration. It can also have functional benefits for mixing bowls in that the form will catch materials not quite in the bowl. The rim can also be adapted for spouts, or folded down into the outside of the bowl for a natural area for handles.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I am working on chalices for next year, and have started to do the trimming after some throwing. Pictured here are 8 stems along with a few mugs waiting for trimming.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I have often spoken of doing chalices for communion sets, and even shown a video of me trimming one and putting one together. However, someone pointed out that my trimming chuck for the chalice stems is never shown. I have included several pictures here of my chuck, and the way it is put together. It is pretty simple involving the following items</span><br />
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The <i>Tank to Bowl gasket</i>, which is soft foam, is inserted into the<i> Pipe Hub Donut. </i>This gasket was very important, since it is the piece that allows the whole thing to work without damaging or marking up the chalice stem while trimming. I can apply quite a bit of pressure on the bottom of the stem without putting any marks on the outside of the chalice stem. Whereas, whenever I would use a thrown slightly stiffened chuck I would have marking on the chalice stem.<br />
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I have shown a slightly out of round uneven stem here ready to be trimmed. I often start trimming with a hack saw blade held perpendicular to the clay to cut and even up the base, and then move to regular trimming tools. In cases like this I might start with a needle tool first. Every piece has to be evaluated for the best trimming technique to be used, at least for me there is no "one size fits all".<br />
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I usually do production with 10-20 chalices at a time, trimming all stems first. Then I trim the bowls on the Griffin Grip, adding the stems immediately after adding magic water and to the trimmed area. I also level thing up by using the wheel turning slowly.<br />
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It took me a few tries to get this to work for me, but once I worked through the process, I realized that the tool was much better than other techniques for trimming the tall stems I wanted for the chalices.Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-83980394795136757362016-11-14T14:34:00.002-05:002016-11-14T14:34:39.892-05:00Spring and Summer of 2016-Ceramics Monthly projectI have been moderating on Ceramics Daily.org, in the forums for a few years now, spotting spammers, keeping the peace, and making suggestions or giving comment in areas of my expertise. This summer I was contacted by Forest Gard at <i>Ceramics Monthly </i>to write up an article for something I suggested in the forums about using bats on the wheel. I was really excited about doing this as simple as the whole idea was. At any rate I have been allowed permission to post the article on my blog here.<br />
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This appears in the December 2016 issue of <i>Ceramics Monthly</i>.</div>
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Batter bowl with rolled rim and strap handle</h3>
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Strap handle with hot pad stamp decoration</h3>
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I have been doing bowls for several years now, and really enjoy doing them. However, I have used many of these bowls over the years and found some things about them lacking. I really like batter bowls, and yet never believed my handles to be integrated into the form well enough. They performed well, mixed eggs or batter nicely, and were easy to pour from and clean. The handles even worked well, but just did not seem to fit, more added on. </div>
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Top view showing hot pad stamped decoration on handle</h3>
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Lately on bowls I have been using a flared rim about 1" to 1 1/2" wide, This rim allows a baking bowl to be lifted out of the oven without having to have a handle. One day I decided to roll the rim down making an indent opposite the spout. Adding a strap handle from there was easy, and I believe the result is quite pleasing as you can see from the photos.</div>
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Small bowl with stamped hot pad decoration</h3>
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Decoration was done by pressing a silicone hot pad against the unshaped bowl cylinder, then shaping without outside support. This also gave the bowl a bit of a looser feel than some of my other work.</div>
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Serving Bowl</h3>
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I like my bowls with a healthy foot providing stability visibility. The problem with that over the years has been how they work in a dishwasher. If the bowl is trimmed properly, and has a deep foot ring, it is problematic when unloading the dishwasher. You usually get everything wet when unloading if you lift the bowls out before all the rest. The deep foot holds water! This year I started using a brass piece of pipe to cut large arcs in the foot rings of other pots like the funiery urn. It just came natural after liking the look on those to try it on the bowls. Worked well.<br />
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Mixing Bowl with stamped hot pad decoration</h3>
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For those of you that are interested in throwing bowls, I throw the bowls here with 4, 6, and 8 poinds of clay. Both the batter bowl and small bowl are with 4 poinds. The Mixing bowl is using the 8 lb. amount, and is quite useful for mixing, and with the rim even for cooking in the oven. The flared rim allows ingredients to be dumped into the bowl catching any oversights. When lifting a bowl out of the oven when hot, the rim allows secure grip without worrying bout sliding out of grip.<br />
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Mixing Bowl from above</h3>
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Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-45796894777432127622016-11-14T10:41:00.000-05:002016-11-14T10:42:10.772-05:00Spring and Summer of 2016 Buial Urn<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Greenware burial urn</h3>
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I have been remiss in keeping up with the blog site here, as it seems like there is never enough time in the day. I have been working on several different projects the last two seasons and also attended the NCECA conference in Kansas City in March.<br />
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One of the projects that was completed n a hurry was a burial urn for a man that my father had been a guardian/mentor for over the last 30 years. I had never thrown a burial urn before so dove into the internet to get some idea of sizes, possible design ideas, and other specifics that might help me design this man's urn. Some of the concepts I tried to put into it was that often things get lost in time and that it would be good to have name and date for future reference instead of just an urn with nothing to identify the remains. So I believed that some sort of double lid would be appropriate, with the possibility of sealing one of the lids with glue or caulk. Some of this also came about because of my mother's and sister's search into our family heritage, and some or the problems they had with identifying relatives.<br />
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Inner Lid with name and birth date</h3>
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I used rubber stamps to add the name on the lid in the center area, and as I did not have stamps for the numbers of a size I wanted to use, these were incised. As you can see the lid fits very closely to the size of the rim. It does have a gallery that fits into the pot, it is not just a cover.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The man spent much of his life outdoors, working on a farm, hunting, hiking and doing other things outside. I believed that it was appropriate for some form of decoration that would suggest something of what he was about. So I used a pine tree motif roller to stamp the pine branches, needles and cones on the side of the cylinder before shaping. I also added a few other decorative lines enhancing the belly, and a bottom foot ring on the jar form.</span><br />
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This is the completed urn, with the lids in place. I believe that the glaze turned out quite well, and that the pine motif showed up well with the glaze technique. The clay body is 211 Hazelnut Brown cone 6 from Standard Ceramics. This was one of the factors I believe was important to this particular piece as the coloring worked well with the motif and glazes.<br />
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When I first began working with the Hazelnut Brown I liked its working and drying characteristics but was frustrated with the dull color I was getting with my glazes. I began experimenting with the use of a white slip, and later a white base glaze over the clay. This made things brighter, and I found that a little sanding off of either the slip or the glaze on the decoration helped to bring these out even more. I have just ordered another ton of clay, and half is the 211.<br />
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Teapots have always been a test of my skills as a potter. In the beginning it was about making a teapot where they would look good without any flaws in the construction, and the lid would fit, the handle worked well, and the pot would not be overly heavy when full of tea. As time went on it became a matter of getting that spout to pour well, without dribbling, or spraying tea in a shower storm or without leaving a lot of drip when done pouring. Eventually, I got to the point where the teapots poured pretty well and all things worked.</div>
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Teapots have so much of a presence in literature and popular entertainment with personification and animation. How could anyone forget the animated teapots in Beauty and the Beast or Alice in Wonderland. Some of the ways of late that I have been altering the pot form with pressed decoration before shaping and cutting and reassembling the pot before adding spout has lead me to a more whimsical approach to the teapot, as can be witnessed in most of these.</div>
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This first piece is from an earlier load this Summer. The rest are from a load that came out on the 22nd of October.</div>
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This teapot is using pulled handle for the lid, and the body with no alteration. The neck of the pot was cut in a manner similar to those done in an earlier blog post that also shows the technique for altering the neck angle.</div>
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These pieces from the last load, are darker than what I would have liked originally, but the colors are rich, even and quite deep. The load over fired to cone 7 where I usually fire to cone 6. That is a 31F. degree difference, which in pottery is a lot. In this case though I was lucky, it worked out.</div>
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This is the only teapot without an altered neck in this batch. Decoration is done on the body with stamps before shaping.</div>
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I was throwing a series of mugs in early August that used a silicone hot bad that had a hexagonal texture on the surface with a hole for hanging. I had been experimenting with techniques to loosen up my forms. Pressing the hot pad into the cylinder before shaping warped the cylinder and gave me a nice surface texture that got distorted when shaping the mug. So I decided to try it for the teapots. This is one of the first with texture on the body, and pressed into the lid handle after pulling it.</div>
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That process led me to the following form with the whimsical alligator on the top of the pot. Lots of fun, with the texture from the hot pad on the body of the pot, the handle of the pot and the tail/handle on the lid.</div>
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I thought that the lid deserved a close up photo, and I was quite happy the way he turned out.<br />
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All of these pots pour very well, the handles are comfortable, the lids fit well, and have vapor lock release holes. The also have provisions to hold the lid on when pouring. Some of them also have a front tab to aid in balance while pouring. However, it is not really needed.<br />
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Aesthetically, I could go on with a lot of garble art talk about why and how that means little to so many. I will say that I like the use of the rubber stamps and the silicone texture before shaping. This texture then becomes stretched and distorted interestingly as the pot is shaped by only the movement of the hand inside. It takes a little practice, to not press so hard as to cause a hole when shaping. It also limits to some degree the amount of volume you can add to the cylinder in the shaping process, again to not rip through the form with the texture. I do not like the idea of the texture over the entire form, it needs visual rest areas.Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-24115084876840622942015-05-02T13:04:00.000-04:002015-05-19T16:50:19.564-04:00Recent work & Packing and Mailing Communion Sets<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhych3f6C54Q-Z-O6fOj0K-cBIKGKWI5_fJt9SmnQfT1hQuQqe4a78Ty-v-mitR_R6zaGUHmeQYx1TQ-tkNsJ4adXvGIDB6B8AsUxZltS2Zwk-nB_cmPWzw2jo9Hh1S1rgmnywSJ7-VBN8/s1600/3mugs.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhych3f6C54Q-Z-O6fOj0K-cBIKGKWI5_fJt9SmnQfT1hQuQqe4a78Ty-v-mitR_R6zaGUHmeQYx1TQ-tkNsJ4adXvGIDB6B8AsUxZltS2Zwk-nB_cmPWzw2jo9Hh1S1rgmnywSJ7-VBN8/s1600/3mugs.jpeg" width="320" /></a> It has been a long Winter here in Central Pennsylvania, with lots of snow, ice and cold to keep me from working in a garage heated by an electric heater. Electric bills are just to high to justify much time in the Winter. We had a break in this weather a few weeks ago, and as I had orders to get ready for shipping, time to work.<br />
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I had several pieces that had not been glaze fired, so I started work with some glazing of mugs, bowls and Communion Sets. I have not been entirely happy with the glazes that I have been working with, especially the white, as it never seemed to fit the pots right with some pinholing and other problems. So I have added a new white glaze, and a blue green glaze. I have also started working with a glaze program called Insight(Level 2) to help me understand more about my glazes, and modify intelligently the ones I am using. <br />
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So here you will find some of the new Communion sets, and other items from the first load.<br />
Many of my glazes were from Bill Van Gilder, a prolific potter that has been generous enough to post and publish his glazes online and in some books.<br />
Cream Rust on the first coat is a Cinnamon brown, and on the second coat is a creamy beige. <br />
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The pots above have been glazed with Cream Rust of his, and the new white based on a glaze from <b>Mastering Cone 6 Glazes</b> by John Hesselberth & Ron Roy. The glaze is Glossy Base #1, with an addition of 4% zircopax, and 4% tin oxide<br />
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The pots to the rt have used the same glazes with the addition of Caribbean Green, from the Mastering Cone 6 Glazes book. <br />
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The bowl below is using Rutile green from Van Gilder, and the new white and the Caribbean Green along with the Cream Rust. The mug next to it for size comparison is using the same combinations. <br />
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Over the years, I have several occasions to discuss how I packed the Communion sets for shipping. As I seem to be doing something different in the way of shipping, I will elaborate a bit here. Below are series of images that show the box getting prepared for shipping.<br />
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The popcorn, Yes, popcorn is falling into the box from the dry popper.<br />
When you compare the cost of Styrofoam beads to the cost of popcorn, you will be astounded how expensive the beads are. True, the electric for popping is still a factor, but in the long run popcorn is cheaper. I will not send anything overseas in popcorn, but in the States arrival is within 3-7 days so nothing is a problem.<br />
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No I do not double box the pots. I use 14"X14" boxes, and make certain the pots are wrapped with a layer of good bubble wrap for cushioning, and pack my boxes full. <br />
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<span id="goog_1398904756">I use USPS for my shipping, not any of the other shippers out there for basic reasons. It supports the post office, which I believe in. The post office is down the block from me-convenient. Sending many pieces out standard and priority are the same price, and priority includes $50 insurance. </span><br />
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In all the years of shipping, excepting the one year my son sent out the orders while I was away, I have lost none of my orders to shipping or damage in the shipping. All have arrived when expected, and in good condition. I don't change anything if it isn't broke!Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-73508837046611649662014-10-09T10:17:00.000-04:002014-10-09T10:17:32.025-04:00Chalices for Communion sets, my wayThere are a couple of ways to make goblets and chalices that I have seen and tried. Some potters make goblet type cups by throwing a cup on top of a solid piece of clay shaped like a stem. These are usually heavy as they get larger. I have seen some of these where the potter will turn it up side down and trim out part of the stem by hand or while on the wheel. I have also seen and tried throwing a cylinder, choking it for a cup at the top and adding a small ball of clay into the cup to seal it completely. Other potters will throw the cup and the stem in two pieces, which is the way I have come to make the chalices that I have been creating for over 30 years.<br />
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So the first thing that has to be done in this technique is to throw the bowls, and the stems. I throw these off of a large hump of clay usually 15 to 20 at a time. I throw all of the cups first, then the stems.<br />
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This usually takes a morning to get them all finished up. Then they have to dry until what potters would call <i>cheese hard</i>. Cheese hard is a state where a finger will indent the clay, like cheese, and a slab of clay will be able to be held out by one end without slumping completely just slightly bending. It is just before <i>leather hard</i> where the clay is stiff, not able to be impressed with a finger, but a finger nail will. Usually pots are trimmed when leather hard. I start at cheese hard on the stems to make it easier to trim in the chuck for leveling the bottom and removing a little hole in the center of the stem base.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FIvpxQSe4hWSS0blQ9p6-35WHU_4VGMY5tuN2dViGU-D4HEnRa9yDrHxkuVaURqftncdWT57sTPd7yqoLtL9XWqOXaNsVHmYh927BNO1y3y7YBlE6x9P6UnbzCBY7zPS1cdVFFFTCBc/s1600/trimmingStem.MP4" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FIvpxQSe4hWSS0blQ9p6-35WHU_4VGMY5tuN2dViGU-D4HEnRa9yDrHxkuVaURqftncdWT57sTPd7yqoLtL9XWqOXaNsVHmYh927BNO1y3y7YBlE6x9P6UnbzCBY7zPS1cdVFFFTCBc/s1600/trimmingStem.MP4" height="150" width="200" /></a>A few years back, I created a chuck out of some plumbing parts that works quite well with my <i>Griffin Grip (gp)</i>. I use this to trim almost all of the pots that I make preferring it over the many other methods I have used in the past. These include thrown chucks, damp wheel heads, clay chocks on the wheel head an piece, and many others.<br />
I start my trimming of the base with a good hack saw blade that has not had edges worn down. This helps me to level out the base. Then I use a needle tool to trim out the center of the base so as not to have a trapped air pocket. I do not worry about the piece blowing up from trapped air, but it does stress joins and could crack them.<br />
I finish the stem with a signature and a letter stamp "R". Most of my stems have a base in them, but occasionally they will just be an open stem. Then turning the stem right side up add any decoration that might seem warranted. This is just rough trimming as the clay is still a little damp, but later the sides will get more cleanup and definition. I like contrasting areas of smooth and valleys for glaze to pool in as much more happens when they are there.<br />
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By now the cups have set up to nearly leather hard so joining the two together is pretty safe without distorting the cups in the gp. An old trimjim tool is my trimming tool of choice but almost any trimming tool will work, I trim the cup with the stem diameter in mind so that the stem fits into a hollow on the underside of the cup, then I burnish the two together as the clay is still a little damp and the added water from the joining. I use <i>magic water (</i>1 gallon of water,3 table spoons of liquid sodium silicate, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of soda ash) to join these together added on with a stiff cone shaped brush. This will score the area a bit, and make a little clay mixed into the magic water to fill gaps.<br />
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Once the chalices have been completed they are left to set up until completely leather hard and then cleaned up by additional trimming and hand rubbing with a soft sponge. This will remove the <i>nerds and ditties</i> (little pieces of clay) from the sides of the piece and smooth up any unwanted gouges.<br />
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Chalices are ready for firing, but at the same time 20 of these does not make a load, just as a few bowls, some canisters and other pieces does not either, but altogether they will fill the kiln.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Here is a view of the inside of my <i>L&L</i> kiln that I have had for over 25 years. I fire with no kiln setter, just cone packs to check on the temperature of my firings. This does mean baby sitting the kiln for 12 hours usually, but I have been doing this for a long time. Kiln firing this weekend!<br />Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-39579527049968702392014-09-02T15:46:00.001-04:002014-09-02T15:46:51.381-04:00A little fun with some old back to school ideas<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Over the years, I have had to develop small projects for introductions to clay, fun optional project and Marking Period exams, or projects, and then later what our district called Benchmarks. The idea behind any of these was to test the knowledge and skills that the student had acquired during the marking period.<br />
I usually would start the marking period out with simple introductory project like a pinch pot followed a slab construction project that would allow me to present surface decoration along with joining techniques. Occasionally I would do a short simple project with slabs that would be a one or two day introduction that was kind of fun. One such project was the "Poison Goblet", so ugly or strange it looks like a film prop for the step mothers alter ego in <i>Sleeping Beauty</i>.<br />
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I had 4 categories of decoration<br />
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<li>incising-any cut mark in the clay</li>
<li>impression-any stamped or impressed mark in the clay</li>
<li>piercing-any cut or impressed mark that went through the clay wall</li>
<li>sprigging or added on clay</li>
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We started with the use of rolling pins and slab sticks to create slabs, and cutting slabs using sticks and cutting wire. I also taught the safe use of the slab roller, as we had an Amaco cable driven one in the classroom. First projects were required to have one slab(first slab) rolled out by hand. I explained to them that I would be remiss in teaching them if they could not create slabs without the machine as many studios did not have slab rollers.<br />
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I taught beveling slabs, explaining that the join was better than butting slabs together. I demonstrated and required the use of a fettling knife. By setting the slab onto the table at the edge and holding it down with one hand, placing the fettling knife on the table at 45 degrees drawing the fettling knife through the slab using the table edge as a guide. Once we had done a few slabs in this manner, I brought out the bevel tools that had been hidden away, demonstrating their use.Beveling was done only on the side of the slabs, not top or bottom as these joins were done by placing the wall on the base-no bevel.<br />
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To demonstrate joining I would show them my quick and easy: using a saw blade with a course tooth to scrape the area to be joined. Then I would demonstrate joining with slip, or later on with <i>Magic Water</i>.<br />
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So once the first project was done, and a few other things it would be time for the Benchmark. For this I used a simple project with fixed dimensions and specific requirements. I also had a handout explaining the project, and the rubric for the project. For years the project was a candle box, a simple candle lantern to be used for a small votive type candle. The following file is one created for the project this past week. I would not have had all of the illustrations on mine as I was interested in their solutions to the same problem.<br />
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Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-49257780607742015052014-08-26T14:42:00.001-04:002014-08-26T14:42:36.979-04:00Glaze load reaches cone 6.5<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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However, I am still not as satisfied as I could be, I would have like to have seen more green on the piece(yes I did use lots of green glaze). Yet find the texture to be pleasant, and some accent of green does show. I figure another piece similar to this will lead to more greens and still save the texture of the slab inlays. <br />
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The jar for my daughter, the new bride, could never match the beauty the bride, of the wedding ceremony, or the level of excitement of her reception. However, the jar did turn out well, quite light in weight, under painting came through well, and the glaze even though like the first not enough green, still I am pleased.<br />
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The wedding was held at <i>The Arboretum</i> in State College on a cloudy Saturday, August 23. The reception was held in Clearfield at the <i>Race Street Brewery, </i>a new endeavor by the couple, soon to open.<br />
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I had at first believed that the green glazes used had burned out, but found that other pots in the load, some on the same level had green, and in places quite vibrant green. So that theory is not correct. I believe the big factor is that the green glaze requires a white underglaze to show up well enough.<br />
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Both of these pieces stand about 18" with handles included. Not so large as to take up a lot of space, not so small as to seem insignificant. I hope the happy couples enjoy them for many years to come.<br />
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As for the artist, never satisfied, I will be touching base with the ideas presented in these pieces, as I have some orders for pieces that use the pine tree texture idea. I also have some ideas for some of the things that I learned making the jar for my daughter. More to come.Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-75031696669923043452014-07-27T17:40:00.000-04:002014-07-27T17:40:31.381-04:00Wedding Jars revisited<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last year, I posted a wedding jar that I was preparing for a new friend, and his wife. They had been married the year before, and I had not been around for their wedding, so late wedding gift. However, in the firing the first jar turned out way too dark for my tastes, so I have remade it using a lighter clay body, and hope to have a lighter pot all around with a more fitting glaze selection. Here is the jar, with some lid detail.<br />
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This particular jar has a difficult handle decoration in the form of a square knot using two different colored clays. The technique used was rolled coils using ripple boards. The brown clay uses a pineapple texture, and the white a rope texture. Tying the actual knot required damp well aged clay, thin coils, and patience. The knot is actually tied, not really modeled.</div>
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One of the problems with making a gift for someone else to commemorate a life event is that you are never satisfied. The above jar should have been completed long ago, and the onus for the problem is all mine. I believe that the couple would have been happy with the first jar, but I really was not. It would have bothered me for many years afterward. This jar is lighter, better made, and hopefully will be the colors that I envision when completed.</div>
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Her wedding is in August, so this had better get dried soon to bisque fire. I believe it will be finished next week.<br />
I believe this fits their tastes well, and hope they will have many years together to enjoy it. This is the second version of the same piece, but the first version I was not happy with in the greenware stage so I remade it.<br />
The foot on this piece is thrown on after the pot was at the leather hard stage. A large thrown ring was centered on the base of the pot as it was held in a Griffin Grip. The ring was pulled into a foot, and when leather hard a 2 inch diameter pipe was used to cut the opening. Then a hole cutter was used for the other hole in the foot ring. Incising was used to add the linear pattern.<br />
White slip was used for the decoration on the side, and the name/date area on the shoulder ring.<br />
The handle on this piece is made of two intertwining pulled clay rings that come from opposite sides of the lid. Again symbolic of the joining of two individuals.
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I have been working a bit more now that the weather has allowed the clay to thaw, and the shop to be warm enough to work with out using too much electric to heat it up. I have had an order of Communion Sets(16) and award bowl to make for a customer. As of today they are all shipped to various colleges across the country where new ordinands are graduating. These are for a special graduation award. <br />
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Chalices and Patens are something that I have been doing now for about 25 years. These are a sampling of the latest.<br />
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I throw the bowls for the chalice off of the hump, and the stems also. Then I trim the stems in a chuck I have made for the <i>Griffin Grip</i>, and the cups later. When each cup has been trimmed, and an added edge added in for the stem top to set into, I join them together right on the wheel and firm up the join with the wheel moving slowly. this allows me to make a strong join, and to make certain the stem is online and straight up.<br />
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I join the two pieces together with a liquid called <i>Magic Water</i>. It is a combination of soda ash, and Sodium Silicate. I have had better luck with this compound than I used to have with plain slip or slip and vinegar. I use a stiff small bottle type brush to apply the <i>Magic Water</i> and roughen the clay at the same time.<br />
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I have been having problems with the darker clay body that I had ordered as part of my clay this last order. I had never worked with it before, and so it has been a bit of challenge. It throws very well, and looks nice in the greenware and bisqware stages, but it had been taking glaze very differently than I had been used to.<br />
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I tried a new tack for these last two loads, that of applying most of the glaze with a spray gun. Layering the colors, and blending one into another has allowed me to come back to a glaze effect that is much better with this clay body.<br />
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I sign all of my work now, and add in the date. I also use an old lead printing <u><b>R</b></u> as a chock for the bottom also. This is the bottom of one of the patens for the order.<br />
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It may be a little fancy for some, but it seems to finish the bottom of the piece, and these are for presentation. So a little more interest for those that might look at the bottom, and the owners of the Communion Set.<br />
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Mugs are something that I enjoy doing quite a bit, and these are some of the newer ones. These have been warped with a rib held at the side while the wheel is turning slowly. Then I reround the pot a bit leaving in the grooves and off centered areas in the form. After these are trimmed, I add a handle that I have pulled off of the mug and join on using the <i>Magic Water</i>.<br />
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I have posted quite a bit on assembling a teapot and some of the
things that make a successful one, but today I am going to post a video
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<li> A larger base or funnel will power the liquid through the spout.</li>
<li>The spout opening should funnel down to about the size of your little finger.</li>
<li>There should be a straight section of spout to even out the turbulence of the flow.</li>
<li>The end flair of the spout should not be very extreme.</li>
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Double cut leaving a pad at the base when removing from the wheel does two things:<br />
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<li>It keeps the base of the spout from drying out too much while the spout dries making it easier to join to the teapot body. </li>
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Removing the lid by using a wooden rib, or a butter knife in this manner takes a little bit of practice, but is well worth the effort as it can save you a lot of time when throwing several lids or chalice/goblet cups etc off of the hump.</div>
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I take a bit of time forming the body of the pot as the extra lines and edges create interest in the breaking glaze. I do not like too narrow of a base on teapots as they can get tippy. </div>
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I hope that these videos will help some of you in throwing a teapot, and when looking for assembly look at some of my other posts.Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524250330586507022.post-91920140316053938762013-06-26T11:26:00.000-04:002013-06-26T11:26:06.072-04:00Assembling a Teapot; it doesn't just happen!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I have said before, in past posts, teapots are the test of the potter. Many variables are involved in the creation of the pieces and in the assembly of the finished pot. Handles that are functional and yet comfortable, Spouts that pour readily, lids that fit and don't fall off during the pouring process, are all involved in the creation of a finished teapot. The graphic to the right gets a little deeper into the subtleties of the teapot form.<br />
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Usually when I start doing a teapot, I throw several, bodies, spouts and lids at one time. This time I only threw four sets with a few extra spouts and lids. The extras allowed me to pick and choose what I wanted to use on the teapots design wise.<br />
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The body of the teapot usually starts as some form that will hold an amount of liquid, has some form of foot ring on the bottom, and an opening to pour the water into, and clean the teapot as needed. Either one large hole, or several smaller holes are added to the form during assembly to allow entrance of the tea into the spout during pouring.<br />
For this series of pots I am going to do something a little different to the body first. I am going to cut the shoulder of the pot at and angle using an embroidery hoop to add a little fun to the form. <br />
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After the body has been rejoined, it is time to add the spout to the
form. The position and angle of the spout is very important in teapot
meant for use. If the end of the spout comes below the mouth of the pot,
the water will pour as the last of water is added into the pot. If the
angle of the spout is too perpendicular to the body the same happens, or
the tea starts pouring to quickly. If the angle of the spout is too
steep it is difficult to pour the last of the tea out, unless one tips
the pot beyond a comfortable angle. Some angle is needed also to help
pull the tea in the spout back into the pot when ending a pour. The
spout end should have sharper edge to cut off the last of the tea
preventing a drip-difficult.<br />
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The spout is cut with a fettling knife, or in this case a hack saw blade at an angle. I usually taper the inside of the cut to make it fit the rounded form a little easier. I rest the spout up against the side of the pot in the position I want tracing the shape. Inside this area a place a series of holes @1/4 inch. Using scoring and slip or <i>magic water</i>, I join the spout to the body and blend in the join using a wooden rib.<br />
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Here are the four finished teapots with pulled body handles and a variety of lid handles. White slip decoration was added on along with a few other embellishments to the decoration including some stamping and line work with a notched squeegee. The left three pots have the tilted neck section adding a little fun to the form. Second form one from the left uses a thrown lid handle with a little tilt to it. The far right put uses a rolled and decorated coil for a ring handle. The other two pots use pulled handle forms for the lids. As with any experiment with forms, the true test of what these work like will be when glazed and used to serve tea.<br />
<br />An extra note, on brewing tea in a teapot. There are also sorts of connoisseurs that know the way to brew and serve tea. There are others where it is sacrilege to do less pour hot water into the teapot and leave sit, boil the water in a kettle, pour the hot water out of the teapot, and pour in the recently boiled but cooled water. Then the tea is added and let to steep for a set number of minutes. I know these techniques, and forget much of the detail. I am simple, when I want tea, I want it then. I add tap water to the room temperature teapot, put it in the microwave for about 3 minutes, take it out and put in my tea bags or loose tea. Let it sit for about 2 minutes and pour the first cup, when that is gone I continue on until the tea is gone. I don't remove the bags, or the loose tea as the tea is stronger in the second or third cup and I like it that way.I'm sure there are those out there that would shun this, but I do what works for me, and at the same time don't knock it until you try it.<br />
For those of you that are new to tea and teapots; a teapot is not a kettle, it should never be placed on an direct heat source like a range top, or open fire to boil water. Serious bodily harm happen from the thermal shock of the bursting pot.Pic Works Potteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537887905287563832noreply@blogger.com0